Waving signs and chanting in unison "troops out now", thousands of anti-war protesters took to the streets of St. Paul Monday for what is the largest anti-war rally scheduled during the week of the Republican Convention. Police estimated a crowd of 8,000-10,000 at the event. As activists tried to push through police barricades to make their way down to the convention center, police were using pepper spray to quell the chaotic activity. "When I say Bush, you say Liar. Bush! Liar! Bush! Liar!”roared the crowd in a call and answer session. “When I say Cheney, everybody duck!” Jay Marx, an avid activist who spent last week at the DNC in Denver, is visiting St. Paul to support impeachment of President George Bush and represent all forms of freedom. “There might be various flavors and pieces of justice represented here, but fundamentally, we’re all here to stand for the same peace.” » original news ...
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