Here's a report from Indymedia about protests at the Bush fundraisers. The mainstream media has told us all about the fundraisers and how Bush is aiming to raise $150-200 million dollars to fund his campaign during a Republican primary in which he faces no challengers, but these reports have hardly commented on the mass amount of dissent the resident has faced.

Thousands Demonstrate Against Bush During California Fund Raisers

Late in his second term, Lyndon Johnson was only able to make public appearances on military bases because of fierce public opposition to the Vietnam War. Currently, a similar situation is developing with George W. Bush -- though Bush also ventures out for $2,000 per person fund raisers for his re-election campaign. The absurd notion, propagated by the mainstream media, that 70% of the American population adores the pResident; is clearly belied by the throngs of protesters that appear whenever he travels anywhere in the country that is not a reactionary stronghold. Such was the case on June 27th outside two California fundraisers. First, demonstrators greeted Bush during lunchtime in the Bay Area (photos: 1, 2, 3); then, come suppertime, a larger crowd, estimated as high as 10,000, protested against the Bush oiligarchy in LA, where Code Pink succeeded in dropping a massive banner (a "pink slip") from a balcony of the hotel where Bush was fund-raising (photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Similarly, thousands of outraged New Yorkers greeted Bush when he stopped off in Gotham to raise $4 million on June 23. Mass Dissent is alive and well in the belly of the imperial beast!

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