[Imc-tech] DC events

[Paul Riismandel]

Hello,

I am willing to put an update, but I don't have time to write/compile 
it.  Sorry, I just can't create all the content too.  Molly, can I use 
anything you've written?

If anyone else wants to write a summary and post it to the newswire, it 
will be featured.  But if nobody writes it, there is no feature.

--Paul

At 01:54 PM 4/22/2002 -0500, Molly Stentz wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>Tech people:
>Will someone PLEASE put an update up on our website (front panel) about
>the DC events? Check the global site for updates or pics. Thanks.
>*****
>So now the estimates for Saturday's marches are between 75,000 and
>100,000.
>The Columbia Mobilization march to the capitol this morning was estimated
>at several thousand. It was peaceful with no major confrontations.
>The idea was to block the 3 open entrances to the capitol but there
>weren't quite enough people to do that. Two groups of people did
>civil disobedience at entrances and were arrested. One group of Catholic
>Workers and Christian Peacemaker Team members knelt in a line on the
>street in front of the capitol and sang songs and were peacably
>arrested. Total arrests were about 30 I believe.
>The march ended up in a park across the street from one of the senate
>buildings. Police then cordoned it off and trapped people inside so the
>march then went across the street to the permitted rally at upper senate
>park. After some updates and songs, a group with drums marched with
>puppets to the nearby jail to do a vigil for the people who were
>arrested.
>
>There's clip of local news coverage here up on the DC website if anyone
>wants to see how it is being reported. Mainly the focus of the media seems
>to be how boring it all is (ie - no vandalism, riots, tear gas, etc. ho
>hum). The Washington Post called it "an uneventful event" on the front
>page today. There was also a story on the DC IMC in the Style section of
>the Post yesterday.
>
>There will be a rally outside the Hilton at 3:30 where Ariel Sharon was
>scheduled to stay (he canceled his visit but the protest continues)
>A Reclaim the Streets is scheduled for 5:30.
>More later.
>-Molly
>
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