Yesterday we had the October 11th rally and march in Boston.

I was kinda tied up, so I gave my camera to a friend to blow off a few hundred pics which he did. Unfortunately most of them did not turn out well.

Yesterday's crowd was kinda smallish (probably around 1,200 ~ 1,500 or so) but very vocal. I'd say about half to 3/4 of them were college age 'kids'. The march led us up Beacon Street (which fucked up traffic) to Claridon Street (which fucked up traffic) to Boylston Street (which fucked up traffic) to Washington Street ((which fucked up traffic) to (I forget the street name) to Tremont Street (which fucked up traffic) to Boylston Steet (which fucked up traffic) back to our starting point.

The crowd was lefty, noisy and fun.

The march was led by Carlos Arrendando, Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans For Peace. All the usual suspects were there.


I think this pic was taken on Boylston Street:




And here's the march right at the end:




Right at the end of the march, veterans peeled off to the either side of path and applauded as the marchers came by. All in all it was a fun day.