SDS Report-Back from Durango Anti-War Protest

A young dissident marches at the front
of a pack of an estimated 300 protesters who
walked down Main Avenue on Friday afternoon.
(The Animas SDS Infernal Drum Brigade can be
seen in the background)

Our local Durango, Colorado protest commemorating the 5th anniversary of the illegal & immoral invasion of Iraq was a HUGE success. Animas SDS, the local (autonomous, independent, and institutionally unaffiliated) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society mobilized a successful student walk-out, and our infernal drum brigade led the march with their buckets, making a hellacious yet highly appreciated racket that was credited for kicking the energy up to a whole new level.

Local mainstream media estimates a turnout of about 300 people. That might not sound like a lot to you, but Durango is a pretty small town, and that is a very significant, and even news-worthy turn-out (the park we use is right across the street from the newspaper, and we often have trouble even getting them to come take a picture or two and write a few words). I’ve been involved in helping organize these Durango protests for a few years now, and yesterday’s turnout was by far the best in my memory. The students and youth were clearly and significantly majority, also a first in my experience organizing in Durango. Though the youth were there to represent in much greater-than-usual numbers, the march and rally consisted of a broad diversity of community members, from the very young to the very old, and from the more moderate liberal democrat to the more radical and revolutionary anti-authoritarian and anarchist.

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