Pictures of the Portland anti-war march (3/19/06) *dialup warning*

I just got home from the Portland march/rally, and it was great. The weather was perfect, 55 degrees and sunny, and the crowd was extremely large and energetic. I'm not good at estimating crowd sizes, so I'm not going to attempt it, but you can judge by the pictures. Bear in mind that when I was taking the crowd shots, there were still several streams of people filing in from various directions.

I didn't see any arrests and as far as I know there were no major problems.

Large crowd shots

















Misc shots



Here I am, in the gray hoodie and DU hat (although you can't tell that's what it is)



One of the giant doves



Speaks for itself





Pro-choice cheerleaders



Vietnam Vets Against the War









A guy hanging out a window on the march route

Shots of my favorite signs





This very nice lady was displaced from New Orleans

try hitting shift-refresh. If that doesn't work, then I don't know. :shrug:

and "SHIFT" -- "REFRESH" -- didn't work.

Well worth the wait! Thanks so much for the coverage also in the Oregon forum.

Portland is my hometown, I still miss it. Thanks again.

on edit: I meant for this post to reply to the parent post of this thread.

Thanks for sharing.

the crowd is massive...was there any larger gathering in the nation, or do you guys get the prize?

The doves look fabulous!

Cruella Land, it was quite a bit smaller. But much larger than we expected! We even got some local TV coverage for the two days of marching. I was actually in both TV shots all by myself! It was quick, but it was me!

For some totally DUMB reason, I forgot my camera... maybe because I was concerned with my sign. I'm waiting for downloads from the FloridaForPeace so I can see the pictures. A LOT of younger New College students which was encouraging! Had it not been for them, I don't think it would have gone so well!

We marched to Katherine Harris office, and chanted. But these pictures are really something! I sure wish we weren't so RED in this county. We did roadside demonstrations the first day, and the second day was the march with a roadside demonstration afterward. We got a lot of cars honking in support and it felt good!

I've come to the realization, as did many many of the people with me, that unless we take to the streets, NOTHING is going to get done! The WH is maniacal, and the Representatives and Senators are sitting on their asses for the most part. Repukes & Dems!

We have to mount our own "insurgency" right here in this country!

Great pictures! :woohoo:

That is a frigging lots of human souls
Gee me think repukes better stare hard at pictures
The gentle giant awakening ..... good to see.

Nowhere quite like it. Thank heavens for every one of those thinking, aware people.

:yourock:

I would title it: "One person CAN make a difference."



Great photos!

Thanks for the pics.

But that silhouette shot is stunning. Yay for Portland!

I'm a native. I was born here. I couldn't be more proud. :)

The arrival of my first grandchild prevented me from making the protests in Ashland but a sign I made for Bush's 2004 visit to Medford evdently was there in my place. http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0319/local/stories/05local.htm

Now that I have another generation to care about I am really going to take them on. I owe this kid his country back.

3 1/2 hours of solid people. We were closer to the front than the middle, and when we finished, there were still people passing the halfway mark.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Elad, did you take the pictures from the bridge before the march?

If you did, under the trees on the left were Reader Rabbit, FreedRadical and me.

PDXBecca was there too, we ran into her after the march.

THOUSANDS!!!

My feet really hurt. :)

On edit: The Anarchy kids tried to cause some trouble on Burnside. They were in the middle of the march and started taunting the cops, stopped the whole march dead, then the crowd just split around them and kept going.

I got many shots from up on the bridge, it was really spectacular to see all those people from up there, and all the trails of people still making their way in. We also got a *lot* of honks from passing cars. :)

I had 6 people comment on it, almost all old hippies. I :loveya: this city! :)

I wonder if you were holding the one I saw... great sign. :)

Radio call - ins to pdx imc web radio on March 19th Day of Action. All call times are for west coast/portland.

1:21 - Portland - 150 at the Waterfront for the Code Pink Feeder March.

2:11 - Portland Legal - PLDN says the feeder marchers are joining with the main march at the waterfront. The crowd is estimated at over 1000. The speakers have not yet started and the start of the march still seems a bit far off.

2:46 - Burnside Bridge - The march started about 10 minutes ago, led by Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out. There is a group of people chained togather, walking with hoods over their heads. More than 1000 people. People are super stoked, there is a drum corps and it is a great day!

