Anti-Surge March, Washington, D.C. January 27, 2007

It was a beautiful day, weather-wise, so a few hundred thousand of our fellow citizens turned out to protest the administration's plan to escalate the Iraq war. The sad thing is that these folks are so un-represented in the U.S. political system. And I'm not talking about the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades and other fringe groups. Thousands and thousands of ordinary, peace-loving Americans, trapped in a militarist political system.

The three photos, btw, were taken at very different points in the day, from different vantage points. The top photo is the rally, pre-march, taken from the east side of Third Street. The speaker stand you can see is part of the stage, which faced west. The middle photo is the march itself going up Capitol Hill on Constitution Avenue. The bottom photo is the march at the turn from Third onto Constitution, after the leading edge had probably already completed the march. There were quite a few marchers.