Don't be seduced by Newsweek spin. See links at the end. They will deprogram you. Spirituality has nothing to do with this evil Texas fundamentalism.

*Texas. Astronomical incarceration rate of 1% (one percent). The true George W. Bush as shown by his governorship of Texas. Bush drug war. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/texas.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/texas.htm 

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-----March 10 2003 Newsweek magazine article----
http://www.msnbc.com/news/878520.asp?cp1=1

	During his presidential campaign, George W. Bush said he'd been `called' to seek higher office and talked openly about his faith
	Bush and God
	A higher calling: It is his defining journey—from reveler to revelation. A biography of his faith, and how he wields it as he leads a nation on the brink of war

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			HIS TEXT ISN’T news summaries or the overnight intelligence dispatches. Those are for later, downstairs, in the Oval Office. It’s not recreational reading (recently, a biography of Sandy Koufax). Instead, he’s told friends, it’s a book of evangelical mini-sermons, “My Utmost for His Highest.” The author is Oswald Chambers, and, under the circumstances, the historical echoes are loud. A Scotsman and itinerant Baptist preacher, Chambers died in November 1917 as he was bringing the Gospel to Australian and New Zealand soldiers massed in Egypt. By Christmas they had helped to wrest Palestine from the Turks, and captured Jerusalem for the British Empire at the end of World War I.        Now there is talk of a new war in the Near East, this time in a land once called Babylon. One morning last month, as the United Nations argued and Washingtonians raced to hardware stores for duct tape amid a new Orange alert, the daily homily in “My Utmost” was about Isaiah’s reminder that God is the author of all life and history. “Lift up your eyes on high,” the prophet of the Old Testament said, “and behold who hath created these things.” Chambers’s explication: “When you are up against difficulties, you have no power, you can only endure in darkness” unless you “go right out of yourself, and deliberately turn your imagination to God.”
			Later that day, the president did so. At Opryland in Nashville—the old “Buckle of the Bible Belt”—Bush told religious broadcasters that “the terrorists hate the fact that ... we can worship Almighty God the way we see fit,” and that the United States was called to bring God’s gift of liberty to “every human being in the world.” In his view, the chances of success were better than good. (After all, at the National Prayer Breakfast a few days before, he’d declared that “behind all of life and all history there is a dedication and purpose, set by the hand of a just and faithful God.” If that’s so, America couldn’t fail.)         After his speech in Nashville, Bush met privately with pastoral social workers and bore witness to his own faith in Jesus Christ. “I would not be president today,” he said, “if I hadn’t stopped drinking 17 years ago. And I could only do that with the grace of God.” The prospect of war with Iraq was “weighing heavy” on him, he admitted. He knew that many people—including some at the table—saw the conflict as pre-emptive and unjust. (“I couldn’t imagine Jesus delivering a message of war to a cheering crowd, as I just heard the president do,” one participant, Charles Strobel, said later.) But, the president said, America had to see that it is “encountering evil” in the form of Saddam Hussein. The country had no choice but to confront it, by war if necessary. “If anyone can be at peace,” Bush said, “I am at peace about this.”
	Does George W. Bush's religious faith inappropriately dictate policy? Yes. Church and state are supposed to be separated. No. What's wrong with bringing morality to the White House? I don't know. Vote to see results  Does George W. Bush's religious faith inappropriately dictate policy? * 31993 responses Yes. Church and state are supposed to be separated.  32% No. What's wrong with bringing morality to the White House?  65% I don't know.  3% Survey results tallied every 60 seconds. Live Votes reflect respondents' views and are not scientifically valid surveys.		Every president invokes God and asks his blessing. Every president promises, though not always in so many words, to lead according to moral principles rooted in Biblical tradition. The English writer G. K. Chesterton called America a “nation with the soul of a church,” and every president, at times, is the pastor in the bully pulpit. But it has taken a war, and the prospect of more, to highlight a central fact: this president—this presidency—is the most resolutely “faith-based” in modern times, an enterprise founded, supported and guided by trust in the temporal and spiritual power of God. Money matters, as does military might. But the Bush administration is dedicated to the idea that there is an answer to societal problems here and to terrorism abroad: give everyone, everywhere, the freedom to find God, too.         Bush believes in God’s will—and in winning elections with the backing of those who agree with him. As a subaltern in his father’s 1988 campaign, George Bush the Younger assembled his career through contacts with ministers of the then emerging evangelical movement in political life. Now they form the core of the Republican Party, which controls all of the capital for the first time in a half century. Bible-believing Christians are Bush’s strongest backers, and turning them out next year in even greater numbers is the top priority of the president’s political adviser Karl Rove. He is busy tending to the base with pro-life judicial appointments, a proposed ban on human cloning (approved by the House last week) and a $15 billion plan to fight AIDS in Africa, a favorite project of Christian missionaries who want the chance to save souls there as well as beleaguered lives. The base is returning the favor. They are, by far, the strongest supporters of a war—unilateral if need be—to remove Saddam.         Now comes the time of testing. The war is controversial, more so every day, and the nuclear crisis in North Korea intensifies. The president hasn’t played his diplomatic hand well, and is tied down by the likes of Hans Blix, the Philippine military and the Turkish Parliament, which late last week denied American troops transport rights through the country. Bush advisers know that many Americans—and much of the world—see him as a man blinded by his beliefs (and those of his most active supporters) to the complexities of the world as it is. He makes a point of praising Islam as “a religion of peace.” But to many Muslims, especially Arabs, he looks sinister: a new Crusader, bent on retaking the East for Christendom.
	The Bush family attends church in Houston in 1964; George Sr. once taught Sunday school and George W. was an alter boy		Aides say the president’s quiet but fervent Christian faith gives him strength but does not dictate policy. He’s only seemed like preacher in chief, they say, because of what one called “a confluence of events”: the horrors of 9-11, the terror alerts and the Columbia shuttle explosion. Still, belief gives him something more than confidence, says his closest friend, Commerce Secretary Don Evans: “It gives him a desire to serve others and a very clear sense of what is good and what is evil.”         How did he get that way? Consider this a “faith portrait” of the president, the story of the power of belief to save a life and a family—and to shape a political career and a national government.         GROWING UP—‘God’s Frozen People’         The story begins in Connecticut. Protestants there long ago were a fiery breed, with Jonathan Edwards’s (Yale ’21—as in 1721) warning sinners to avoid the wrath of an “angry God.” But by 1946, when George W. Bush was born there, the old-line Episcopalians—Bushes among them—spoke in quieter voices. His dad was a “duty, honor, country” guy, a World War II hero and a punctilious churchgoer. But he was uncomfortable with public testimonies of faith, especially his own. The hoary joke among Episcopalians seemed apt: we’re “God’s Frozen People.”         