One activist, Andy Thayer, says it's important for people to express themselves in a meaningful way.
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But the much larger nurses' rally will mark a ramp-up to Sunday's anti-NATO march by underscoring that money spent fighting wars means less money for health care, education and other social programs, said Andy Thayer, an organizer of the anti-NATO march.
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