The headquarters of the International ANSWER coalition is in a dilapidated row house in a bad part of Washington, D.C. The sleet was just beginning to fall as the office opened, what was the beginning of the blizzard of 2003 — one of the largest snowstorms to hit the nation’s capital.
Thousands of demonstrators braved the bitter January cold last weekend to converge on the nation’s capital for a major antiwar protest against potential military action in Iraq.
Former Vice President Al Gore, in his second major policy speech in as many weeks, challenged the President George W. Bush and his administration to address the nation’s economic woes before the mid-term elections.