Media coverage of the Iraq war is usually slanted to glorify war and the anti-war movement is often pushed to the sidelines. We have created these short videos about the recent anti-war rallies in Chicago.
All videos are available on this web page:
News from the Anti-War Movement
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/War.html
..or you can click on the links below.
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Video: Two Days In Chicago
March 20 & 21, 2003 Anti-War Protests
Complete coverage of the big rally, march, and mass arrests. Includes footage of police brutality. The video is 3 ½ minutes long and we have it available in 4 formats.
Quicktime Large (15MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/2DLarge.mov
Quicktime Small (7MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/2DSmall.mov
Windows Media Large (11MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/2DLarge.wmv
Windows Media Small (5MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/2DSmall.wmv
Video:
International Day of Protest Against War in Iraq
Chicago Rally
February 15, 2003
Complete coverage of this neighborhood rally on Devon Avenue and interviews with some of the participants. Included is a performance by the All-American Antiwar Marching Band and some words of wisdom from our correspondent: Darth Invader. The video is 4 1/2 minutes long and we have it available in 4 formats.
Quicktime Large (19.2MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/Protest_large.mov
Quicktime Small (12.5MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/Protest_small.mov
Windows Media Large (12.5MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/Protest_large.wmv
Windows Media Small (5.1MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/Protest_small.wmv
Bonus Video:
We recently saw protesters participating in civil disobedience by hanging signs over the Kennedy Expressway
Quicktime (2.8MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/NoWarSigns1.mov
Windows Media (2.8MB)
users.rcn.com/marley.enteract/War/NoWarSigns.wmv
Please distribute these videos as much as you care to. Forward to friends, put the links on web sites, etc. E-mail me if you want copies on VHS or DVD. The media won't provide positive coverage of these rallies so we have to do it ourselves.
Tips: viewers with slow connection speeds may download these clips and play them from their computers hard drive. Right click the link and Save Target As... (put in a folder on your computer). Quicktime users should set preferences to "Instant On" to avoid waiting for the whole download to finish. Those of you with slow connections: try beginning the download when you go to bed. It will be ready for viewing when you wake up.
Quicktime Large has the best quality. To play these clips you
may need to download one of these players:
Quicktime
www.apple.com/quicktime
Windows Media
www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download
More great video to look at from our new friend Fred:
www.textandgraphics.net
More info about anti-war activities in Chicago is available at:
Chicago Indymedia:
chicago.indymedia.org
Iraq Peace Pledge-Chicago:
www.iraqpeacepledge-chicago.org
Hotline 312-494-5840
SEND E-MAIL TO:
marley.enteract (at) rcn.com