Not Your Sweetie

Feb-15-03, 02:53 PM (CST)

"Back from the march - I stand by 1 million there!"


We started up 3rd ave - the Lower East Side walking uptown - we stretched for blocks -
chanting and getting approval honkings from cars. By 23rd street, another group was on
the other side of the street. A few blocks later, new feeder marches joined with ours
and
soon, by the 40s we were occupying 3rd ave wall to wall. We passed 49 str, then 50th,
51 and the streets east were blocked - the cops wouldn't let us get to 1st ave (where
the rally was). Upon asking, tthey said that maybe 24 blocks later at 64str we can join
the rally - but they may close that too (the permit only went up to 68 str) I realized
that
we'll never make it so we squeezed out through the barricades, on Second ave, then to
First: we got right in front of the stage. We heard/saw Kuchinich, Sheila Jackson Lee,
heard Pete Seeger. The cops said we need to move (only the caged in the middle could
stay). So, we made our way back, advising journalists that Third ave is wall to wall
people (which is why I am doubling the 1/2 million estimate I heard on Link. They did
their best to keep us separated and fragmented so our numbers wouldn't show. But it
was great!