Day March 20, 2003

Westwood protest – The day…

Westwood protest – The day after the bombing started This was amazing, And scary. And inspiring. The Westwood Federal Building in L.A. was the designated gathering point. And several thousand did. ANSWER had a wheelchair rigged with speakers on poles powered by a…

No kidding

No kidding The NY Times reports on how California increasingly feels distant and apart from the lunacies issuing from DC. “Californians love that sense of distinctiveness,” said Peter Bart, editor of Variety. “We’re not going to see the 60’s again,…

Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience There’s been anguished hand-wringing in the antiwar movement of late from people who ought to know better about how we shouldn’t do civil disobedience and direct action because it’s so confrontative and might turn people against us plus…

Some of the actions yesterday

Some of the actions yesterday SF. Thousands blocked traffic. Major actions planned today. Plus DC, NYC, Boston also had protests.And in Olympia, a protester chained himself to the wrong building. Oops.