Large Photos of Mass Anti-War Rally In Oakland

damn no cops in oakland!?
a big contrast with marches in SF

Maybe they didn't break anything like San Fran does. :)

cops were on their best behavior in oakland on Sat's march b/c city politicians & Barbara Lee were there (& talked on & on & on and all the community groups at the end of the program got shafted). the cops let loose at the Ports though...

Get ready for the serious repression of anti-war activists that is certain to follow the failure of American military strategists to consolidate their position in Iraq.
You can believe me when I tell you that the American gains on the ground have been more than offset by the diplomatic defeat the U.S. is going to suffer in the near future.
The U.S. warmongers will never be able to pacify and control the Iraqi population, and this glaring fact will produce complete instability for the stupid Americans.
Furthermore, the asinine threats against Syria and Iran will produce a heightened anti-American backlash in those countries, and this is well and good.
It is going to be a losing proposition for Bush and Rumsfeld, and they will blame the ant-war movement in the U.S. for their failure.
This will result in these new detention laws being implemented for national security excuses. It is possible that 100,000 'national security risk defined individuals' could be detained under the present legal authority.
Make sure your passport is valid, and think about the repositioning of our forces in conjunction with anti-war elements in Europe and other receptive nations.
Remember the lessons of history: superior organizational structure combined with highly developed motivational incentive can bring down the massive advantage of strictly military power.
The U.S. has truely cut off its nose to spite its face with respect to the positioning of these military forces in Iraq. It will never be able to get the 'hardware' out of the region, and it is ill-equipped to cope with the surprises soon to befall U.S. planners. By this I mean North Korea, which will soon take overt advantage of U.S. weakness in Asia.
This is, of course, strictly my own opinion. The U.S. deck of cards is about to be trumped, so take heart fellow freedom fighters. We must dig in for the long haul, and get better organized. ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE! ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE!

Evil BATF federal agents planted a gun on me. I was framed, set-up, convicted at a kangaroo court trial in Terre Haute, Indiana and then railroaded into a federal prison for twenty fucking long months. These BATF pigs are the worst scum in the world. The USA is going to get an ass-whipping from the Divine Judge. Mark my words.

The wheels of the war machine are oiled and ready to roll over the bodies of countless millions of victims. The USA has no moral credibility, no honor, and no respect for international law or human rights. Americus Vespukus was a slave-trader. The history of the European settlers is one of exploitation, rampage, and inhumanity. The modern American state is a false claimant to civilized values. War, aggression, and economic slavery are the primary behavior patterns of America. Of course all this hate for humanity is wrapped up in pretty tissue paper with nobel slogans engraved all over this package of hate. The Constitution is a sham. Freedom is dead in America. It is time once again to "turn on, tune in, and drop out". Refuse to submit to the monster.