2/15: In San Jose's largest rally since the first Gulf War, more than 5,000 demonstrators took to the streets, joining the rest of the world in a vast and unprecedented wave of protest aimed at preventing war on Iraq. Whole families filled 20 blocks of Santa Clara Street with chants, music, and handmade signs, and converged on Cesar Chavez Plaza. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, encouraged protesters to continue their actions beyond that day, with a call to participate in the annual Cesar Chavez march and an upcoming Sacramento rally to fight education budget cuts. Claudia E. Armenta of Students for Justice took up the issue of military spending versus school budgets as well, leading protesters in a chant for "education not annihilation!" Fresno | Vallejo | San Jose: 1 2 3 | Sacramento: 1 2 | Arcata