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27.10.02 

CNN seems to be the only major station that covered it, but the inquirer gave us the front page.

two hundred thousand people. that's thirteen times the population of my hometown, and almost five times the number of people who showed up for game six of the world series. the crowd screamed as speaker after speaker told us that this is what democracy looks like - and they were exactly right. the crowd had a good dose the usual white college-aged hippies, but it also included grandmothers, parents, children, latinos, african-americans, asians, jews, muslims, christians, veterans, republicans, iraqis, australians, actresses, activists and a former attorney general. it also corresponded to protests and marches in san francisco, germany, denmark, france, italy, japan, and mexico.

if you weren't there, you can go here and add your name to the list of americans who don't want this war. because only when the people speak up can their voices be heard.

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