I believe it is good journalism because it is short, succinct and includes key points that emphasize the scope of the demonstrations. To get deeper into the story would invite a much longer detailed article. The ineffectiveness of the demonstrations on national policy is a good gauge of their importance in the overall movement to reduce U. S. presence in Iraq; and, therefore, supports the limited scope of the article.

This is not your Grandfather's BBC. No source for estimates of crowd side, Who is Lislie Kielsen, and what does she not know? This is a clueless reporter who is writing for his echo chamber. There really is nothing newworthy in this story,

Not enough of anything for such an important topic.

As another reviewer said, it's good that SOMEONE mentioned this. Our own 'news' sources are particularly silent. There is as much protest over this 'war' as over Vietnam, & from those OTHER than students, yet one would think only a small fringe group of people protest if all one watches is home-grown, corporate owned news. Bravo, BBC!

I'm just glad to see ANY story on this. I was supposed to go to the rally in Boston and was kept at home by horrible weather; I've been searching for an account of the march in the Globe, the NY Times, the WaPo -- nada. The NBC Nightly News had a ten-second piece and a photo from San Francisco -- to indicate, I suppose, that this was just one of those California crazy things.

I find it ironic that the only place I saw any reporting on the 10/27/07 War Protests in the US was online and on the BBC. I do not trust the numbers they almost always understate and named only three major cities so who did they leave out? They mention twelve cities had rallies so minus three that leaves nine. No arrests? No Violence? No FBI/Police infiltrators there to provoke fights? Was there satellite or other realtime surviellance? Was KBR or Blackwater skulking around in plain clothes looking for a fight? No Right Wing Counter demonstrations? This is just one added straw showing how our Constitutitionally protected Press is clearly doing a job. On Not For The Amercian People by ignoring this important event. Meanwhile ... More »

I'm not a journalist and I am impressed with people who can express themselves coherently. I would like to have seen more reference to the "volunteer Army" as a part of the decline in public support for these demonstrations. Can you imagine what public response would be to an imposition of the draft as a means of supplying troops to enhance oil profits? Bush/Cheney would not be impeached, they would be tared and feathered and run back to a bar rail.

It's accurate to a point but doesn't mention any counter protest, which was small but was present and could have included more detail