Kevin Anderson (BBC): 'Anybody but Bush,' cry NY marchers

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday August 29

"Anybody but Bush," cry NY marchers
By Kevin Anderson
BBC News Online in New York

They marched against US policy in the Middle East, against the war in Iraq, against the Bush administration's environmental policy and the Republican Party's opposition to abortion and gay marriage.

The marchers were close to the site of the 11 September attacks

They marched against what they saw as a transparent ploy by President George W Bush and the Republican Party to exploit the tragedy of 11 September for political gain.

But one thing united the tens of thousands of protesters who marched for block after block through midtown Manhattan: Their desire to vote George W Bush out of office.

March organisers had predicted that 250,000 would take part in the protest.

They said that the turn out exceeded their wildest expectations.

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If one wants to know what's happening in America, one should read the British press.

My thoughts are that if demonstrations like this can be pulled off with little or no violence, it will be a boon to the goal of ousting the junta.