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Messages vary with protest groups
A sanctioned protest march forms Friday at the corner of Fifth and Craft avenues in Oakland. (Dr. Laurie Miller / The Clarion Call)
The messages were almost as numerous as the protest groups in Friday’s demonstration march from Oakland to Pittsburgh, the site of the G-20 Summit.
“Our sacrifice is not for your profit,” said Jose Vasquez, spokesman for Iraq Veterans Against the War. During a demonstration prior to the march, he introduced veterans of the war who shared their personal experiences.
An unidentified male participates in a ‘hoop for hope’ Friday near Soldiers and Sailors Hall on Fifth Avenue in Oakland. (Dr. Laurie Miller / The Clarion Call)
Nuno Ribero, an anthropology student at Penn State, wasn’t joining in the march, but he was filming it as part of a project for United Students Against Sweatshops. Liam O’Loughlin, an English graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh was making signs expressing environmental concerns. He explained the group of graduate students works with Free the Planet.
Jose Vasquez, spokesman for Iraq Veterans Against the War (front) leads a demonstration by the group Friday in front of Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland. (Dr. Laurie Miller / The Clarion Call)
Some of the other groups in the sanctioned protest march included Free Tibet, Pittsburgh for Palestine, the Northeast Anarchists Network, Maine Free Trade Campaign, Falun Dafa and others.
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