Mark Holtz
03-25-03, 10:48 PM
From SF Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/25/MN128968.DTL)
War protesters put jobs on hold
Some say conscience leaves no choice
With each new dawn in the war on Iraq, another day's pay is lost for Berkeley piano teacher Rich Hubbard.
It's not that he's away at war -- he's protesting it almost daily on the streets of San Francisco.
"I've turned down opportunities to make money tuning pianos because this is a more valuable investment of my time," said Hubbard, 41, who sat in front of the Federal Building in San Francisco on Monday waiting for protesters to arrive from downtown. "If I don't get involved in this, then the blood is on my hands."
Those with such flexible time are usually students, homemakers or, like Hubbard, self-employed. Some have arranged their lives to be free to protest or lobby for issues they care about. Others protest despite having employees or colleagues who count on them to be somewhere else.
Full Article Here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/25/MN128968.DTL)
War protesters put jobs on hold
Some say conscience leaves no choice
With each new dawn in the war on Iraq, another day's pay is lost for Berkeley piano teacher Rich Hubbard.
It's not that he's away at war -- he's protesting it almost daily on the streets of San Francisco.
"I've turned down opportunities to make money tuning pianos because this is a more valuable investment of my time," said Hubbard, 41, who sat in front of the Federal Building in San Francisco on Monday waiting for protesters to arrive from downtown. "If I don't get involved in this, then the blood is on my hands."
Those with such flexible time are usually students, homemakers or, like Hubbard, self-employed. Some have arranged their lives to be free to protest or lobby for issues they care about. Others protest despite having employees or colleagues who count on them to be somewhere else.
Full Article Here (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/25/MN128968.DTL)