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Photos: Thousands Take To The Streets To Protest Against Occupation Of Iraq

by Z
On March 18th, 2006 thousands of people gathered in Civic Center to show their opposition to the war in Iraq. After sligtly over an hour of speakers, the march left CIvic Center and looped through the streets of San Francisco before returning to the initial rally point. ANSWER was the main organizer of the event but many labor unions, Socialist groups, Palestinian rights groups and groups fighting for justice in the Phillipines had large contingents that took part in the rally and march.
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by Tim Castleman
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What has happened to all the NO BLOOD FOR OIL signs?
Global Economic Hegemony: A New Kind of Warfare?

By Kaleem Hussain
(LLB, LLM- in International Economic Law from Warwick University, UK)

"Many have criticized Bush for staging the war in Iraq in order to seize Iraqi oil fields. However, those critics can't explain why Bush would want to seize those fields. He could simply print dollars for nothing and use them to get all the oil in the world that he needs. He must have had some other reason to invade Iraq. "

read this:
by janinsanfran
You've really caught the flavor of the event. I put up <a href= 'http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2006/03/marching-for-peace-in-san.html'>more from the periphery that give a slightly different view.
by Tim Castleman
More accurate would be THE ADDICTED prefer not to deal with it....
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