Pictures from San Francisco - anti-war rally

[abstractmentality]

just thought i would share some pictures you will see on CNN, and some others you wont see on CNN.

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-vets_against_war.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-before_march.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-marchers.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-marchers_corner.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-on_top_of_hill.jpg

now for the stuff you wont see on CNN:
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-convergence.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-flags.jpg

this is marching on the "illegal" march. we went through the streets for a while chanting "whose streets? our streets!" this picture of us marching in the streets while cars at a green light wait shows this well. (we did get plenty of honks of support though)
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-our_streets.jpg

after blocking us in...
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-across_the_street_and_police.jpg

while a few feet away, some people that decided they did not want to get off the street, and were about to get arrested.
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-street_sitting2.jpg

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-street_sitting.jpg

we then broke off again and marched for many more blocks on the sidewalk, always with police on either side of us.
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-police_line.jpg

it ended when somebody tried to break a plexi-glass window (to which i heard many people call him an idiot), and we got a small smoke grenade a 7 feet from us and got scrunched by police pushing. the police then pulled in another bus or two of sheriffs officers, at which time we thought we should break off ourselves.

(Edited by abstractmentality at 10:05 pm on Mar. 15, 2003)

[abstractmentality]

here is the indymedia report and pictures from the march: http://sf.indymedia.org/archives/archive_b...&category_id=12 (http://sf.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=1187&category_id=12)

[Ze]

:)

Awesome!

[CruelVerdad]

Cool pictures! We can see that people support the campaign for avoiding the war on Iraq...

[CompadreGuerrillera]

YO abstact mentally!!!!
KICK ASS, u know that flag with the rcyb flags hanging down from the red flags, that was the RCYB, my freinds, on the legal march, u prolly could have seen me, in fact, i was right by those anarchists b4 the splinter, thats cool, what were u wearing, who were you comrade??
i was proly in the picture, did u see a kid with a jacket with buttons and shit, and revolution and a red flag in the back, i was with the RCYB, are u in it? i was by that wagon with the sound system that the NION ppl were with, cool pics man, get back to me

[abstractmentality]

CG:
this was my first break away march. i was their with black pants, and a long sleeve tan shirt. you may have seen me there. i had on a backpack with a che patch on the back, and a No War On Iraq and Fair Trade is better then "Free Trade" buttons. i may be going to SF on the day after action early in the morning, but it depends if i have a final on that day, cant fail my class.

did you have the long pole with the small black flag with the anarchist symbol in it? i remember seeing that one often.

[CompadreGuerrillera]

i had a long pole with a red flag, prolly one of the 6 other communists out there u know the long pole with the red flag, and little RCYB flags?

[abstractmentality]

you are this guy with the long pole, red flag at the top, and little flags hanging down below it? http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/SF-3-15-flags.jpg

oh man, if so, then i remember seeing you plenty of times.

[CompadreGuerrillera]

i was WITH the guy youre talking about, i am prolly right next to him with one of the smaller red flags, altho i cant see myself clearly, the flag is covering me up!

[abstractmentality]

ah, i see. yes, i probably did see you then and didnt even notice it. you should let me know the next time you go up, and we can march together or something. you can email me to, that would be an easier way to get a hold of me.

[CompadreGuerrillera]

ok, the next time theres a protest that i will be attending, look for some red flags, with the main one that u caputred in your foto, then approach them, and ask if Dave is around, thats me, also ask for Tyler, and Neil, theyll be there if im not, and there in the same organization, watch for the RCYB, and dont forget to go to the bookstore, revolutionbooks, on Channing way if ur around in that area, and look for a tent with red flags thats us revolution books!
c u later comrade

[abstractmentality]

i will be there at 7am tomorrow. i hope to see you. peace.

[CompadreGuerrillera]

um it doesnt open until 11 or somehting, but whatever, and besides i live kinda far up , so i wont be able to go on a school/week day anyways

[KRAZYKILLA]

I think so.