The Bay Area group Direct Action to Stop the War [2] marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion March 19 by blocking key intersection in downtown San Francisco, staging "die-ins" and halting traffic. The corporate headquarters of Chevron and Bechtel and a military recruiting center were also blockaded. Some 150 were arrested at several sites around the city. (Indybay [3], March 19) Three were charged with felonies such as assault on an officer. (Infoshop News [4], March 20)
Among those arrested were 20 from Act Against Torture [5], who were wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods over their heads. Also arrested was Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst who became an anti-war icon when he released the "Pentagon Papers [6]." (DPA [7], March 19)
See our last posts on Iraq [8] and the anti-war effort [9].
