Hi, Ronda and I were among the over 250,000 New Yorkers who marched on Saturday against the bombing and invasion of Iraq. The march resembled the Internet. There were 1000's of home made signs voicing a large spectrum of opinion and understanding of the tragedy of this war. I also saw two signs in support of this war. There was not much media coverage but the people saw each other and expressed a kinship with those opposed to the war everywhere. A short article on this march appears on Telepolis with an interesting set of comments in German. Here is the url: http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/co/14450/1.html The article is titled: Giant Protest March in New York City Condemns the U.S. government Attack on Iraq and begins: "Our grief is not a cry for war", one sign proclaimed. "New York City is not for war", another protester explained. These were but two of the sea of homemade signs and people that filled the streets of New York City on Saturday, March 22, 2003. Protesters stretched at least two miles across Broadway, marching from 42nd Street to Washington Square Park." A longer version of the article if anyone is interested is at: http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/march22protest.txt The Internet and connections with people around the world are helping many people in the USA to know we are not alone in our fight against the reactionary policies and practices of the Bush regime. It would make a fascinating study to gather the 1000's of slogans and see what the patterns and understandings behind them are. It will come as no surprise to those on this list how important the Internet has been to the organization and coordination of such marches and the informing of the marchers. My heart goes out to the Iraqi people and the military personnel and their families whose lives are being shattered by this war. The turn out in NYC lifted my spirit because it gave me an idea of the number of people who will not rest until this madness is stopped. It will come as no surprise to those on this list how important the Internet has been to Take care. Jay