[Marxism] Demonstration in Washington

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Washington Post is carrying on a "live-blogging" exercise with multiple 
observers/reporters, updated every 10 or 15 minutes:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/?hpid=topnews

This, even if a likely underestimate, is still an unfortunate comment on the 
state of the antiwar movement: "Call it a success, call it a failure, call 
it what you will, today's anti-Iraq war rally, drew a cheerful and pleasant 
crowd of 6,850. I counted the marchers who joined the rally from its start 
point at Lafayette Park and passed through the narrowest choke point on the 
parade route, the corner of 15th street and New York Ave., N.W."

Other coverage:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20788877/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070915/ap_on_re_us/iraq_war_protest

Interesting that the MSNBC and AP news coverage talks about "nearly a 
thousand" counterprotesters, but the Post quotes one of those in attendance 
as saying "Choate said he was disappointed to see how few people turned out 
to the Gathering of Eagles" and refers to "several hundred" supporters (this 
is the same reporters who counted the antiwar rally to the nearest 50, but 
doesn't seem to have been able to count the much smaller prowar crowd).

Eli Stephens
  Left I on the News
  http://lefti.blogspot.com

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