"A crowd of well over 6,000 people from across Washington state converged on downtown Seattle to deny the Bush administration a mandate for its agenda of war and repression. The Westlake Park rally hosted by Not In Our Name was held at 2 p.m. Answering the call for 'No Work, No School, No Business As Usual,' people took the day off work and students from more than 20 schools--ranging from middle and high schools to community colleges and universities--walked out." (link)