ANTI-WAR PROTEST IN EAST L.A. DRAWS HUNDREDS.Byline: Ben Jauron Staff Writer Hundreds of demonstrators marched Sunday from Atlantic Park to Salazar Park in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. to protest against a possible war in Iraq. The marchers came from many parts of California, some from as far away as San Francisco. They carried signs reading ``Social Services Yes: War No'' and ``Impeach To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. Bush.'' ``We're going to keep on protesting until we stop the war,'' organizer Carlos Montes said. ``The Latino voice in the community needs to say no to the war.'' A group called Latinos Against the War on Iraq organized the event, and its support came mainly from organized labor Organized Labor An association of workers united as a single, representative entity for the purpose of improving the workers' economic status and working conditions through collective bargaining with employers. Also known as "unions". and student groups, according to Montes. As well as protesting the war, demonstrators demanded more money for health care, jobs and education. Members of the National Party of La Raza Unita from San Fernando joined the demonstration, along with a number of students and teachers from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , including Chicano Studies professor Rudolfo Acuna. The Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies estimated about 800 people joined the march, and organizers estimated there were more than 1,000. The East Los Angeles protest ended with a rally at Salazar Park, the site of a Chicano protest against the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. in 1970. California Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, addressed the crowd. Officials said the march and rally were peaceful, and authorities made no arrests. ``It was really peaceful and everybody behaved,'' Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. Sgt. Henry Saucedo said. ``We didn't need to get involved.'' A contingent of Latinos Against the War in Iraq will also participate in an anti-war demonstration in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Saturday, when tens of thousands of protesters will march to the federal building there. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) The opinions of Linda Gamboa, 43, of East Los Angeles about the president and the war are abundantly obvious to passers-by at Sunday's peace rally at Salazar Park. Julio Cortez/Daily News (2) A throng of protesters lines Atlantic Boulevard during Sunday's rally. (3) Cynthia Garcia, 50, of Cerritos wears makeup to resemble a skull, while dressed as an Iraqi woman endangered by the threat of a war. |
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