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Anti- War Demo's
February 15th, 2003


with thanks to Nia of mark- thomas- digest



Country By Country





AUSTRALIA:
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/archive/features/2003/02/2003-02.html#7336


AUSTRIA: http://www.dawn.com Vienna, Feb 14: Austria, a neutral country, has banned the transit of US troops or military equipment across its territory unless there is a new UN Security Council resolution authorizing a war...(cont)
BELGIUM: http://www.motherearth.org/nowar - Stop the War details for Brussels

BRAZIL: http://brasil.indymedia.org/ http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2003/02/247606.shtml - Brazil is having a car- ne- val!
BULGARIA: Bulgarians are pissed off that Iraq is not going to pay back the money they owe them. They are also not too thrilled with being shut out of the emergency UN meeting on Monday. They had their main protest on Feb09. Probable protests today as well but their newspapers are in cyrillic script. http://www.novinite.com
CANADA: http://www.acp- cpa.ca/february15thevents.htm - 77 Canadian towns say NO! http://www.canada.com - Grannies in Vancouver on war protests too!
CHINA: http://www.unitedforpeace.org - HK protest http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/cn/2003-02-15/104644.html - Government's opinion http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/cn/2003-02-14/104580.html - Students say no.
CZECH REP http://www.novinky.cz/00/25/83.html - thru the eyes of the czechs
DENMARK: http://www.nejtilkrig.dk/ - event in Copenhagen http://www.resist.org.uk/reports/archive/misc/copenhagen.html - report from the main event back in Dec02
EAST TIMOR http://jakarta.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1177&group=webcast - East Timor checks in
ECUADOR http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2003/01/1558.shtml
EGYPT http://allafrica.com/stories/200301200467.html
FINLAND http://members.surfeu.fi/ewk/eiiskuairakiin/
FRANCE http://www.cyberhumanisme.org/breves.html - a list of all demos http://site.voila.fr/PENN974 - Reunion Island gets in on the act.
GERMANY http://www.15februar.de/ - demo list http://www.expertbase.net/f15/ - radio live from the Berlin rally
GREECE http://users.otenet.gr/~ergatiki/main.htm - Athens demo http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=326008 - Thessaloniki has three demos (news report) http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=325488 - earlier in the week Greece refused troops to Turkey and Iraq to show solidarity with NATO.
HUNGARY http://www.humanista.hu/ - Budapest demo is listed on United For Peace BUT... http://www.budapestsun.com - This story was printed in the Budapest Sun saying the peace demo had been refused as a Neo-Nazi event was happening on that day. Blood and Honor of all people!
ICELAND http://icelandreview.com - Apparently US military pilots need to be guided over the Atlantic Ocean. Funny thing is...it hasn't moved. Can't find a demo listed for Rekyavik.
INDIA http://www.unitedforpeace.org - Bombay demo http://www.indiapress.org - Indian government is strongly against Iraq war. PM asks "How can we support?"
INDONESIA http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x60871681 - Indonesia to continue with anti- war stance http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x60901794 - Oz's PM says he won't try to sway Indonesian opinion. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.1.html - Jakarta this morning
IRAQ http://peacemakers.ohah.net/ - Japanese civ's go to meet and greet
IRELAND
http://ireland.indymedia.org/ - font of all knowledge http://irishantiwar.org/ - demo details http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent - Report of Irish response to Blix yesterday http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2003/0215/index.htm - Breaking news from Dublin
ITALY http://www.fermiamolaguerra.it/ - Rome demo http://italy.indymedia.org/ - check the pic at the top of the page
JAPAN http://give-peace-a-chance.jp/e215/ - Tokyo demo http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.7.html - demo pic from CNN http://www.japantoday.com - report from Tokyo demo http://www.japantoday.com/e - poll on homepage says 54% of JapanToday readers think war will come THIS month. http://c.moreover.com - Japan tells nationals in Iraq to get out now. http://awn.ath.cx/project/report_e.html - demo report from Shibuya 02Feb03
KOREA, SOUTH http://thestar.com.my - Demo in Seoul http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/cn/2003-02-14/104569.html - plans to work with China for peace
LUXEMBOURG http://www.fridden.lu/ - for novelty value
MACEDONIA http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\safdadfa.htm - demo yesterday in Skopje
MALAYSIA http://www.goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_785282.htm - Malaysian perspective http://www.goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_785282.htm - Malaysian PM fears Muslim risings. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/200302060019104.php - demo in KL http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.4.html - pics from demo from CNN