The Bible belt was another story, but not for the Bushes. Moving in 1948 to the oil patch of west Texas, they joined other Ivy League immigrants from back East at the Presbyterian church in Midland. (Barbara Bush had been reared in the denomination.) It was staid compared with other churches there, more madras than denim. Dad raised money for the building fund, and taught in Sunday school. “Georgie” was a dutiful son and churchgoer. Years later, in an excess of spin, his mother claimed that he’d always shown an interest in reading the Bible. George smilingly said he was unable to remember such a fact. Sent back East to prep at Andover, he became a school “deacon.” But that role had long since lost any true religious significance; Bush used it to engineer pranks, not minister to the student flock. Delivering the 'Good News' While past presidents have invoked the name of God in public remarks, President Bush has done so, arguably, more than others-and has increasingly moved beyond broad statements on faith to include overt Christian references. An overview: Inaugural Address, Jan. 21, 2001Speech to Congress, Sept. 20, 2001West Point Commencement, June 1, 20029-11 Remembrance,Sept. 11, 2002State of The Union, Jan. 29, 2003Hours After Shuttle Tragedy, Feb. 1, 2003State of The Union, Jan. 29, 2003 "An angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm." Context: The whirlwind symbolizes a medium for the voice of God in the Books of Job and Ezekiel. "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them." "We are in a conflict between good and evil , and America will call evil by its name." Context: Bush's references to "good" and "evil," on the upswing since 9-11, imply the Biblical clash between Christ and Satan. "And the light shines in the darkness. And the darkness will not overcome it." Context: A reference from the Book of John (appropriated from the Hebrew Scriptures) to the coming of Christ. "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." Context: This statement is not found in Scripture, but harks back to the writings of French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville. It raised a red flag for supporters of separation of church and state. "The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home." Context: The words "safely home" are commonly used in homilies delivered at Christian funerals to mean that those who've died are now with Jesus. "There's power, wonder-working power, in the goodness and idealism and faith of the American people." Context: "Power, wonder-working power" is a direct quote from one of the oldest evangelical gospel songs. Karen Yourish Printable version         Come-to-Jesus stories are more dramatic if the sinner is a pro. Bush was a semipro, a hardy partyer—his Triumph convertible was famous in Houston—until he married Laura in 1977. They joined her Methodist church. In most respects, he became what his father was, a respected member of the congregation. But he was a drinker, and a serious one. Only after work and at night, he told himself. But sometimes the nights were long. He could be famously obnoxious at parties, and, worse, a bore to his patient wife. The birth of his twin daughters in 1982 brought him joy. But, friends say, Laura grew increasingly fed up with his drinking. By 1985, as he approached 40, he needed to fix his relationship with the women in his life. “Nothing was broken,” Evans said. “But he wanted it to be better.” Mostly, he had to leave alcohol behind.         BORN AGAIN—Walking ‘The Walk’
			Bush and God March 10th issue •  Fineman: A Biography of Bush's Faith •  Presidents and the Scripture They Quote •  Pride and Bush's Vision Thing        In campaign biographies, ghostwriters highlight the role that Billy Graham played in launching Bush on what he and Evans call his “Walk.” The truth is more prosaic, and explains far more about Bush’s evolving views, not only of faith but of government. Evans, married to a Bush elementary-school chum, was the key. He had been the golden boy of Midland, a handsome straight arrow, a “Cowboy” at the University of Texas (the Skull and Bones of Austin). He had gone home to climb the ladder of Tom Brown Oil Co., a booming concern in a booming economy. But in 1984 the oil business caved in. “It was the worst industrial collapse in the history of the American economy,” says Evans, who was left with the task of plowing through piles of corporate debt. Personal life was hard, too. By that time, he’d learned that a daughter, born severely handicapped, would need lifetime care.
			The Presidency: Bush & God •  Audio: Ken Woodward, NEWSWEEK Contributing Editor, and Martin E. Marty, Professor Emeritus University of Chicago Divinity School, author Modern American Religion •  Audio: Listen to the complete weekly On Air show        As a west Texan, Evans did what came naturally in a storm: he joined a nondenominational Bible-study group. He coaxed his friend George to come along. The program was called Community Bible Study—started, ironically, in the Washington, D.C., area in 1975 by a group of suburban women. By the time it got to Midland, it was a scriptural boot camp: an intensive, yearlong study of a single book of the New Testament, each week a new chapter, with detailed read-ing and discussion in a group of 10 men. For two years Bush and Evans and their partners read the clear writings of the Gentile physician Luke—Acts and then his Gospel. Two themes stood out, one spiritual, one more political: Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, and the founding of the church. Bush, who cares little for the abstract and a great deal for people, responded to the conversion story. He liked the idea of knowing Jesus as a friend.         The CBS program was a turning point for the future president in several ways. It gave him, for the first time, an intellectual focus. Here was the product of elite secular education—Andover, Yale and Harvard—who, for the first time, was reading a book line by line with rapt attention. And it was ... the Bible. In that sense, Bush is a more unalloyed product of the Bible belt than his friends, who may have deeply studied something else in earlier days. A jogger and marathoner for years, Bush found in Bible study an equivalent mental and spiritual discipline, which he would soon need to steel himself for his main challenge in life to that point: to quit drinking.         Bush says he never considered himself to be an alcoholic, and never attended an AA meeting. But it turned out he didn’t have to. CBS was something akin to the same thing, part of what has since come to be called the “small group” faith movement. It’s a baby-boomerish mix of self-help, self-discipline, group therapy (without using what, for Bush, is a dreaded word) and worship. Whatever, it worked. As the world knows, Bush did quit drinking in the summer of 1986, after his and Evans’s 40th birthday. “It was ‘goodbye Jack Daniels, hello Jesus’,” said one friend from those days.         THE POLITICS—Making New Friends         Bush turned to the bible to save his marriage and his family. But was he also thinking of smoothing his path to elective office? We’ll never know for sure. But he knew the political landscape of his near-native Texas. He knew that, by 1985, the South had risen to take control of the GOP, and that evangelical activism and clout was rising with it—indeed had been instrumental in making it possible. He also knew that his father’s way—Episcopalian reserve, moderation on cultural issues, close ties to back East—was a tough sell, to say the least. Bush the Younger had experienced it firsthand, in 1978, when he impetuously ran for Congress in Midland. He was a proud alumnus of Sam Houston Elementary and San Jacinto Junior High. But he had been clobbered as an Ivy League interloper nonetheless.         When Bush moved to Washington in 1987 to help run his father’s campaign, he seized the main chance: to take over the job of being the “liaison” to the religious right. He quickly saw that he could talk the talk as well as walk the walk. “His father wasn’t comfortable dealing with religious types,” recalled Doug Wead, who worked with him on evangelical outreach. “George knew exactly what to say, what to do.” He and Wead bombarded campaign higher-ups with novel ways to reach out. Wead slipped Biblical phrases—signals to the base—into the Old Man’s speeches. Dubya, typically, favored a direct approach. He wanted to feature Billy Graham in a campaign video. Dad nixed the idea.         Bush and Rove built their joint careers on that new base. Faith and ambition became one, with Bush doing the talking and Rove doing the thinking on policy and spin. In 1993—the year before he ran for governor—Bush caused a small tempest by telling an Austin reporter (who happened to be Jewish) that only believers in Jesus go to heaven. It was a theologically unremarkable statement, at least in Texas. But the fact that he had been brazen enough to say it produced a stir. While the editorial writers huffed, Rove quietly expressed satisfaction. The story would help establish his client’s Bible-belt bona fides in rural (and, until then, primarily Democratic) Texas. As a candidate, Bush sought, and got, advice from pastors, especially leaders of new, nondenominational “megachurches” in the suburbs. His ideas for governing were congenial to his faith, and dreamed up in his faith circles. The ideas were designed to draw evangelicals to the polls without sounding too church-made. “Compassionate conservatism”—mentoring, tough love on crime, faith-based welfare—was in many ways just a CBS Bible study writ large. The discipline of faith can save lives—Bush knew it from personal experience—and undercut the stale answers of the left.         