The turnout , creativity, and spirit of the Los Angeles March and Rally gives hope of political change. A variety of activist organizations promoted ideas from the end of the Bush presidency to ending the military-industrial complex.

marchers and demontrators

A speaker cites how billions of dollars are spent on the occupation of Iraq and other countries, at the expense of education of U.S. youth.

Who said a protest march had to be boring?

Joel Andreas's book "Addicted to War" explains how politicians depend on the military industrial complex for their financial livelihoods.

http://www.addictedtowar.com

http://www.codepinkalert.org/

Excerpt from their website:

"The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration’s color-coded homeland security advisory system that signals terrorist threats. While Bush’s color coded alerts are based on fear, the CODEPINK alert is based on compassion and is a feisty call for women and men to 'wage peace.'”

Ron Kovic, who was the subject of the biopic Born on Fourth of July, continues his activism until "war becomes obsolete" (he is in the wheelchair)