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Iraq war far from only issue

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  • Recreate 68 marchers led their protest with the Iraq war in Denver on Sunday. Speakers included "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan, who declared: "We need to bring our troops back from all foreign occupations."
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Protesters march during a rally sponsored by Recreate 68 in Denver on Sunday. The nonviolent crowd couldn't match the size or enthusiasm of the anti-Vietnam war rallies in the 1960s. "It's not as big, but it's just as sincere," one participant said.

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    By Christian Toto

    DENVER | The list of grievances protesters hauled up the steps of the state Capitol on Sunday wouldn't fit on any one placard.

    The United States' invasion of Iraq is part of a bigger agenda of occupation and imperialism across the globe, according to the assembled protesters drawn together by an alliance of activists calling themselves Recreate 68 in reference to the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

    The Democrats kick off their 2008 convention here Monday.

    The Iraq war issue clearly led the way, but a gaggle of speakers chastised U.S. foreign policies past and present, spoke about being oppressed for speaking their minds and charged the country with ignoring minorities. Several speakers referred to police officers as pigs, but the crowd kept to its nonviolent roots.

    Police ringed the streets around Denver's Capitol just in case. Many stood silently under a massive tree to keep cool.

    A who's who of antiwar speakers addressed the crowd under a blazing Denver sun, including "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan who declared: "We need to bring our troops back from all foreign occupations."

    The crowd couldn't match the size, or enthusiasm, of those long-ago anti-Vietnam war rallies, and some speakers struggled to keep the crowd's interest. But most did their best to invoke the turbulent '60s, imploring people to lift their clenched fists skyward as a sign of power.

    Chants like "Burn it down" and "Power to the People" spiked the crowd's energy level.

    Numerous signs called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Others read "One Nation Under Surveillance" and "No War with Iran."

    Crowd favorite Cynthia A. Mc Kinney, the former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia now running for the presidency on the Green Party ticket, said her country has been hijacked, and her ex-colleagues shouldn't escape blame.

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