[News] Marchers protest war

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FRANCISCO
Marchers protest war, 4 more years for Bush
- <mailto:tschevitz at sfchronicle.com>Wyatt Buchanan, Tanya Schevitz, 
Chronicle Staff Writers
Thursday, November 4, 2004

Protesters in San Francisco rallied against the re-election of George W. 
Bush and the continuing war in Iraq in a Wednesday evening march along 
Market Street and through the Mission District.

About 2,000 people participated -- many carrying the same signs and 
shouting chants similar to those of the anti-war protesters that flooded 
the city in the spring of 2003. The main protest was peaceful but boisterous.

The demonstration splintered around 9 p.m. and a group of about 150 marched 
through Civic Center and the Tenderloin. As many as 50 people were arrested 
at Sixth and Mission streets, according to police.

Earlier, one demonstrator who was marching, Liz Farinella, 35, of Oakland, 
said that she had been involved with the campaign of Sen. John Kerry and 
that this was the first march she had attended.

"I want Bush to know that just because he won the election he doesn't have 
a mandate and needs to listen to other perspectives," said Farinella, who 
carried a sign that said "Overthrow King George" on one side and "Impeach 
Bush" on the other.

A large truck with drummers in the back led the march as the crowd chanted 
"We're going to beat back the Bush attack, get the troops out of Iraq. " 
Protesters waved signs with statements such as "Nov. 2, 2004 -- a sad day" 
and "Shame on us."

About a dozen Bush supporters, waving American flags and carrying signs 
that proclaimed "The silent majority has spoken" marched at the back of the 
pack.

"I'm in this to promote the fact that we won," said Victor Tracey, a 20- 
year-old San Francisco State University student who was among the Bush 
supporters.

Earlier Wednesday, the election fueled tempers at S.F. State when the 
campus Republican club set up a table on the campus plaza to celebrate 
"four more years" of Bush. They were quickly surrounded by a crowd of about 
100 angry anti-Bush protesters.

About a dozen campus Republicans defiantly held up four fingers and Bush- 
Cheney signs as the crowd chanted, "Bush is a terrorist" and "You are 
working for the devil."

A confrontation Monday between the same campus Republicans and a group of 
four women resulted in a physical altercation among a few of the students. 
Both sides could face disciplinary action, most likely a verbal warning, in 
connection with the incident, university officials said.

Protesters at the Wednesday evening march were largely young, and many were 
students.

Donnie Clay, an 18-year-old UC Berkeley student, held a sign that said "I'm 
ashamed to be an American" and wore an anti-Bush T-shirt.

"In the world's eyes this is an American decision, and I'm ashamed by 
that," he said.

E-mail the writers at 
<mailto:wbuchanan at sfchronicle.com>wbuchanan at sfchronicle.com and 
<mailto:tschevitz at sfchronicle.com>tschevitz at sfchronicle.com.

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