War in in the Air, People are in the Streets 1
December 16, 2004
acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14" (sold)
from a photo taken by Lauren Girardin on March 20, 2003.
For the last year, we've all been so focused on the election, we've forgotten the unprecedented worldwide peace movement that grew in opposition to invasion and continued occupation in Iraq. Read Lauren's account of the day, and let's get back in action.
"I'm lucky to be able to protest in San Francisco, a city with a remarkable history of activism that practically revels in its progressivism. This city certainly knows how to organize an impressive and effective demonstration, and I've never been happier to live here. However, it's not just San Francisco, but the entire world that's reeling under the intensity of massive international protests opposing the United States' preemptive war against Iraq. People everywhere have taken to the streets in a movement for peace..."
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