Okay DU'ers, I was on the street on Feb 15 2003 and I felt the energy of

[Decruiter]

the world. Today I felt that energy times 10. I have hope again, I don't know why, I just do.

I'd like to believe all of us here at DU are renewed and that we can and we will change the world.

Neocons, say goodbye, corporatists, say see ya, all our politicos well, we begged you. The people, we know our history, and we are going to make this world a better place.

We can change the world.

[Robbien]

1. Yup. Those blues that have been hanging around July 4th celebrations

sure have been beaten back quite a bit.

Exactly what they don't want, an energized population.

Ha!

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4. Sadly enough, I just talked to someone in Crawford, they were not able to

catch much of today or be a part of today at all. Pretty sad if you ask me. There were a number of individuals there that would have liked to have been involved in today, to have been a part of the world waking up.

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2. It is time for us to channel our leaders from the past. This time we will learn

from our history. I'm calling first on Eugene Debbs, General Smedley Butler, Ike, all the Kennedy brothers, Mario Savio, Granny D, Molly I amd there are so many others. I'm too tired to continue on with this list. They are the first that come to my mind right now.

Our musicians lead us and teach us as well.

Come on everyone, We have the opportunity and we truly have the chance. Let us please make it happen.

[Harry Monroe]

3. Sorry to ask a stupid question

But what is the relevance of the date of February 15, 2003. I work overseas a lot (Merchant Marine) and am sometimes "out of it" when it comes to some things. I usually get up to speed when I get home. BTW, I was watching Live Earth today and my wife would say about some performer "That's so and so" and I would answer "Who?? I've never heard of him/her" Great talent out there BTW, and a truly enjoyable day. I hope the good feelings and energy of this day will not be forgotten and that true concrete actions will be taken to combat global warming.

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5. February 15, 2003, first look it up on google. The world marched in

opposition to a war on Iraq. In the city I live in we made records, we are in the south, we had people on the street that had marched with MLK. Peace, look up pictures alone for February 15, 2003. Millions around the world marched for peace. Well today we matched that, millions gathered in peace for the future of this planet. Join us.

[Harry Monroe]

7. Thank you, I know about the marches and all but had no idea what day they took place

Unfortunately, this Administration didn't listen. Maybe we should have a worldwide day of awareness on how Bush is fucking over the whole planet.

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8. Umm, I think it happened today, "our worldwide day of awareness". That is what I was saying.

Our President, Mr. Gore took the stage. Okay it is 11:24 CST and Roger Waters is starting with Us and Them from Dark Side of the Moon. I'm going to say goodnight to DU on this really beautiful note.

Thanks to all of you.

Enjoy and share.

It is a song for the ages.

We've already had a day or two of worldwide awareness, I hope we don't need too many more, I don't think we have too many more chances to wake up.

[Harry Monroe]

10. Thanks, am still watching CNBC and "Us and Them" is still playing

Tivoing (is that a verb?), Live Earth for my 14 year old son who is out of town this weekend on a church trip to Atlanta Ga. He called me earlier today and told me he was about to visit the MLK memorial there. Imagine that, seven white kids from Mississippi (the number of teenagers on the trip) paying homage to MLK!! How times have changed here down South!! He is really into music and into activism, especially with the church. He has been down to the Mississippi Gulf Coast with me already to help in the Katrina rebuilding effort and is already very liberal in his views.

Now "Another Brick in the Wall". 11:35 CST. We DO need education, but we don't need "thought control"

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9. Here's a peek at the 5,000 that hit Dallas's streets

A big turnout for Dallas.
Madrid had 2,000,000, to give you some reference. London, too.

[Hissyspit]

6. Largest anti-war protests in history.

They were ignored, in particular by the U.S. mass media, and, well, look at Iraq today.

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12. Amen and amen. n/t

[Mrs_Commonist]

15. I was there too...

In the street on the upper East side of Manhattan, and it did feel like something then. They've been trying to wear me down ever since. The underwhelming coverage of that protest was just the first step in the grinding process- the only thing that mattered was what the news media chose to say about it, and they chose to say nearly nothing. I've been to a few marches since, and again they were mostly ignored. Seems like they got smaller and smaller over time too.

I thought it felt like at least half a million at the Repub convention march in 2004, but it was reported as a lot less as I recall.

So it's not enough to speak up and march in the streets when the rich and powerful can silence you, you have to do something. All this raging against the machine only makes it more powerful. Time to stop listening to it and feeding it, or it will devour us.

[Stephanie]

11. You felt it today because today ti was covered by television.

We were out there by the millions in 2003. At LEAST a million in NYC. But if it's not on the nightly news, did it happen? Not really.

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13. No, Stephanie, I felt it today not just because it was covered on TV

We were there Stephanie. On the streets. On the Feb 15, 2003. In a city that didn't have a history of strong protest.
We made history in our own town, without the TV.

Stephanie, it was in the town that changed the world the day Kennedy died.

PEACE

[EFerrari]

14. K&R