The World v. Bush
INAUGURATON
PROTESTS

BreakForNews.com,
21th Jan, 2005 10:00ET   
Compiled by Fintan Dunne, Editor



Police hold their line as U.S. President George W. Bush passes by during the inaugural parade
in Washington, January 20, 2005. The entire parade route was lined with heavy security
as thousands of anti-Bush protesters turned out.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque





The presidential limousine of President George W. Bush passes protesters assembled along the parade route during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2005. Anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance as the inauguration of Bush for a second term took place
amid the barricaded streets of central Washington.
REUTERS/Joe Giza







Protestors hold signs and shout as the presidential limousine passes by during the inaugural parade
in Washington, January 20, 2005. President George W. Bush was sworn in for a second term on
Thursday and pledged to work to heal a country divided by the Iraq war. Bush, who begins his
second term with the lowest approval rating of any returning president except
Richard Nixon, said in his inaugural address, 'We have known divisions, which must be
healed to move forward in great purposes, and I will strive in good faith to heal them.'
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton





Police escort an arrested protester near the inauguration parade route
in Washington on January 20, 2005.





Protesters opposing the inauguration of President George W. Bush
and the war in Iraq gather near the U.S. Capitol
in downtown Washington Thursday.
(AP Photo/Len Spoden)





Adam Hamilton, lower left, yells as he protests against President Bush,
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 at Seattle Central Community College in Seattle.





Joanne Scott, of Seattle, holding a toy skeleton wearing a tie and a cowboy hat, protests
President Bush's inauguration Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at Seattle Central Community College
in Seattle. Several hundred students walked out of classes at several Seattle
colleges and universities to protest the event.
(AP Photo Ted S. Warren)





Vietnam veteran Jim Hart joins other demonstrators at a rally to protest
the inauguration of President George W. Bush, at the state Capitol
in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)





A demonstrator stands beside coffins draped with American flags as part of a protest
to memorialize American soldiers who have died in the war with Iraq
at Washington's Malcolm X Park, January 20, 2005.





Anti-war protester Jess Bowling, of Atlanta, yells during a rally at the Capitol
in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. The march was organized by the Georgia Peace
and Justice Coalition, joining several Inauguration Day protest marches across the nation.
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)





A child holds a candle during a protest outside the U.S Embassy
in London to remember the dead in Iraq, January 20, 2005. The silent protest was
timed to coincide with the inauguration of U.S. President Bush in Washington.
REUTERS/Russell Boyce





Leslie Sweetnam, from Woodstock, Connecticut, holds a sign while dressed as Uncle Sam
during an organized protest of the United States presidential inauguration at Washington's
Malcolm X Park, January 20, 2005. U.S. President George W. Bush takes the oath of office
on Thursday to begin a second term in which he plans to push an aggressive domestic agenda
while seeking an elusive peace in Iraq and fighting the war on the terrorism.
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton





A Buddhist monk holds up a placard at a rally against U.S. President George W. Bush
ahead of his inauguration ceremony to take up the second term as re-elected president
in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan 20, 2005. About 150 protesters and activists turned out
in the protest near the U.S. embassy.
(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)





A South Korean protester holds a sign at a rally near the U.S. Embassy
in Seoul January 20, 2005. Dozens of protesters denounced U.S President
George W. Bush on Thursday and demanded the U.S. stop occupation
in Iraq ahead of his inauguration to be held in Washington D.C..
REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won



A Filipino boy holds an anti-U.S. placard during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy
in Manila January 20, 2005. The anti-U.S. group held a rally outside the U.S. Embassy
on Thursday on the occasion of the inauguration of U.S. President George Bush and
condemned the Bush administration for war mongering and human rights violation.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


"The Revolution Starts Now"

Thousands of protestors poured into McPherson Square in Washington today around
noon to the sound of Steve Earle's anthem "The Revolution Starts Now."

Orange Left.org armbands and banners were everywhere and the diversity of the crowd
there to protest was tremendously impressive -- every bit as diverse as America itself.

Tune in our video at HERE (Windows Media | Real Player) and see for yourself!