3:07 - Waterfront - March is just leaving the park, there are alot of people, at least a shitload plus. The speakers have just finished, people are stretching out as far as the caller can see.


blacblock lockdown 19.Mar.2006 15:42

Lockdown on broadway & morrison right now 3:40p PT among orange jumpsuit, black hoods. Liberals reported as "unsupportive." One liberal actually took a swing at one of the orange/black-block,


another lockdown on 6th & burnside 19.Mar.2006 15:44

Another group locked down on 6th & burnside. 3:45p PT.


5th & 6th ave & burnside lockdown update 3:50p PT 19.Mar.2006 15:47

Man from the street reportback: Seattle anti-imperialist lockdown. Chanting "our streets." Cops have left for now.


Reportback from man on street 3:55p 19.Mar.2006 15:53

been at march since start. 4th & washington, walking north. estimates crowd at over 50,000. Teachers groups, civic stewards, all sorts of people out here saying: "impeachment," "stop the war..."

Some signs:
Quagmire Accomplished
Either War is Obsolete or men are
Stop Torture
Bush Legacy
Impeach for bloodstains not lovestains
nice war, assface
drunk frat boy drives country into ditch

Not war in Iraq, it's a bush war. 3rd anniversay of war based on profit, neo-con ideology
came down to work with war resistor league.


breaking news - March 19
6:31PM PST: March and Rally are over. Coverage is over. There is a post-march entertainment thing at Waterfront Park.
3:55PM PST: Several lock-downs taking place around the city.
3:53PM PST: Report from downtown thinks the size might be 50,000 or more people, great signs, people are cheerful, and the downtown is filled with people.
3:48PM PST: Report from Pioneer Square saying marchers have been passing for more than an hour and there may be 30,000 present.
3:35PM PST: Report of police targeting the blac-block, being confronted, and then retreating as the march continues.
3:33PM PST: Report from 4th and Jefferson estimates the crowd size at 4-5000 and says the march has been going very smoothly.
3:12PM PST: The march in Portland is beginning now, reports of more than 1000 people.

http://portland.indymedia.org/

Photogs of M19 March and Rally
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336116.shtml

M19 Pics and Report
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336102.shtml

Peace Rally & March Photos, 03/19/06
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336081.shtml

Waterfront Park Rally
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336059.shtml

We SOOOOOOO ROCK!!

Make peace a worldwide priority in 2006!

Radio_Lady

I've been quite out of touch with my Portland DU friends. But, life is calling now.

See you soon. :hi:

I say double that and you're closer. :)

Our church group turned out about a dozen folks, I was carrying my spanking new "All War Is Sin" sign with the Church of the Brethren logo on it. We had a wonderful time on the march; local news grudgingly admitted to a crowd of "eight to ten thousand," which makes me think that my personal estimate somewhere around 30,000 was correct.

And with all those marchers, there were no arrests. One freeloading nut with his anti-abortion sign, blaming it all on the Democrats (as if Republicans never have abortions), but everyone seemed to ignore him, and I think he went away rather disappointed that he wasn't able to make the rally all about him, him, him.

As we were assembling for the march, some young men on their bikes were tooling around, getting an eyeful. They sped off with one of them shouting, "Bush! All right! Yay Bush!" I hollered after him, "Enlist!"

:)

We had one freeper. Some old guy heckling from his balcony... his wife was watching quietly. When we all started chanting, staring up at him and giving him the peace sign, she kept stepping back like she didn't want to be seen!

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Wow! Great crowd!!

thanks for posting Elad

Peace.

Awesome pics!

You guys just kick ass.

Huge. Great to see!! Thanks for posting these. :toast:

:)

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336160.shtml

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336181.shtml

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/336219.shtml

Priceless - what a great turn out. Any pix on the Pentagon demonstration today.

I wish I could have gone, but my six-year-old wouldn't have understood why Mommy couldn't come to her birthday party!

he matches my sig line

Boy am I jealous! After all of our hard work we were only able to get about 300 to 400 people assembled for our march and rally here in Phoenix! Phoenix is a much larger metropolitan area than Portland. Even though our event went well, we were disappointed at such a small crowd. O.K., Arizona IS a RED state, and we DID lose our local Air America Radio station on March 1st, which I'm sure had an impact, but how do you get people to leave their own little comfort zone and take a stand??? I'm stumped.....

Outstanding turnout!

or add your own =)

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peace

for the street, and the people takin it to the ...

Portland peace demonstrations always have great street theatre!

Quite a turn-out!

Lots of people though. Wow.

Did you get any coverage in the media in your area?

:bounce:

congrats Portland...... great signs. Love the "Republicans make you poor" one. How was it covered on your local tv stations??

How true.

Any estimates of how many were there..that's a big turnout. Now if only MSM would show them..