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Volume 3,  Number 37              October 19 - 25, 2003            Quezon City, Philippines


 





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Ban-Bush Protest March-Rally to Batasang Pambansa, 
Oct. 18, 2003

PHOTOS By AUBREY MAKILAN and BOBBY TUAZON
Bulatlat.com

Three Bayan Muna representatives and other mass leaders lead march along Commonwealth Avenue by the UP campus, with “Ban Bush” streamer

Quezon City traffic officer – one of hundreds deployed in the area – monitors marchers

Takbo! (run) Young marchers jog to catch up with fellow-rallyists

Women activists from Southern Tagalog
raise clenched fists while marching
and holding huge US flag

Hundreds of tense policemen block marchers’ way beneath overpass along the Commonwealth outside the Ever-Gotesco shopping mall

Irate marchers stop a dump truck that’s about to block them upon police instructions

 

 

 

Rally program kicks off with a militant song by labor cultural group

 

Student cultural players
perform backed by music and annotation

 

 

“Stop Bush” road signs held by Southern Tagalog contingent

Huge U.S. flag with screaming “No. 1 Terrorist” message lies along the stretch of Commonwealth; “Stop Bush” blue umbrellas and Bush effigy in the backdrop

 

 

"OctoBush"

Bush effigy encircled by some of 100 U.S. flags about to be symbolically burned

Together, now: Eagle Bush and parrot Gloria with American flag, which was set aflame at the approach of Bush convoy along Commonwealth

 

Antiwar flags, shouts and clenched fists greet Bush limousine as it zooms en route to Congress

Giant U.S. flag is torn to pieces
by rallyists before burning

Huge U.S. flag burns in protest
against the burning of Baghdad ordered by Bush and other acts of aggression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Bayan Muna representatives
after historic walkout in Congress address rally: 
Satur Ocampo, Liza Maza and Crispin Beltran

Army dispersal unit (without nameplates) wait impatiently for rally to end so they can go home, too

SIDELIGHTS: 

Southern Tagalog marchers show the message of the day

 

Rep. Liza Maza shows some form
 – and a message to Bush

Urban poor children
do an impromptu act

 

“Trick or threat” by Gabriela

 

Just read the message

 

 

Well, aren’t they doing 
that in Iraq?

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