On November 3rd, approximately 5000 people gathered in San Francisco to protest the war in Iraq. The march, organized by Not In Our Name, went from Powell and Market to 24th St. and Mission. While there were many groups within the march the loudest and most organized was the Anti-imperialist Contingent initiated by SIAFU, Global Intifada and the Heads Up Collective.
The Anti-imperialist Contingent, led by people of color and immigrants, had a brief rally in front of the Mission Police Station where speakers accused the SF police of collaborating with the INS and violating San Francisco's status as a sanctuary city.
At the end of the March a group of 150 people burned an effigy of Bush and US flags. The group continued to march north on Mission St., breaking windows of Bank of America and Wells Fargo while throwing newspaper boxes and urban debris into the street. After being briefly detained between 20th and 19th streets the SFPD allowed the group to continue until 6th St. and Market St. where a mass arrest of 45 people took place, they are all being charged with unlawful assembly.
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Other Nov. 3rd Actions:Portland, San Diego, Washington DC