The presidential campaign was Texas on a grander scale. As he prepared to run, in 1999, Bush assembled leading pastors at the governor’s mansion for a “laying-on of hands,” and told them he’d been “called” to seek higher office. In the GOP primaries, he outmaneuvered the field by practicing what one rival, Gary Bauer, called “identity politics.” Others tried to woo evangelicals by pledging strict allegiance on issues such as abortion and gay rights. “Bush talked about his faith,” said Bauer, “and people just believed him—and believed in him.” There was genius in this. The son of Bush One was widely, logically, believed by secular voters to be a closet moderate. Suddenly, the father’s burden was a gift: Bush Two could reach the base without threatening the rest. “He was and is ‘one of us’,” said Charles Colson, who sold the then Governor Bush on a faith-based prison program.         For his public speeches, he hired Michael Gerson, a gifted writer recommended to him by Colson, among others. A graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois (“the Evangelical Harvard”), Gerson understood Bush’s compassionate conservatism. More important, he had a gift for expressing it in stately, lilting language that could appeal, simultaneously, to born-agains and to secular boomers searching for a lost sense of uplift in public life.         The Bush campaign conducted its more-controversial outreach below radar, via letters and e-mail. Only once was it forced to reach out in a raw public way. After John McCain won the New Hampshire primary, Bush made his infamous visit to South Carolina’s Bob Jones University, the ultrafundamentalist and officially anti-Roman Catholic school. Strategists were opaque in public, unapologetic behind the scenes. “We had to send a message—fast—and sending him there was the only way to do it,” said one top Bush operative at the time. “It was a risk we had to take.” Bush won.         THE RECKONING—Forged in the Fire         Faith didn’t make Bush a decisive person. He’s always been one. His birthright as a Bush gives him a sense of obligation to serve, and a sense of an entitlement to lead. West Texas, where dust storms and the gyrating economy buffeted the locals, left him with a love of straight shooters and a come-what-may view of life. A frat man at Yale in an increasingly radical time—the late 1960s—he came to loathe intellectual avatars of complexity and doubt—especially when they disparaged his dad. He is a Pierce, too: a quick-to-judge son of a quick-to-judge mother.
			World News March 10th issue TARGET IRAQ •  Saddam's Banality of Fear •  Blood, Oil & Iraq WAR ON TERROR •  A Leader of Al Qaeda Is Arrested NORTH KOREA •  Pyongyang: Power Struggle Between Brothers MIAMI •  Cuban-American Leaders Ease Up On Castro         Still, faith helps Bush pick a course and not look back. He talks regularly to pastors, and loves to hear that people are praying for him. As he describes it, his faith is not complex. In recent weeks he has added a new note to his theme of the personal uses of faith, drawn from CBS. Now there is a sense of destiny that approaches the Calvinistic. “There is a fatalistic element,” said David Frum, the author and former Bush speechwriter. “You do your best and accept that everything is in God’s hands.” The result is unflappability. “If you are confident that there is a God that rules the world,” said Frum, “you do your best, and things will work out.” But what some see as solidity, others view as a flammable mix of stubbornness and arrogance. “No one’s allowed to second-guess, even when you should,” said another former staffer.         The atmosphere inside the White House, insiders say, is suffused with an aura of prayerfulness. There have always been Bible-study groups there; even the Clintonites had one. But the groups are everywhere now. Lead players set the tone. There is Gerson, whose office keeps being moved closer to the Oval. Chief of staff Andrew Card’s wife is a Methodist minister. National-security adviser Condi Rice’s father was a preacher in Alabama.         The president is known to welcome questions about faith that staffers sometimes have the nerve to share with him. But he’s not the kind to initiate granular debates about theology. Would Iraq be a “just war” in Christian terms, as laid out by Augustine in the fourth century and amplified by Aquinas, Luther and others? Bush has satisfied himself that it would be—indeed, it seems he did so many months ago. But he didn’t do it by combing through texts or presiding over a disputation. He decided that Saddam was evil, and everything flowed from that.         The language of good and evil—central to the war on terrorism—came about naturally, said Frum. From the first, he said, the president used the term “evildoers” to describe the terrorists because some commentators were wondering aloud whether the United States in some way deserved the attack visited upon it on September 11, 2001. “He wanted to cut that off right away,” said Frum, “and make it clear that he saw absolutely no moral equivalence. So he reached right into the Psalms for that word.” He continued to stress the idea. Osama bin Laden and his cohorts were “evil.” In November 2001, in an interview with NEWSWEEK, he first declared—blurted out, actually—that Saddam Hussein in Iraq was “evil,” too.         The world, and the Bush administration, are focused on Iraq. But as a matter of politics and principle, the president knows that he needs to deliver on his faith-based domestic agenda, especially since his party controls Congress. The wish list compiled by Rove is a long one. It includes conservative, pro-life judicial nominations; new HUD regulations that allow federal grants for construction of “social service” facilities at religious institutions; a ban on human cloning and “partial birth” abortion; a sweeping program to allow churches, synagogues and mosques to use federal funds to administer social-welfare programs; strengthened limits on stem-cell research; increased funding to teach sexual abstinence in schools, rather than safer sex and pregnancy prevention; foreign-aid policies that stress right-to-life themes, and federal money for prison programs (like the one in Texas) that use Christian tough love in an effort to lower recidivism rates among convicts.         While Rove and Hill leaders work the domestic side, Bush is dwelling on faith-based foreign policy of the most explosive kind: a potential war in the name of civil freedom—including religious freedom—in the ancient heart of Arab Islam. In the just-war debate, he has strong support from his base. Leading advocates for the moral virtue of his position include Richard Land, the key leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s political arm. Another supporter is Michael Novak, the conservative Catholic theologian. Novak recently journeyed to Rome to make his case at the invitation of the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Jim Nicholson, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee. All politics is local.         But the president is facing a mighty force of religious leaders on the other side. They include the pope (Bush will meet with a papal envoy this week, NEWSWEEK has learned), the Council of Bishops, the National Council of Churches, many Jewish groups and most Muslim leaders. “People appreciate his devotion to faith, but, in the context of war, there is a fine line, and he is starting to make people nervous,” says Steve Waldman, the editor and CEO of Beliefnet, a popular and authoritative Web site on religion and society. “They appreciate his moral clarity and decisiveness. But they wonder if he is ignoring nuances in what sounds like a messianic mission.”         Muslims are especially wary. Bush has gone to great lengths to reassure them that he admires their religion. He has hosted Ramadan dinners, and periodically criticized evangelicals, including Franklin Graham, who denounce Islam as a corrupt, violent faith. Still, evangelical missionaries don’t hide their desire to convert Muslims to Christianity, even—if not especially—in Baghdad. If one of the goals of ousting Saddam Hussein is to bring freedom of worship to an oppressed people, how can the president object?         For Bush, that’s a nettlesome question for another time. If he’s worried about it or other such weighty matters, it wasn’t obvious at dinner upstairs in the private quarters of the White House the other week. He and Laura had invited close friends and allies such as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Bush, as usual, was a genial, joshing host. Also, as usual, he didn’t want the evening to last too long. “He tends to rush through cocktail hour,” says a friend. “One quick Coke and he wants to eat.” The president asked Rumsfeld to say grace. (“Can you help us out here, Mr. Secretary?”) As 10:30 p.m. approached, the commander in chief seemed eager to turn in. Knowledgeable guests understood that he wanted to catch at least a few minutes of his beloved “SportsCenter” on ESPN. But he also needed to get up early, very early. He had some reading to do.         With Tamara Lipper, Martha Brant, Suzanne Smalley and Richard Wolffe                © 2003 Newsweek, Inc.

