An anti-war demonstration that I attended in 1971 in San Francisco. I believe the occasion was the South Vietnamese premier was visiting for something.
A huge crowd. I remember some very disturbing things from that day. The police breaking up the demonstration, people running. I instinctively ducked into a doorway but Dan, one of my friends, grabbed my hand yelling 'Run!' I took his hand and ran.
We're in Union Square I think. The bearded man in the center (John?) was an older boyfriend of my friend Donnie (maybe she has her back to the camera in front of him). I liked and trusted him.
Hard times, though not so much for me. I was comfortably situated at UCSC.
Last night Dennis was watching a documentary on demonstrations in Berkeley. I asked about the 1964 Free Speech Movement. I was in middle school when it happened but wrote about it in high school. People's Park. I said "I don't remember that as happy."
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