On October 6th, Americans said 'no' to war -- but Congress voted 'yes'.

Following is a updated tally of protests held on or around October 6th. First, a note about why it matters:

In the first week of October, the people of the U.S. proclaimed our opposition to war. At least 90 cities and towns in 34 states held antiwar rallies in the period from Friday Oct. 4th through Monday Oct 7th, 2002.

Despite this outpouring of resistance, the following week the U.S. Congress approved Bush's Iraq war resolution. The growing strength of the peace movement persuaded nearly a third of the House to vote 'no', but it was not enough. Americans were overwhelmingly saying 'no' to war, but Congress said 'yes'.

On October 26th, we will march again.

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The list below is organized alphabetically by state.

Many more cities and several additional states have had protests, sit-ins or other actions since this list was compiled. I have not included those here.

Many rallies had a wide range of attendance estimates. I have tried to give the low and high count for each, while excluding estimates which seemed to be absurdly high or low. In general, these numbers can serve to give a rough idea of how many people were present, but they may not be very accurate, especially for the larger protests.

For some, I found reports of a rally but no numerical estimate; there are indicted with a question mark.

Sources available on request (louise [at] mailhome.com).

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Alabama

75-150 in Birmingham

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Alaska

150 in Anchorage, 10/6
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Arizona

200 - 400 in Tuscon

? at U of Arizona
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California

? in Arcata, 10/6

? at Humboldt State, 10/7

200 in Walnut Creek, 10/5

1,000 - 1,200 in Santa Barbara, 10/5 (or 10/6?)

600 - 900 in Santa Cruz, 10/7

8,000 - 12,000 in San Francisco, 10/6

5,000 - 10,000 - 20,000 in Los Angeles, 10/6

1,000 - 2,000 in San Diego, 10/6

150 in Fresno
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Colorado

2,000 - 3,500+ in Denver the previous week, 9/27

100 in Boulder (10/5 or 10/6)
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Connecticut

300 - 500 in Hartford

300 - 500 in Westport

100 in New Haven, 10/7
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Georgia

30 in Augusta, 10/4

160 - 180 in Atlanta
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Hawaii

9 in Honolulu (and 300 endorsements), 10/6
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Idaho

100 in Sandpoint, 10/6
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Illinois

1,500 - 2,000 - 4,000 in Chicago, 10/6

100 in Carbondale, 10/8

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Indiana

100 in Indianapolis

50 - 160 in Fort Wayne
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Maine

? in Lewiston, Maine, 10/6 (at rally for Democrats)
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Massachusetts

1,000 - 1,500 in Boston

250 - 1,000 in Northampton, 10/7

1,000+ at various Boston colleges, 10/7

50 in Springfield

100 in Greenfield, 10/7

50-75 in Great Barrington, 10/7

? in Worcester
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Michigan

500 - 750 in Detroit, 10/7
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Minnesota

800 - 1,000 in Minneapolis, 10/7
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Missouri

350 in Columbia, 10/5

150 - 250 in Kansas City, 10/6
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New Hampshire

50+ in Manchester
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New Jersey

80 in Englewood, 10/7

250(?) in Princeton, 10/5 (one rally on 10/4 and another on 10/5???)
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New Mexico

1,000 - 2,500 - 3,000 in Santa Fe, 10/6

100 in La Cruces, 10/6

40 at New Mexico State University, 10/7
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New York

250 - 350 in Buffalo, 10/6

500 - 1000 - 2000 in Rochester (10/6 or 10/7)

37 in Albany (or Troy??), 10/7

20,000 - 25,000 - 40,000 in New York City, 10/6
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North Carolina

300 in Chapel Hill, 10/7

100 in Asheville, 10/6

75 - 80 in Greensboro, 10/7

? in Charlotte

200 at Duke Univ., 10/9
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Ohio

1,000 - 3,000 - 5,000 in Cincinnati (10/7?)

200 in Yellow Springs, 10/6

100 in Cleveland
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Oklahoma

200 - 500 in Tulsa, 10/6
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Oregon

6,000 - 10,000 - 12,000 in Portland, 10/5

600 - 1,000 in Corvalis

600 - 1,000 - 2,000 in Eugene, 10/5

? in Salem (10/5?)

1000 - 1500 in Olympia, 10/7
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Pennsylvania

400 in Erie

90 - 100 in Honesdale (2 rallies), 10/5 and 10/6

100 (+ 16 arrested) in Philadelphia, 10/4
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Rhode Island

? at Brown, 10/7

? in Westerly
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South Carolina

25 in Hilton Head Island, 10/7

100 in Charleston, 10/6

40+ at University of South Carolina, 10/7

100+ in West Columbia, 10/7

? in Greenville
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Tennessee

100-150 in Chattanooga

4-500 (?) in Knoxville, 10/8

200 in Nashville, 10/6
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Texas

1,000 - 2,500 in Austin, 10/5

300 (?) in Dallas

44 - 250 in Houston
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Utah

200 - 400 in Salt Lake City, 10/7
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Vermont

450 - 500 in Brattleboro, 10/5
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Virginia

150 - 200 in Charlottesville, 10/7
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Washington State

7,000 - 10,000 in Seattle, 10/6

150 (and 5 dogs) in Ellensburg, 10/6

130 in Bellingham

500 in Olympia, 10/7

70 in Aberdeen, 10/6
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Wisconsin

Rallies and sit-ins, various cities

150 - 300+ in Milwaukee, 10/6

200+ in Racine

200 in La Crosse/Kickapoo, 10/6

150 in Beloit

10 in Webster
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