		Cover Story: Bush and God  The White House: Gospel on the Potomac  The Sin of Pride

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*Art Bell versus Pat Robertson. Celebrity Death Match.
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*Religion 101. Drug War = fundamentalist Holy War. Theocracy today. The Religious Right most strongly supports the U.S. Drug War. Links, polls, history, etc..
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/religion.htm  and  
http://corporatism.tripod.com/religion.htm   

*Terrorism of USA. Death Squads, Drug War. LINKS worldwide. Revised. Millions killed over decades. Mostly US-run or US-aided terrorist death squads worldwide. Other death squads, too. Today's death squads, and older ones such as the US-run Phoenix Program during the Vietnam war. Terrorism and corruption at all levels of politics, police, society, media, business, unions, government, etc.. Lists in alphabetical and chronological order. Huge LINKS list. 
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"Mr Aznar said he also stressed to Mr Bush the importance to Europe and the Middle East of making immediate progress on the Israel-Palestinian conflict."

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Spanish PM urges Bush to muzzle Rumsfeld
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407750590.html

March 1 2003
By Isambard Wilkinson
Madrid

The Spanish Prime Minister has asked President George Bush to rein in his Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, whom he accuses of stoking anti-war sentiment in Europe with his hawkish rhetoric.

Jose Maria Aznar, who has been one of America's staunchest allies over Iraq, told the President Mr Rumsfeld's words were making his job more difficult.

In an interview published on Thursday in The Wall Street Journal, Mr Aznar said: "I did tell the President that we need a lot of (Secretary of State) Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld."

"Ministers of defence should talk less, shouldn't they? The more Powell speaks and the less Rumsfeld speaks, that wouldn't be a bad thing altogether," Mr Aznar said.

Mr Aznar said he also stressed to Mr Bush the importance to Europe and the Middle East of making immediate progress on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

His comments came as the US State Department outlined plans to reverse growing anti-American feelings among Muslim countries. But US Democrats said Mr Bush was undermining such efforts with his policies and rhetoric.

