The Anti-War Movement

Thousands of anti-war protesters attend a rally at Hollywood's Sunset and LaBrea after a march through the heart of the nation's entertainment capital, Feb. 15, 2003. Activist actors Martin Sheen and Mike Farrell and director Rob Reiner were among the chanting marchers who filled the wide boulevard from curb to curb for four blocks.

Natasha Pimanova and Alex Shu, 3, flash peace signs towards marchers during an anti-war rally in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 16, 2003. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in San Francisco to protest a possible war with Iraq.

Chicago Alderman Joseph Moore, center, tries to deliver resolutions from various city councils, Feb. 13, 2003, to the president. Moore, a member of Cities for Peace, was turned away, because he didn't have an appointment. Officials from more than 90 local governments urged Mr. Bush to find a peaceful solution, saying war would take money from schools, the homeless and police.

War protesters line First Avenue heading north toward Harlem in New York, February 15, 2003. Demonstrations and protest marches against the possible war drew hundreds of thousands of people in cities around the world that day.

Nancy Lessin, left, embraces her husband, Charles Richardson, following a news conference in Boston, Feb. 13, 2003, announcing the filing of their federal lawsuit challenging President Bush's constitutional authority to wage war against Iraq. Lessin and Richardson have a son currently serving in the Marines in the Middle East.

A protester has her eyes flushed with water after being pepper-sprayed at the corner of Third Avenue and 50th Street in New York during a rally against a possible U.S.-led war with Iraq, Feb. 15, 2003. Millions of protesters - many of them marching in the capitals of America's traditional allies - demonstrated that day.

Protesters participating in the World Wide Day of Protest wait outside of the state office building in Philadelphia to begin the 1.5 mile march, Feb. 15, 2003, to protest the threatened US war with Iraq.

Tens of thousands of antiwar protesters gather on the National Mall in Washington to protest the war on Iraq Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. It was among the largest of antiwar rallies held around the United States on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

Shari Himes of Indianapolis flashes the peace sign and waves an American flag as she participates in an anti-war rally in Indianapolis, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. A coalition of groups opposed to military action in Iraq demonstrated on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis.

Protesters carry caricatures of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney during a peace rally in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Jan. 18.

Vermont protester dressed as the grim reaper carries a peace flag down State Street in Montpelier, Vt., during an anti-war protest, Saturday, Jan. 18. An estimated 3000 people gathered to protest the possible war against Iraq.

Anti-war protesters gather on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 18 to mark the International Day of Action for Peace.

Pro-war demonstators hold up signs while standing in front of the White House Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Sunday against the possible war with Iraq and "racist witch hunts" by U.S. authorities following the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Internet-based group MoveOn.org released a TV commercial Jan. 16, 2003 that depicts a girl plucking petals from a daisy and shows a nuclear mushroom cloud. The ad, being shown in 12 cities, re-creates the ominous "Daisy" campaign commercial of 1964 that President Johnson used against Republican opponent Barry Goldwater.

An anti-war protester is arrested during a rally at Lafayette Square near the White House, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, in Washington.

A demonstrator carries a makeshift dove on a pole as peace activists wait to board buses Jan. 17, 2003 in Minneapolis, as they head to Washington, D.C. to take part in a national rally against war with Iraq.

Participants in a "Stop Wars for Oil" peace rally in Missoula, Mont., form a human peace sign Jan. 18, 2003. About 800 people protested at the rally in Missoula.

A demonstrator, right, flashes the peace sign to Pfc. Owen Shropshire, 22, currently stationed at Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., as she passes him on The Strip In Las Vegas during a rally against a possible war with Iraq Saturday, Jan. 18.