"Liberal San Francisco" - Google Corporate News Roundup of Today's Protests

Iraq War Protesters Arrested in San Francisco
Fri Mar 19, 2004 03:03 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police arrested 18 protesters in San Francisco marking the first anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on Friday, a spokeswoman said.

Several hundred demonstrators marched down San Francisco's main Market Street and others gathered in front of the worldwide headquarters of Bechtel, the privately held engineering firm involved in Iraq reconstruction projects.

A few people chained themselves together with plastic piping. Others played drums and sang.

"Bechtel out of Iraq," read one sign.

"Shut down the war profiteers," another sign declared.

A police spokeswoman said those arrested were charged with blocking the street and refusing to move when requested.

Liberal San Francisco has been a leading U.S. center of opposition to President Bush's decision to wage war against Iraq, and thousands were arrested a year ago in large demonstrations after the start of the conflict.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=4609173§ion=news


Other news final paragraphs . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/19/national/19CND-PEAC.html
(this ending is actually not bad compared to most)
"The tide is turning against George Bush," said one of the speakers, Sister Bernice Galvin of the San Francisco group Religious Witness with Homeless People. "The tide is turning against the Bush war. Today and tomorrow, we will hit the streets and keep this tide turning."


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/19/warmarch1.TMP
(the classic bs last paragraphs in the idiot Chronicle *always* side with the pro-war fascists, generally dressed up as ignorant fucks, protecting the cops like they're children.)
"A man in front of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. building spent some time shouting "Support the war, not the protesters," and then wandered away. Another protester read names of people killed in Iraq.

Protesters complained that the police presence was too heavy, but police made no apologies as they promised to keep traffic moving on Mission and Market.

"They're not going to have that intersection," Capt. Tim Hettrich said. "They can protest, we're giving them an area to protest. We're guaranteeing their First Amendment rights."


http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/8215826.htm
(Merc News just wants a Dem back, so they spin their ending this way)
``The broad base of the peace movement is really focused on one thing,'' said David Walls, a sociology professor at Sonoma State University. ``And that's defeating Bush in November.''

Bushit. We want more than Bush out in fucking November.