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Groups opposed to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan will hold a rally this evening.
The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, the Gonzaga University Justice Club, Progressive Democrats of America and others will be meeting at Trent and Hamilton at 5 p.m. to hear speeches, wave banners, march and do other things one might expect at a rally.
The location is a bit of a switch from the standard anti-war rallies, which usually either start or end at the federal Courthouse at Riverside and Monroe. It may also have a younger look, considering it’s close to Gonzaga and the Riverpoint campuses.
Why today? It’s the anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt covers Spokane City Hall for The Spokesman-Review.
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ChefGus/ John Olsen on October 06 at 4:15 p.m.
Jim, as always thanks for the post on this event…. hope it is not JUST us old Sliver Hair’s out there tonight… hope to see you and perhaps Mr Pelle there tonight…. gus
ChefGus/ John Olsen on October 06 at 7:25 p.m.
Well…. back from the Rally…. it was for spokane quite amazing… all of the old silver haired regulars… including Rusty and his Spouse….. Rebecca Lamb from Move On.org… and Her spouse Greg,…Melanie Vance also from Moveon.org….. but the amazing thing was that there were fifty or so young people…. from various settings.. mostly gonzaga u… and the crowd was met with pretty much uniform approval from the passing cars and large trucks…. this stands in contrast to the Moveon.org Peace gatherings where trucks with angry red necks would circle and yell and go around the block and come by again…. Speeches, most notable one being from Pastor Jean from Central Methodist who has a son in Afghanistan on his second or third tour of duty…. heart wrenching. Looked to be 80-90 people by my count.. and THREE yes all three Television Media outlets… as well as KYRS Radio…
lovely gathering of like minded people who are oriented toward Dr Martin Luther King’s view of demonstration…
Feel free to “extract” from this for a little article in the Hard Copy of the paper.. best john olsen