MALTA http://www.movimentgraffitti.org/ - demo in Valletta http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=237229&group=webcast - MALTA report
MEXICO http://www.geocities.com/noennuestronombre/ - demo details - no other details at the moment.
MOROCCO http://www.ptb.be/scripts - report of demo in Jan, sorry it's not in English.
NETHERLANDS http://www.wereldcrisis.nl/ - demo details http://indymedia.nl/nl/2003/02/9364.shtml - pics from demo http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=237233&group=webcast - webcast
It was freezing cold - with wind chill about -8C. Still, the organisers had hoped on 20-30,000 showing up. Instead, there was 70-80,000. The second biggest demo in history (only the demo when the Americans wanted to put cruise missiles in Holland in 1981 was bigger - but that was half a million!) So, in our terms, very big! Especially considering there are no plans to send Dutch troops to Iraq.
NEW ZEALAND http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/ - demo details http://www.indymedia.org.nz - everything in NZ on film plus all the lead- up stuff http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.2.html - CNN pics http://abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_785233.htm - ABC report
NIGERIA http://allafrica.com/stories/200302140061.html - very interesting interview with the Nigerian ambassador to the US who has just returned home.
NORWAY http://www.ingenkrig.no/ - Oslo demo http://www.norwaypost.no - reaction to the burning of a US flag on live TV. http://www.norwaypost.no/newdev - Norway not about to join America
PAKISTAN Yahoo News - News report of demo http://www.dailytimes.com.pk
PALESTINE http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=44235&Sn=WORL - Demo report from Gaza. [down already - 16.02.03]
PERU http://peru.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/318.php - demo listing for Lima

PHILIPPINES http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.6.html - pics from CNN >>>BUT no mention on any 'pines news source that demos are happening in their country...how very 1984<<<<
POLAND http://www.republika.pl/stopwojnie/ - Warsaw demo details No other info in English at the mo.
PORTUGAL http://olifante.netropolis.pt/ - Faro details http://the-news.net - article about ex- pats not happy about war http://pt.indymedia.org/ - neat poster
RUSSIA http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/HotNews.html#34028 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/HotNews.html - Ukranians protest Not much else on web that is a) free and b) in English.
SCOTLAND
http://uk.indymedia.org/index.php3?resist=scotland
SERBIA http://www.tehrantimes.com - an odd aricle from Iran about Serbian opinion on Iraq...
SLOVENIA http://www.acmolotov.org/ - Ljubliana demo details; no news online in English [as of...]
SOUTH AFRICA http://www.anc.org.za/ - congress back peace http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,1009,51744,00.html - news report http://sa.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/3097.php - another report http://allafrica.com/stories/200302140424.html - S.A. says no...because they are smart.
SPAIN http://www.nodo50.org/csca/agenda2003/brigadas_eng.html - Spanish anti- war page with info on people going to Iraq http://barcelona.indymedia.org - loads of info on Spanish actions http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2003- 02/13oliveri.cfm - Gives a good idea of how Spain feels at the moment
SWEDEN http://www.stoppakriget.tk/ - another powerful image at the top of the page http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030203/ap_wo_en_po/eu_gen_sweden_iraq_poll_1 - Poll results http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030115/ap_wo_en_po/eu_gen_sweden_persson_1 - Swedish PM's opinion
SWITZERLAND http://www.gssa.ch/antiguerre/ - details of demos http://www.swissinfo.org - News pic http://www.swissinfo.org - Gov tells people what they're doing (definitely not in UK) http://www.swissinfo.org - US Embassies closed in Geneva and Zurich...for security. Watch out for that cuckoo clock, tick, tock...
TAIWAN http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.3.html - pics from demo http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030215/168/3a3g4.html - More pics, links to 5 pages http://www.chinastudygroup.org/ - has details of demo, also has more on China http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x60873195 http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x60878007 http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?x60899110
TAJIKISTAN http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030213/ap_wo_en_ge/as_gen_tajikistan_us_terrorism_1 - The US have bought all their troops nice shiny uniforms for when they go to war
THAILAND http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0302/gallery.asia/content.5.html - pics from their demo http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030215/168/3a36g.html - more pics (8 pages)
TURKEY http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030213/ap_wo_en_ge/eu_gen_turkey_iraq_protest_1 - Report of their demo earlier in the week http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030126/170/34g2y.html - photos (16 pages) of the Jan demo
UK Slideshows... http://www.gudeman.co.uk/150203/index.htm http://fire.ethosuk.org.uk/~scott/random/WAR/
news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,894460,00.html - from weds 13/02/03 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030211/media_nm/iraq_britain_newsreaders_dc_1 - BBC bans newshands from rally 11/02/03 http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/02/13/do1301.xml/ - Armando Iannucci is good. http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=237177&group=webcast - vid this arvo showing all you lovely folks doing the business. http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000- 12246791,00.html - the news report. Estimates vary by a full million >>>this has got to be a record<<< http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100- 12246276,00.html - Billy Bragg and others say what they think
USA http://www.unitedforpeace.org/feb15.html - check ufp for the godknowshowmany towns/cities/states taking part. Quick run down follows but is in no way inclusive: http://boston.indymedia.org/> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030213/168/39or4.html - Boston http://chicago.indymedia.org/ http://www.chicagoantiwar.org/ - Chicago http://www.mecawi.org/ http://www.freep.com/news/locway/peac11_20030211.htm - Detroit http://www.answerla.org/index8.html http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-knight15jan15.story - LA (2nd link is about an art show for peace) http://www.phillyimc.org/ http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=1407 - Philly http://www.sfgate.com - SF Bay http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20030215/ap_on_re_us/us_anti_war_protests - UN rally attended by M. Luther King III and Dezza Tutu. NYC http://f15.nycimc.org/ - updates are now coming thru and pics will be added



– thanks to Nia & Al at mark-thomas-digest for their sterling work "on the day"







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