Senator Joseph Biden, a leading Democrat on foreign affairs, told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that the government had "largely squandered" goodwill the US enjoyed after the September 11 terrorist attacks by being "disdainful" of foreign governments' views, embarrassing foreign leaders and failing to invest enough in public diplomacy. A study by the Pew Research Centre released at the hearing said favourable ratings for the US had fallen since 2000 in 19 of 27 countries where benchmarks were available.

Charlotte Beers, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, acknowledged the "gap between who we are and how we wish to be seen, and how we are in fact seen, is frighteningly wide". But she cited "brave and bold plans" to try to close the gap, including an Arabic-language television channel.

In Athens, a senior US diplomat has resigned in protest at the government's policy on Iraq. Brady Kiesling, 45, political counsellor at the embassy and a foreign service officer for about 20 years, faxed his resignation decision to Mr Powell on Monday, The New York Times said. It is believed to be the first resignation of a US diplomat over Mr Bush's Iraq policy, one official said.

The New York Times quoted Mr Kiesling as saying he had acted alone but was comforted by subsequent expressions of support from colleagues. "We should ask ourselves why we have failed to persuade more of the world that a war with Iraq is necessary. We have over the past two years done too much to assert to our world partners that narrow and mercenary US interests override the cherished values of our partners," his letter said.

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New York Times. Letter of resignation.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1578722.php

"We should ask ourselves why we have failed to persuade more of the world that a war with Iraq is necessary. We have over the past two years done too much to assert to our world partners that narrow and mercenary U.S. interests override the cherished values of our partners. Even where our aims were not in question, our consistency is at issue. The model of Afghanistan is little comfort to allies wondering on what basis we plan to rebuild the Middle East, and in whose image and interests. Have we indeed become blind, as Russia is blind in Chechnya, as Israel is blind in the Occupied Territories, to our own advice, that overwhelming military power is not the answer to terrorism?"

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for Cannabis Liberation!


On May 1st, the documentary "Hempsters: Plant the Seed" will have
its Kentucky Premier at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington. This
documentary follows the efforts of seven major activists (including
myself) in legalizing Industrial Hemp.

http://www.hempstersthemovie.com/


On May 3rd, we will rally in downtown Lexington from 10 until noon
for a change in Kentucky's laws on Marijuana in all of its uses. I
will be calling out the politicians in our state who have ducked
this issue, who continue to ignore the hard scientific facts and who
let people suffer needlessly. Similar events will be taking place in
another 200 cities.


I would be honored to have you work with me in producing a
successful event in Lexington. If you are interested in
participating in the organization of this event, I invite you to
attend a meeting at my office, 155 E. Main St. #203 (Lion Bldg.) in
downtown Lexington on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 PM.

Sincerely,

Gatewood

For additional information on the worldwide event, checkout the
following websites:

www.cures-not-wars.org  www.cannabiscoalition.org


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 MPPupdates@... wrote:

From: MPPupdates@...
Subject: MPP releases TV ad lampooning drug czar's TV ads
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:01:35 -0500 (EST)

Dear Friend:

The Marijuana Policy Project just launched the third stage of our
five-stage "war on drug czar" campaign. Today, we released a TV ad
that lampoons one of the White House drug czar's deceptive drugs-and-
terrorism ads. To view our ad, please see:

http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar/commercials

We are spending $20,000 on our first barrage of ads over the next nine
days in Washington, D.C. In addition, the production of the ad -- plus
two other ads we will release later -- cost only $10,000 for all three
combined.

If you like our first ad, would you please donate some of the $30,000
that is needed to pay for the first round of ads?

http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar

To date, we have raised only $5,000 for this campaign. But we decided
to release the ad before raising the full $30,000 because we feared
that if we delayed any longer, our ad might get eclipsed by the
possible war in Iraq.

We made the right decision. A couple of hours ago, the Associated
Press distributed the following story nationwide ...

======================================================================

Group Spoofs Marijuana-Terrorism Link Ad

by Associated Press

February 26, 2003, 3:12 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- A television commercial challenging the government's ad
campaign linking marijuana use to terrorism will begin airing Thursday
in the Washington area.

The ad is a parody of the "Nick and Norm" spots -- sponsored by the
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy -- in which two men
discuss whether buying marijuana ultimately funds terrorists.

In the spoof, Nick tells Norm that the marijuana trade supports
violence only because marijuana is illegal. "If I buy a beer, that
doesn't support terror, because beer is legal, right?" Nick asks. When
Norm agrees, Nick concludes, "So what you're saying is if we make
marijuana legal and regulate it like beer, it wouldn't support
violence."

Produced by the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, which
advocates marijuana legalization, the 30-second ad is to air through
March 7 on the ABC, CBS and FOX affiliates in Washington at a cost of
$20,000.

Tom Riley, a drug policy office spokesman, said the argument is flawed
because the same rationale also would support legalizing heroin and
cocaine.

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," Riley said of the
parody. "Our ads have obviously struck a nerve."

Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Bruce Mirken said the government's
campaign is misleading.

"The drug czar has really gone heavily on the anti-marijuana binge
with the campaign he's running," Mirken said. "The point is really
that marijuana doesn't cause violence, prohibition does."

======================================================================

Would you please visit http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar  to help pay
for MPP's first ad? Our TV commercials, which are a much-needed
response to the drug czar's ads that have been dominating the
airwaves, are a critical component of our five-stage "war on drug
czar" campaign.

In the first stage of this campaign, we filed a complaint with the
federal Office of Special Counsel, alleging that the drug czar
illegally used his office to campaign against our ballot initiative in
Nevada this past fall. It is imperative that we win this case, for the
good of the country. If we lose, it will mean that the federal
government will be able to serve as the largest campaign operation in
the history of the country -- at taxpayer expense. The case is still
pending.

In the second stage of our campaign, we notified the Nevada Secretary
of State that Drug Czar John Walters failed to file any campaign
expenditure reports on the money he spent opposing our ballot
initiative. Amazingly, the drug czar's office responded by claiming he
was exempt from filing the reports -- but failed to cite any laws that
provided for this exemption. Nevada officials are meeting today to
discuss the matter.

The third stage is our TV ad campaign, which we will roll out in other
targeted markets in the months to come, following the drug czar from
city to city so that local reporters will ask him to defend his ads --
and comment on MPP's ads. He will not be able to escape us.

