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Pics from Humboldt Park, Lincoln Park Feeders and Anarchist March

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Lincoln Park marchers, numbering some three dozen, led by Lincoln Park High School student organizers, and included Lincoln Park Neighbors United for Peace, DePaul Students Against the War, Code Pink and others. The group marched several miles all the way down to Union Park with a three-person puppet.
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The Peace Pledge-organized Logan Square feeder arrives at the Humboldt Park feeder march. The Humboldt Park feeder march, led by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and its affiliates, continued on foot the rest of the way with large and spirited contingents from anarchists, Filipino activist groups, Palestinians, and others.
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Guerrilla theater depicted the brutality of war.
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The anarchists convey a militant message.
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One of several banners and flags brought by the Committee on Pilipino Issues and the Gabriela Network.
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Puerto Rican flags representing anti-colonial and anti-imperialist lead the Humboldt Park feeder near its destination.
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Early on, a head count found that there were three hundred forty-six (346) marchers in the feeder, but over the miles it grew.
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An anarchist break-away/feeder between the Union Park and the Walton/State rallies led to some spirited celebration at the Haymarket Memorial.
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Between one and two hundred took part in the spirited anarchist march, which took some streets, and carried on without incident to the 6pm rally.
News reports have confirmed cautious organizer estimates that I heard from the day, which centered around seven to eight thousand. This was the largest anti-war demonstration in Chicago since March 2003, and the first of the four protests on or around the date of the invasion (3/20/03, 3/19/04, 3/19/05, 3/18/06) that ended without a single arrest.

While many continued to feel disenchanted by the purposefully intimidating presence and control of the police, it was more grassroots-oriented and visibly present throughout the city that any had been previously. To add to the three dozen Lincoln Park feeder marchers and 350 Humboldt Park feeder marchers, I also heard that fifty to sixty were in the feeder that began at the Zocalo Urbano in Pilsen.

Finally, we managed to improve on previous years in strength, solidarity, and organizing! Now, let's see if we can remember that there is still a brutal war and occupation being imposed on other countries for the next year, and bring the resistance to every facet of our lives!
 
 

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