Byline: Combined wire services
U.S. peace activists took to the nation's streets Monday, decrying the prospect of a Persian Gulf war in public outbursts not seen since the Vietnam era.
National anti-war activists said most of the demonstrations were spontaneous, outracing the ability of a fledgling national anti-war movement to coordinate them. Instead, a patchwork of unconnected, grass- roots demonstrations took place in some big cities, largely in response to Saturday's congressional vote granting President Bush authorization to attack Iraq after today.
In Chicago, for example, as many as 3,000 anti-war demonstrators protested for three hours at the Federal Building plaza, blocking morning rush-hour traffic. Police said …
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