International Day of Protest

Today worldwide, we are observing the International Day of protest. 2 years before, this day saw the barbaric invasion of Iraq - the age-old conquest of age-old civilizations by new white-civilizations. Though not to optimistic, searched around for peace marches in Houston and found one. Right around my house, in Bell Park. Marched along with a whole lot of protesters shouting slogans. There was a lot of police too, for crowd control. There were many fiery speeches and then taped messages and music - both live and recorded. Was filled with pamplets from different organizations protesting against various related issues. Felt good. As I was the only non-white person in the crowd, I could relate and tell - I come from India, another poor but developing country, and can understand the situation of Iraqis. Half the country faces a daily war against poverty, hunger and shelter. We don't need another was with missles and bombs thrust upon us and killing us. We have enough of killers already - disease, hunger, weather. We don't care whether we get to vote or not. We want a benevolent government, not a western-style capitalistic society. When will people realize that cookie-cutters for economy and governance cannot be imposed on every region. Each region is unique will evolve accordingly.