More than 150 groups threw their backing behind the “Put People
First” march. Police said around 35,000 attended the
demonstration. The biggest groups backing the demonstration
include the Stop The War Coalition, whose supporters marched
under the slogan “Jobs Not Bombs,” Friends of the Earth, and the
Trades Union Congress. Berlin police estimated that around
10,000 people gathered in front of the capital’s city hall and
more than 1,000 in Frankfurt, Germany’s banking capital, for
similar demonstrations under the slogan: “We won’t pay for your
crisis.” WeAreChange founder and activist Luke Rudkowski was
arrested at the Hilton Hotel on Manhattan today for attempting
to question New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his
refusal to pay for the health care of 9/11 first responders.
Rudkowski had Infowars press credentials and a video camera when
he was singled out by Bloomberg’s security in the lobby of the
hotel located at West 53rd Street and Avenue of the Americas
(Sixth Avenue). Although many people com