PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

Protest Locations for the future
by Ken Monday, Mar. 06, 2006 at 2:26 AM

i wish we could hold a large scale protest in a less friendly area to bring our message to an area that won't basically be all people who agree with us already.

i applaud all the efforts and work of the anti-war committee, POG, etc especially since i have been out of the loop for some time for numerous reasons and have not helped. However, i wish we could hold a large scale protest in a less friendly area to bring our message to an area that won't basically be all people who agree with us already. East Lib and Squirrel Hill are clearly with us on this issue. Southside on the other hand is gettin more and more yuppie and wealthy, meaning the demographic is shifting in a bad way and I as someone who grew up in Arlington, which is close to Southside, cannot stand to see what is happening down there. I think a large scale demo on the southside or some action down there would be ideal in light of these facts and the enormous amount of public traffic of all types that comes thru the area. This side of the city has seen little to no action in the political aspect of life and its due time we bring some of this over here! Any thoughts on this would be welcome. (Keep in mind how people were attacked on East Carson when the war began....clearly they don't want us there, which is all the more reason to move on down and take action!)