The January 27, 2007 anti-war protest was an anti-war march sponsored by United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C.. The official event consisted of a rally and march at the United States Capitol. Notable attendees included Sean Penn, Korean War veteran and Congressman John Conyers, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Jane Fonda, Jesse Jackson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and Danny Glover.
UFPJ had hoped for up to a million people attending, and it was ...
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The January 27, 2007 anti-war protest was an anti-war march sponsored by United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C.. The official event consisted of a rally and march at the United States Capitol. Notable attendees included Sean Penn, Korean War veteran and Congressman John Conyers, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Jane Fonda, Jesse Jackson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and Danny Glover.
UFPJ had hoped for up to a million people attending, and it was announced at the protest that aerial photography had estimated that at least 500,000 showed up. The Associated Press has stated that the march drew "tens of thousands".
A black bloc, organized by Students for a Democratic Society, and advertised as a "radical youth bloc" on the DC Indymedia site, met at Dupont Circle to begin a feeder march to the main rally site on the National Mall. The march from Dupont Circle to the Mall roughly followed the course of Massachusetts Avenue NW to its intersection with 7th Street NW near the Washington...
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