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Fifth Column
1000 antiwar kiddies hit Chicago streets
2001-10-08
  • Chicago Sun Times
    Within hours of the U.S.-British attacks against Afghanistan on Sunday, nearly 1,000 protesters marched the streets and sidewalks of downtown Chicago. Chanting ''No more war,'' ''No war in our name'' and ''Peace now,'' the protesters gathered at Buckingham Fountain before marching to the
    A handful wore masks and commando fatigues, uniforms similar to those worn by anti-globalization activists who battled police at World Trade Organization meetings last year in Seattle and, more recently, at this summer's G-8 conference in Genoa, Italy.
    Dirksen Federal Building. Many were peace activists; others represented Arab-American groups, pro-Palestinian coalitions, Socialists and the Green Party.

    ''We mourn the violence of Sept. 11,'' Mazher Ahmed, a practicing Muslim born in India, told the crowd. ''This is the darkest hour in our nation's history. How shall we respond? Not through retaliation that will only cause further hatred and damage.'' Some protesters carried candles, while others wore American flags and tapped drums and tambourines. A handful wore masks and commando fatigues, uniforms similar to those worn by anti-globalization activists who battled police at World Trade Organization meetings last year in Seattle and, more recently, at this summer's G-8 conference in Genoa, Italy.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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