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To: lorne who wrote (2480)	10/31/2002 4:44:05 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3959

Support for the war waning.... Buoyed by rally, U.S. groups plan wider anti-war action Kate Zernike The New York Times Thursday, October 31, 2002 NEW YORK Emboldened by a weekend anti-war protest in Washington that organizers called the biggest since the Vietnam War, groups opposed to U.S. military action in Iraq said they were preparing a wave of new demonstrations across the United States in the next few weeks. The demonstration Saturday in Washington drew 100,000 by police estimates and 200,000 by organizers', forming a two-mile, or three-kilometer, wall of marchers around the White House. The turnout startled even organizers, who had taken out permits for 20,000 marchers. They expected 30 buses, and were surprised by about 650, coming from as far as Nebraska and Florida. A companion demonstration in San Francisco attracted 42,000 protesters, city police there said, and smaller groups demonstrated in other cities, including about 800 in Austin, Texas, and 2,500 in Augusta, Maine. "The rally was like a huge gust of wind into the sails of the anti-war movement," said Brian Becker, an organizer of the Washington protest. "Our goal was not simply to have a big demonstration, but to give the movement confidence that it could prevail. The massive turnout showed it's legitimate, and it's big." Building on those demonstrations, a coalition of groups called International Answer - short for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism - is asking people to vote in a referendum called VoteNoWar.org, which organizers hope will serve as a countervote to the congressional resolution in support of military action in Iraq. [snip] iht.com