Thousands of Chicagoans marched and rallied across Chicago on March 19, 2005, to commemorate the second anniversary of the beginning of Bush's war on Iraq, and to protest the continuing occupation and its lethal consequences at home and aborad. Feeder marches spanned the city, helping protesters get out a message that police fought to suppress in the central city.

Protesters at Michigan and Oak faced a wall of riot cops -- part of the police policy to derail any opposition to the war in prominent public places, including a press conference. Besides pushing peaceful protesters west from Michigan, cops dispersed at least one feeder action with threats of mass arrests and designated Michigan Avenue a no-free-speech zone. Protesters got their message out anyway, through the neighborhood feeders and individual flyering by those able to dodge the police lines. A rally at the Federal Plaza was packed to overflowing.

Independent coverage:

New! M19 2005 Photos

Archives of Chicago Indymedia's M19 radio coverage.

Account of Boeing feeder march

Account of southside march

Video of march down Clark street

Three Thousand Protest | Photo slideshow

Anti-war protesters vs. state authority

People Protest War, Despite Cancellation of Constitutional Rights

Video: Protest Organizer Arrested For Speaking On Chicago Street

Arrests at M19 demonstrations

Photos of M19 2005 Rally

Archive of breaking developments with protests in Chicago - March 19, 2005

Rally and March in Chicago on March 19

Audio segments from M19 Demonstrations in Chicago

Corporate coverage:

M-19: Images of Chicago Anti-War Protests from Corporate Media

NBC-5 Chicago Online Poll on Protest and Assembly