The fourth stage, which will be announced next month, will include
members of Congress in a new front of our campaign. And the fifth
stage will be launched in the spring.

If we don't defend ourselves and our movement from the drug czar's
illegal campaign expenditures and deceptive TV ads, all the progress
we have made since the 1996 ballot initiative victory in California
will come to a screeching halt.

If you have a TV, you have seen the drug czar's marijuana scare ads.
In one, a teenager accidentally shoots his friend while smoking
marijuana. Another ad depicts a car full of marijuana users
accidentally running over a little girl on a bicycle. And other ads
claim that buying drugs funds terrorism. For all of the drug czar's
ads, please see http://www.mediacampaign.org/mg/television.html .

Would you please visit http://www.mpp.org/WarOnDrugCzar  to help fund
MPP's new, aggressive TV ad campaign?

We cannot take on this battle without your help. Thank you in advance
for your financial support -- and your vote of confidence.

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

P.S. If you donate $250 or more, we will send you a compilation DVD of
MPP's landmark Nevada ballot initiative campaign last year,
including local and national TV news coverage, all ads that our
campaign aired on TV, the drug czar's TV ads, the Election Night
concession speeches at our campaign headquarters in Las Vegas,
and one speech and one panel discussion from our Anaheim
conference a few days after Election Day that served as a
postmortem on the election. This documentary will be shipped out
next week. (If you donated $250 or more to the Nevada initiative
campaign, this is the video you have been waiting for.)

P.P.S. You can choose to make your donation tax-deductible by checking
the appropriate box on the donation page (which will direct it
to MPP Foundation instead of MPP).

P.P.P.S. If you prefer to mail your donation, please send it to
MPP's TV Ad Campaign, P.O. Box 77492, Washington, D.C. 20013.
Thanks again ...

P.P.P.P.S. If you have the ability to run our ad as a Public Service
Announcement in your local community, please let us know by
responding to mpp@...

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Many links. Photos articles videos audio. Feb 14-16 2003 peace rallies
worldwide in 603 cities. More links have been added at the end.

All these links are clickable if the URL web addresses are not
wrapped to 2 lines in your email. HTML email usually prevents this
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President Bush’s Ratings Fall Sharply. Poll taken before and during
protests worldwide. "results of The Harris Poll®, a nationwide telephone
survey conducted by Harris Interactive® among a sample of 1,010 adults,
from February 12 to 16, 2003." Ratings will fall farther when a poll is
taken now AFTER the worldwide protests.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=358

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From:  Joshua Tinnin <jtinnin@p...>
Date:  Wed Feb 19, 2003  10:21 pm
Subject:  UPDATE - Protest coverage

Final update ... I'm sure there are more, but some of these links will
expire soon, and all I've checked are still good as of yesterday. I
tried to find more about Latin America, but mostly found American and
European coverage of South and Central America. Indymedia and Infoshop
have a lot of photos and multimedia, and I included a few links to local
Indymedia sites below. This is about the best coverage anyone could hope
to get of a protest, in scope and amount, even with contentions
involving the counts and a few other minor problems. However, I've
noticed most of the talking heads on cable news are dismissive of the
whole thing, and are hawking away with Rumsfeld on his recent
announcement that human shields would be treated as war criminals.
Still, tragic stories of love affairs gone horribly awry tend to
dominate cable news, especially the analysis shows. And Michael
Jackson's sanity is a frequent topic. So, it's probably expecting too
much for cable news to treat this topic any differently, at least
editorially, and finally this time they noticed.

Almost all of these are unique stories, if not all. There are some wire
stories in there, but I tried not to duplicate any which were published
in multiple papers.

- jt

No War!
http://www.uclick.com/client/nyt/jd/2003/02/17/index.html

101 slogans from today's peace rally (SF, CA)
http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/sfc/com/8743118.html

Indymedia coverage, streaming media and photos
http://www.indymedia.org/

Infoshop coverage, streaming media and photos
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/f15antiwar_news.html

Protest coverage, streaming media and photos
http://www.freespeech.org/

February 2003 Antiwar Demonstrations
http://www.antiwar.com/feb03demos.html

Iraq Protests
http://www.protest.net/iraq_protests.html

Photos
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l70 Pictures from over 110 Protests around the World on February 15/16, 2003
http://www.punchdown.org/rvb/F15/

A Day of Protest to War in Iraq (February 15, 2003)
http://www.glo.org/modules.php?set_albumName=album01&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

The World Says No to War - photos
http://www.blah3.com/2-15/13.html

Protest photos
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/protestphotos.html

ANTI-WAR PROTEST MARCHES AROUND THE GLOBE
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1425.htm

NYC
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030215/168/3a6x9.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030215/168/3a88t.html

Washington, D.C.
http://www.carolmoore.net/photos/dcpeaceprotests2003.html

SF, CA: Aerial Photos of Feb 16 Anti-war March & Rally
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575313.php

SF photos
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/notpamgreen/lst?.dir=/f16&.view=t

Pictures of Sacramento Protest
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1574353.php

Peace March in San Jose 2/15
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1574309.php

2/15 Los Angeles March Photos
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/29406.php

images of Hollywood Protest
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/29385.php

LA Demo Breakaway Attacked!!!
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/29308.php

Minneapolis Peace March 2-15
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/minnB2-15/index.html

Feb. 15 in Seattle
http://seattle.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=22398&group=webcast

More Seattle
http://www.droppingbombsonyourmom.com/album_page.php?article_id=71

Indianapolis Rally
http://www.indyaccess.org/library/peace_rally.htm

Santa Fe, NM Peace March
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~context/

Colorado Springs, 2/15/03
http://www.8days.com/august/colospgs.htm

Halifax, Canada: Photos from our February 15th Peace Walk and Rally
http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/F15.htm
http://homepage.mac.com/mrushton/PhotoAlbum4.html

Faces at Victoria F15
http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/11756.php

Calgary Peace Rally Photos
http://alberta.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/5846.php

Your pictures from Glasgow's protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2769607.stm

In pictures: Glasgow protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2766141.stm

In pictures: World rallies against war
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2765673.stm

