I went along to the anti-war rally; it was pretty big. Not as big as the one some weeks ago, but tens of thousands were said to have showed up. The usual groups (greens, Nu Marxists, unions, church groups, &c.) were there, as well as many casual people (Nike-brand clothing was perhaps more common than Che Guevara badges; a good sign, that it's not just the usual bampots showing up). I took my camera with me; photos will be posted later (btw, should I blank out faces to avoid having acted as a stringer for ASIO?)

One thing I noticed: one protester carried a French flag. How things have changed that the flag of a former brutal colonial power has become a banner of protest.

Posted by: richard | http:// | Thu Mar 20 10:06:20 2003

I've been trying to find coverage of the march in the news - all I could find was stuff about the march in Sydney. The only site I could find clear coverage was news.com.au!! Looks like fairfax is well and truly on the bandwagon now. No mention of even the Sydney marches there...

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