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At today's march, a man was hauling this wagon full of books and signs protesting Bush's lack of attention to domestic issues, particularly education. He was collecting books for the Inside Books project, so it was both street theater and direct action at the same time.

We congregated at the Lyndon Baines Johnson library on the UT-Austin campus, then marched up Red River Street to the federal building in downtown Austin.

This young man was distributing bagels from his modded bike as part of the Food Not Bombs project.

I asked him if it was difficult to maneuver. He said he got used to riding it quickly, but you can't ride very fast because its hard to stop with its coaster brakes.

marching up Red River

The march took us past the track and soccer field, where the Texas Relays were taking place. Many of the spectators, particularly African-Americans showed their support as the march went past. These young women were particularly excited, hollering their support and dancing to the drummers.

When we got to the federal building, the drummers set up shop under a structure hanging over the street. The noise was darn near deafening.

The news media was in attendance this afternoon, and I took a couple of shots of them in action.