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Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are scheduled o... - 3/16/2007 1:32:33 PM   
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/16/1410244

".....On Monday, a hundred activists in New York occupied a US military recruitment center for two hours. Twenty-three people were arrested there..."

hmm- no mention on the news....
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RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are schedul... - 3/18/2007 12:25:06 PM   
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Our tax dollars at work.

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RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are schedul... - 3/18/2007 4:17:25 PM   
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Here is another independent news source for you, pahunkboy -
 
The New York City Independent Media Center
 
" 23 Arrested: NYC Anti-War Direct Action: March 12th, 4PM
SDS Chapters from Pace University and The New School in Manhattan, along with allies from MDS '

http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/03/83924.html

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RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are schedul... - 3/18/2007 6:28:19 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/16/1410244

".....On Monday, a hundred activists in New York occupied a US military recruitment center for two hours. Twenty-three people were arrested there..."

hmm- no mention on the news....


Hundred? That's nothing. During Vietnam, these protests had several millions....not 100.

Not many protest in the streets anymore. The ones that do only make it on the news when violence erupts so that everyone can call them crazy leftist activists. 
Instead people exercise free speech on the internet and through blogs. You dont even see the activism at college campuses anymore. The atmosphere has become very relaxed. There is also a new wave of conservatism sweeping through many campuses. Not neo-conservatism, but traditional conservatism. And that philosophy is a more relaxed form of political speech. The activism is usually only found on the far-left, communists, or even the anarchists. And those are basically the only type of people that actually still protest in the streets anymore.

The reality also is that this country is very divided about the war. And even to a point where congress is completely deadlocked. You can claim the November vote was a referendum to end the war. But congressmen don't vote that way. They vote by what their constituents, supporters, and special interests want. And when you break the vote down that way....it's a 50-50 deadlock. Even though the Democrats have a majority in both houses, they can't even agree to limit Bush's surge of troops. And now there is danger the congress will now move on with other issues and let the war continue.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are schedul... - 3/18/2007 7:31:41 PM   
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quote:

You can claim the November vote was a referendum to end the war.


I'd be wary of saying that.

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RE: Over 1,000 protests, vigils and actions are schedul... - 3/18/2007 10:24:55 PM   
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Thousands of Christians hold anti-war service in D.C.
POSTED: 10:43 a.m. EDT, March 17, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) --" Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

Afterward, participants marched with battery-operated faux candles through snow and wind toward the White House, where police began arresting protesters shortly before midnight. Protest guidelines require demonstrators to continue moving while on the White House sidewalk. "

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/christians.protest.ap/index.html

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