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Protests in San Francisco Continue Into the Night

Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 0 Comments

Here are latest reports of on-going demonstrations in San Francisco tonight – March 19th ContraCosta Times – Protest Diary 6:53…

Expert Notes Shift In Anti-War Movement As Tactics Move From Marches to Arrests

Staff March 19, 2008 0 Comments

When protesters barricaded the national headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington and 32 were arrested on Wednesday, it…

UPDATE AS OF 5:00 PDT: San Francisco Protests – Breaking Blog News

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Demonstrators gathered and roamed throughout downtown San Francisco in protests against the war, rallying and blocking corporate…

143 Protesters Arrested in San Franciso As Scuffles Continue With Police

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[Editor: This is an update of an article we ran earlier today.] 3:59 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Protesters briefly clashed…

Protests Around the Country … reports coming in …

Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 2 Comments

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. Protesters gathered at the steps of the state legislature. [Go here.] SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. 20 demonstrators were…

100+ Arrested in San Francisco as Protesters Scuffle With Police In Shut-Down of Downtown

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SAN FRANCISCO – — Protesters briefly clashed with San Francisco police several times today as officers tried to clear Market…

Hundreds Disrupt Nation’s Capital

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By Michael Ruane, Sue Anne Pressley Montes and Petula Dvorak Washington Post Staff Writers / March 19, 2008; 1:02 PM…

Media black-out of antiwar protests continues as demonstrators continue to protest 5th anniversary of Iraq war

Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 6 Comments

ALERT: March 19th: We will be providing continuous updates of protests nation-wide today – click on home page above Activists…

Candlelight Vigil Tonight – Mar. 24 – to Honor the 4,000 US Military Dead

Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 1 Comment

Vigil at Corner of Park Blvd & President’s Way in Balboa Park —- Where’s The Rage? Where – Corner of…

SPECIAL EVENT: ‘Die In” San Diego, Today – Saturday, March 22

Patty Jones March 19, 2008 2 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: This event will involve a peaceful demonstration involving those of us who are ready to end the war…

Reports of Actions Today – March 19th

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WASHINGTON, D.C. By DavidSwanson of AfterDowningSreet.com [THIS POST IS BEING CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED:] I went to the protest at the American…

32 Arrested at IRS Building

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thirty-two people were arrested on Wednesday when they tried to block entrances to the Internal Revenue Service…

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