In pictures: UK's anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2766805.stm

More of your protest pictures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/world_more_of_your_protest_pictures/html/1.stm

London Protest Photo Gallery
http://www.channel4.com/news/gallery_20030215/index.htm

The Mother of all Marches 15/02/03
http://www.derekwalstow.co.uk/demo/homepage.htm

IN PICTURES: THE MARCH AGAINST WAR
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12646646&method=full&siteid=50143

Dublin Pic: A 280 degree montage from near the Parnell monument of part of the
demonstration [See web version of report at
http://struggle.ws/wsm/news/2003/FEB15.html ]

Iceland photos
http://www.fridur.is/motmaeli/index.htm

The World Against War / Amsterdam
http://www.wacc.org.uk/NoWar/frameset.htm

Amsterdam 2-15 Peace March
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ams2-15/index.html

Rome photos
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/179929.php

Copenhagen Peace Demonstration
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cop2-15/index.html

Osaka War Protest
http://homepage.mac.com/epallan/PhotoAlbum6.html

Russian photos
http://onlinephoto.ru/

Images from Brisbane No War Rally
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4512

Historic March in Newcastle
http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=26341

Melbourne Protests for Peace
http://www.users.bigpond.com/Takver/soapbox/peace/peace140203.htm

Christchurch New Zealand Peace Demonstration
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/nz2-15/index.html

Scoop Images: Wellington Mobilises Against The War
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00106.htm

Several thousands Argentines march to protest against a possible war
with Iraq, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003
http://es.news.yahoo.com/030216/24/2jpwl.html

Venezuela protests
http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2003/02/248004.shtml

São Paulo, Brazil
http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2003/02/247847.shtml
http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2003/02/247814.shtml
http://www.anarquismo.org/article.php?sid=708

Make love, not war
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/culture/media/4/4228.gif

Anti-War Rallies & War Opposition
http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/a/antiwar_ph1d.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Gitter"
To: <sfbay604@l...>
Subject: [SFBay604] Peace Rally Photos

Get Your Peace On:

http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=83477468103.44030898703&n=1840488083
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ARON KAY" <pieman@p...>
Subject: 2/15 protest pix

please forward
http://www.pieman.org/february15.html
[NYC]
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----- Original Message -----
From: David L. Moore
Subject: McGovern Anti-War Speech

Dear Pacifica Friends,

The Peace Rally held outside yesterday, Sunday, here in Missoula,
Montana was highlighted by an historic speech by George McGovern, and
I've arranged to have it available for broadcast. All or parts of it
might serve well for news broadcasts on the nationwide/global momentum
for peace. The talk is about 22 minutes long, including rounds of
applause from the crowd of several thousand peace marchers. Several
moments in the speech are quite moving. (The incomplete introductory
remarks are from Anita Doyle of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center here
in Missoula.) You can download it as an MP3 file at
http://people.montana.com/~dritz/ for use on the air.

McGovern and his wife have a retirement home nearby up the Bitterroot
River valley, and he speaks from time to time at Montana events. Our
local newspaper, The Missoulian, this morning characterized the speech
as McGovern's first major anti-war speech in 30 years. You can look at
this morning's newspaper coverage and highlights of the speech and the
rally at http://www.missoulian.com

I'm sending this to station managers and many others around the Pacifica
network and affiliates. Hope you find this useful. Some of you might
just want to download it and listen. Please let me know if you do
broadcast some of it.

Peace in the struggle for peace,
David

David L. Moore
Associate Professor
Department of English
University of Montana
dlmoore@s...
406-243-6708
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Song and protest montage in Flash
http://www.jynkz.com/yourwar.html

Flash photo presentation by the US Greens
http://www.usgreens.org/2-15-03.swf

Democracy Now! Real Audio streams
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The World Says No to War!
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030217.ra&start=1:35.5

Singer Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, and Activist Angela Davis Speak to
Hundreds of Thousands in NYC
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030217.ra&start=21:38.7

"Listen to the Voice of the People, for Many Times the Voice of the People
Is the Voice of God!" South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu Entreats
George Bush Before Hundreds of Thousands in New York City
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030217.ra&start=11:45.0

Police Crack Down on Anti-War Protesters from New York to Colorado Springs
to San Francisco
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030218.ra&start=16:36.1

Hundreds of Thousands Rally Against War in the U.S. Capitol: We Hear from
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Vietnam War Vet Ron Kovic,
Actress Jessica Lange and Muslim Leader Mahdi Bray
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030121.ra&start=8:09.5

Albuquerque Sees Its Largest Anti-War Rally Since the Vietnam War: We Go to
the Nuclear State of New Mexico to Hear about the State's Connection to
Depleted Uranium, Nuclear Weapons and the Predator Drone
http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030121.ra&start=28:34.1
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Voices for Peace in New York City; Peace Rallies in Iraq; Rallies for Peace
in the Arab World; Anti-War Rally in Houston, TX; London Records Two Million
Activists; What effect will the protests have?; Media's coverage of Saturday
protests
http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/peacewatch/peace20030217.ra
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London - Watch the report clip - Real Media
http://www.channel4.com/news/ftp_images/2003/02/week_2/4march.ram

Watch our video diary of the London march, as we ask protestors why they came
and what they hoped to achieve - Real Media
http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/02/week_2/images/4londonmarch.ram
--

35,000 March for Peace in Vancouver - Real Media, Windows Media
http://www.workingtv.com/peacerally2.html
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MPEG OF NION PEARL HARBOR MARCH
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/nion.mpg 17MB

QUICKTIME OF NION PEARL HARBOR MARCH
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/nion.mov 76MB
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stories
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Human Peace Sign from Antarctica (from January '03)
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0119-02.htm

Anti War protest at McMurdo (about recent protest)
http://www.70south.com/news/1045083908/index_html

Antiwar movement awakens over Iraq
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0218/p01s04-woiq.html

Anti-War Update: A roundup of opposition across the country
http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=63_0_2_0_C

A Historic Day
http://www.progressive.org/webex/wx021703.html

Anti-War Demonstration in London, February 15th 2003 - Real Media
http://tv.oneworld.net/tapestry?story=603&window=full

