October 27th Anti-War Rally in Chicago
Across the country tens of thousands of people gathered together on October 27th to say “No!” to the imperialist war of aggression undertaken by the Bush regime - and to oppose any upcoming war on Iran. Due to my house arrest limitations, I was only able to attend the first part of the rally in Union Park in Chicago, and had to leave to get home as the march was starting to move downtown to Federal Plaza for what I presume will be an even larger rally. There were at least 2,000 - 3,000 people at Union Park, probably more at the height of the rally (wow, that estimate may even be extremely low, as Reuters is reporting 10,000 people!), with people coming in by busloads from all over the Midwest. I personally spoke to several people from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as Indiana and Ohio. I also spoke to several people from Europe, including a young woman from Italy attending school in Chicago, and a guy from Canada. They basically said “Its about goddamn time Americans stood up” - thats a paraphrase, not a direct quote. Here are some photos I took with my cellphone.
Here’s the park at around 12:30pm, before the rally got started:
Gradually more and more people started showing up:
These last few pictures are from just before the height of the rally:
As usual, I took the photos with my cellphone, so they may not be the best, and I couldn’t take any really wide-angle shots of the full rally at its height. I would have liked to have taken part in the march itself and attended the final rally at Federal Plaza, but as I mentioned my house arrest limitations precluded me from staying any longer. All in all though it was a great day, good to see and meet so many people who are coming together to oppose the crimes of the Bush regime. Much more work is needed to confront the looming possibility of war on Iran…
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:38 pm
What’s up Greg? I was wondering what you were doing these days. I knew you were going to get out and do something constructive with your life. I see you’re doing good. You deserve it. I want you to call me at 832-259-5305. That’s my cell #. Get at me.