tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28851867650291794072011-06-08T17:14:30.980-07:00truthseekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908667196736875203noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885186765029179407.post-78153195737273180492007-05-01T18:12:00.000-07:002007-05-01T19:16:10.957-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp6tgFItI/AAAAAAAAABI/B-Szq8I_sO8/s1600-h/May+Day+Protest+036.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp6tgFItI/AAAAAAAAABI/B-Szq8I_sO8/s320/May+Day+Protest+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059769901229875922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm guessing they're from Santa Monica, Brentwood, or Pacific Palisades. But that's just me.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />I went downtown today to check out the May Day protest . I tried to get there before noon but because it took me forever to find parking at the Red Line subway station I didn't get there till after 1 pm.<br /><br />I didn't see any of the marches, rather just a lot of people walking around with Mexican and American flags (fashioned into hats, capes, shirts, etc.). I walked up and down Broadway and snapped a series of photos and some short videos.<br /><br />I didn't see any counter-protesters (e.g., Minutemen) on my walk.<br /><br /><center>Here's a short video I took of demonstrators marching down Broadway</center><br /><br /><center><embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7375269634228791846&hl=en" id="VideoPlayback" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" scale="noScale" salign="TL" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" align="middle"></embed></center><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8068912@N02/sets/72157600166455487/">Go here to see a slideshow with all the pictures taken</a><br /><br />Here's a sampling of the photos I took today in downtown Los Angeles. Click on the pictures for a higher resolution image.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp7NgFIuI/AAAAAAAAABQ/r5lkQSngEVM/s1600-h/May+Day+Protest+007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp7NgFIuI/AAAAAAAAABQ/r5lkQSngEVM/s320/May+Day+Protest+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059769909819810530" border="0" /></a><br />Pile of signs after the march was finished<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp7tgFIvI/AAAAAAAAABY/CPFrzwlWcqg/s1600-h/May+Day+Protest+015.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/Rjfp7tgFIvI/AAAAAAAAABY/CPFrzwlWcqg/s320/May+Day+Protest+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059769918409745138" border="0" /></a><br />Bob Avakian Revolutionary paraphernalia<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/RjfmotgFIsI/AAAAAAAAABA/_Eo_AgrI7X8/s1600-h/May+Day+Protest+016.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qALu5oaxpA0/RjfmotgFIsI/AAAAAAAAABA/_Eo_AgrI7X8/s320/May+Day+Protest+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059766293457347266" border="0" /></a><br />Marchers waiting for traffic light<br /><br />Apparently there's some violent confrontations going on at Macarthur Park during the second march in the late afternoon. Should have stuck around!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2885186765029179407-7815319573727318049?l=misson-for-truth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>truthseekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908667196736875203noreply@blogger.com1