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Inaugural Protests in Many Cities
Published on Friday, January 21, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
Inaugural Protests in Many Cities
 


SAN FRANCISCO
Activist Jess Ghannam, middle, rallies the crowd during a protest denouncing President George W. Bush inauguration on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)


ATLANTA
Anti-war protesters march to the state Capitol in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, for a rally. The march was organized by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, joining several Inauguration Day protest marches being held across the nation. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)


NEW ORLEANS
Jazz Funeral For Democracy
"A Wake for Peace"
January 20, 2005 New Orleans, LA


MIAMI
A members of the Veterans for Peace hold coffins draped with American flags during a protest in Miami, January 20, 2005, as they memorialize American soldiers who have died in Iraq. Miami residents participated in a peaceful protest against the swearing in ceremony of U.S. President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Carlos Barria


PORTLAND, OREGON
Protesters hold upsidedown United States flags while protesting President Bush's second inauguration during a rally in downtown Portland Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


PORTLAND, MAINE
Elizabeth Kear and Carol Hayden express disapproval of President Bush on Thursday in Portland's Monument Square. "I feel there is very little else I can do," Hayden said.


PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Karina Wood, of Providence, R.I., holds a protest sign outside Federal Court in Providence, during a demonstration against President Bush's second inauguration, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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)


LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Amy Edelen sits on the steps of a monument in front of one of the many signs of protest during a daylong vigil denouncing President Bush and the war in Iraq Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)


MEXICO CITY
A woman dressed as Wonder Woman partakes in a protest outside of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday Jan. 20, 2005. Dozens staged a peaceful protest againt the swearing in ceremony of U.S. President George W. Bush and four more years of his administration. Words on the flag say: 'Drop Bush, not bombs'. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)


LONDON
Children stand by a coffin marked with the number 10,000 to represent the dead and hold candles 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


TOKYO
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)


MANILA
Filipino protesters burn pictures of U.S. President George Bush 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 violations. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
W.J. Monagle, a member of the Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice, places a poster depicting President Bush in a mosaic made from photos of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq before a protest on the steps of the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. The protest was timed to coincide with President Bush's inauguration. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Anti-Bush rally : A South Korean demonstrator peeps from behind a protest placard during an anti-Bush rally near the American embassy in Seoul, Jan. 20, 2005. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)


LOS ANGELES
Protesters, wearing bags on their heads, kneel as police look on during an inaugural protest Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Los Angeles. The bags are a reference to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. (Ken Marchionno / AP)


MEDFORD, OREGON
Protesters stand in silence at an anti-inaugural demonstration Thursday at Vogel Plaza in Medford. About 300 gathered for the event, which included a march from Hawthorne Park in which protesters carried a casket named “Democracy.”
Mail Tribune / Jim Craven


ITHACA, NEW YORK
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-125th District, address the crowd at midday Thursday from the Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons in Ithaca, during a rally to protest the inauguration of President George W. Bush. Jan. 20, 2005

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