Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine (abstract added by sdimc volunteer) | 28.01.2007 21:57

An estimated 1500 protesters attended an anti-war demonstration at Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego on Saturday aimed at the ongoing occupation of Iraq, the Bush administration's recent announcement of a 'surge,' and expectations of an impending attack on Iran. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, spoke at the rally and then the protesters marched through the Gaslamp along the usual route.

The San Diego demonstration paralleled numerous demonstrations across the country, including a United for Peace and Justice protest in Washington, DC, which drew between tens of thousands and 500,000

Via US-IMC:
From the DC-IMC Newswire: Hundreds of Thousands Put Impeachment Back On the Table | Break Way March Rushes Capitol Building | Protestors lay siege to US Capitol, smash window at military recruiter | Radical Youth Contingent and Students for a Democratic Society March Overview | Photos: 1 | 2 | Audio

Other Reports: Boston | Los Angeles | Oklahoma: 1, 2 | Olympia, WA | Oregon City | Portland, OR | Sacramento, CA | San Francisco | Seattle | Vancouver, WA

A lone heckler

Photos of the anti-war demonstration in Horton Plaza, San Diego as part of the nationwide mobilization on January 27. The action started with a curbside vigil at 2 p.m. and featured a speech by veteran antiwar activist Daniel Ellsberg, famous for leaking the so-called "Pentagon Papers" history of the war in Viet Nam in 1971. Shortly before 3 participants marched down Fourth Avenue into the Gaslamp District, where the reactions of people dining at sidewalk tables in restaurants and bars was considerably more positive than it had been in previous peace demonstrations downtown.

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