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Springtime for Dissent

75,000 gather in Washington.

By Hank Hoffman

Washington—It was overcast and rainy here much of the April 19 to 22 weekend. But for many thousands of demonstrators antiwar and global justice movement demonstrators, it felt like spring. Better than expected turnout, and a refreshing sense of regaining momentum lost, buoyed activists’ spirits. Last September 10, anti-globalization organizers were immersed in planning for end-of-the-month demonstrations against the pillars of… return to article

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