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War Protest - Syracuse
Peace Council (permit holders)
Federal Building Syracuse ,
New York
March 18, 2005 Noon to 1PM EST
Tara Interviewed
1 of the 3 men who showed up to
protest the protesters. Mainly it appeared they were
protesting the Syracuse Peace Council. Their sign read " The
Syracuse Peace Council Supports dictators and
terrorists". See 5th picture down. Some of what was
said is shocking. What was that about Jews and Lesbians /
Homosexuals and members of the council. Unbelievable! Listen
now
Syracuse Post Standard
story below - website
People For A Better Future Was
Represented
Thanks to an
anonymous PFABF Member for making the sign . We got alot
of compliments on it. And alot of thumbs up and car horn beeps
for it also. Great Job !
Conditioning The Syracuse
Police. It was very Peaceful . At peak the police
coverage was 5 or 6 officers max. The day started out
nice. It started snowing briefly during the
protest . It warmed up after the protest.
About 50 People mostly from the Syracuse
Peace Council showed up to protest the War in
Iraq. It was the 2nd anniversary of the occupation.
Protests world wide are scheduled all
weekend.
There were lots of
Flags.
And
Cheerleaders
Also there were podium
speakers
It started wrapping up at 1pm
EST.
Nobody seemed very concerned or informed
about The New World Order
75 rally
against Iraq war
Saturday, March 19, 2005
By Frank
Brieaddy Staff writer
About 75
anti-war protesters from the Syracuse Peace Council and
affiliated groups gathered outside the James M. Hanley Federal
Building in Syracuse to denounce the war in Iraq on its second
anniversary with the message that too many people have died
for no good reason.
"Too Many
Killed" was the wording on the sign held by Jeanne DeSocio, of
Liverpool, who said she has been protesting war for decades
with her friend Rose Mannara, of Syracuse.
The majority of
the protesters appeared to be age 50 and older.
"I'm 80 years
old and I've been doing this for a long time," Mannara said.
DeSocio, 70,
said the people of Iraq aren't free.
"I don't think
they have freedom. They're not free when they're occupied,"
she said.
The protest is
part of a nationwide effort on the second anniversary of the
start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Syracuse Peace
Council organizer Jessica Maxwell said the effort's biggest
anti-war demonstration is taking place today at Fayetteville,
N.C., outside Fort Bragg, where a significant number of
military family members and Iraq war veterans are expected to
participate.
Maxwell said
she's convinced the protests are making an impact on a
populace less certain every day about the war.
"I think the
momentum is heading in our direction," she said. "Less and
less people in this country are supporting the war."
She said that
Friday's protest might have drawn more college students but
most are on spring break.
"We're pretty
pleased," she said, referring to the size of the gathering.
They were
entertained in the cold by a troupe of young protesters,
dressed in fanciful purple and pink garb, called the Syracuse
System Shakers.
In a skit called
"Jump, Shake the System" they chanted, "Billions spent on an
illegal war, tell the feds we're not spending any more."
A
counter-demonstration by supporters of the war drew nine
people to the federal building. They chanted "God Bless
America" and "Don't spit on our troops."
Don Vanouse, a
peace activist from Oswego, addressed the peace protesters,
asserting that money spent on the war was being drained from
needs in the United States, including health care and
education.
"The war in Iraq
savages education, taking money from our children, from the
education of our children, using it to kill children in Iraq,"
he said.
His contingent
from Oswego brought a lengthy clothesline with more than 1,500
ribbons tied to it, one for every American soldier killed in
the war.
© 2005 The
Post-Standard.
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