The Numbers Game
The March That Was
http://www.motherjones.com/news/warwatch/2003/08/we_301_01.html

The Streets Belong to the People
http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs02172003.html

The NYC Anti-war Demonstration
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/DOB302A.html

Through a glass, darkly
http://www.indexonline.org/news/20030203_a2z_lynch.shtml

Feb. 15, 2003 -- Protests around the world
http://www.witherspoonsociety.org/02-12/feb__15_protests.htm

Sabotaging peace
http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1075&mode=thread&order=0

THE WORLD RISES UP AGAINST WAR
http://www.iacenter.org
http://www.iacenter.org/f15_rept1.htm

The World Erupts in Hope
http://www.iacenter.org/f15_rept3.htm

NYC Anti-War Rally
http://athena.tbwt.com/content/article.asp?articleid=2427

The World Said No To War
http://athena.tbwt.com/content/article.asp?articleid=2425

Global Protests - Millions Participate to Stop War
http://ewoodstock.com/news.htm

Report From New York
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15196

A Day of Protest
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2003/02/000326.html

Personal Voices: Dissent and a Mayor's Betrayal
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15195

Texans Turn Out Against War
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15197

A Global Antiwar Movement
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15182

The People of The World Have Spoken: Is Anyone Listening?
http://www.mediamonitors.net/gordonarnaut7.html

Britain's Anti-War Majority Rallies in London, Gets Heard
Was Tony Blair Listening?
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0308/fahim.php

But Will Bush Hear the Message?
New York Rally Shows Mainstream Opposition to War
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0308/solomon.php

Day of Global Action for Peace
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=20&ItemID=3046

A People's Led Globalization Emerges
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=41&ItemID=3059

NOWAR - Photos & Report (Toronto)
http://citizensontheweb.com/

'The Whole World Is Against This War'
http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=404

Report on New York City Peace Demonstration of Feb 15, 2003
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/NYCdemoreport030216.htm

Ashcroft tried to prevent NYC protests
http://www.dailykos.com/archives/001579.html

Walking Along Streets of Peace
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/columnists/nyc-bres0216,0,853433.column?coll=ny-li-columnists

Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at Springs war protest
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/america_at_war/article/0,1299,DRMN_2116_1748278,00.html

All too quiet in Little Beirut
http://www.wweek.com/flatfiles/News3642.lasso

DAY OF ACTION
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/news.html#shorts2

SHERMAN'S MARCH
http://www.thestranger.com/2003-02-20/city.html

On the march
http://www.sfbg.com/37/21/news_peace.html

ANOTHER BIG TURNOUT
SF peace march draws an estimated 200K to protest war on Iraq.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/17/PROTEST.TMP

VANDALS MAR PEACEFUL RALLY
Splinter anarchist group wreaks havoc downtown; dozens arrested.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/17/BLACKBLOC.TMP

'WE CAN STOP THIS WAR'
Activists, stars and religious leaders preach peace at rally.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/17/SPEAKERS.TMP

PEACE COMES IN ALL COLORS
Outreach efforts bring more minorities out for Sunday's march.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/17/DIVERSE.TMP

S.F. march organizers condemn violence
They disavow breakaway protest
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/18/PROTEST.TMP

ChronBites: Protests, Diversity, Rosen, and Lazarus
http://www.chronwatch.com/editorial/contentDisplay.asp?aid=1621

Peace Rally Fills San Francisco Streets
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1134047

Wave of peace floods the city
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/5199810.htm

Anti-war marchers throng SF
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/17peace_a1.html

Arrests made as anti-war crowd disperses
http://www.benicianews.com/articles/index.cfm?artOID=28478&webpage=0&s=1

Thousands Attend Peace Protest In SF
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/021703_nw_anti_war_protest.html

Tens of thousands in San Francisco say no to war
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/02/16/sprj.irq.sf.protests/index.html

San Francisco peace protest draws thousands; Bush supporters gather in Denver
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/nation/story/768104p-5532541c.html

San Francisco anti-war demonstration draws more than 150,000
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/030216/w021655.html

San Francisco gets in line to protest war against Iraq
http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2003/02/18/1045531963.htm

By all accounts, accounting for marchers is tough
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/02/17/b3.cr.crowdestimate.0217.html

Keep war protests away from Mac Court
http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/19/3e53ba2bc1597?in_archive=1

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=showImage&article_id=3e4a788540d67&image_num=1

Ames residents join nationwide war protest
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7082633&BRD=2035&PAG=461&dept_id=238101&rfi=6

Rally at Colorado's capitol draws support for force in Iraq
http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=110385

Activists rally in Newark
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/02/16activistsrallyi.html

Vt. poets lead protest against war with Iraq
http://rutlandherald.nybor.com/News/Story/60829.html

North Dakota: ANTI-WAR PROTESTS: Freezing for peace
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/5193756.htm

Demonstrators gather at North Dakota Capitol
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/5193790.htm

Protest: It's not just for hippies anymore
http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e504172bdc2a

Students gather, protest war
http://www.avionnewspaper.com/full_story.php?id=640

Redding peace rally draws 200
http://www.redding.com/top_stories/local/20030216toplo018.shtml

In Santa Rosa, 300 brave rain to protest war
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/16srprotest_a3.html

Six Thousand Rally for Peace
http://santacruz.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3175&group=webcast

International Day Against War
http://www.lumberjackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/16/3e518afaf3f74

Grandmothers for Peace has a certain presence
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/3657676.html

Peace vigil held to protest war against Iraq
http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=49803&format=html

500 protest in Knox against Iraq war
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_1748636,00.html

Troops angered by war protests
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/iraq_conflict/article/0,1406,KNS_9217_1751490,00.html

500 protesters join worldwide opposition to war with Iraq
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/02/28941616.shtml?Element_ID=28941616

Protests heard 'round the world
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/america_at_war/article/0,1426,MCA_945_1749109,00.html

South Mississippians Protest War
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1133348

Demonstrators protest looming war with Iraq
http://www.arbiteronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/09/30/3d97ccce5e1f0?in_archive=1

Iowans 'Sing Out for Peace' On Sunday
http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/1982007/detail.html

Students' voices on war carry many tones
http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e5075f50d867

Hadley also hosts a peace rally
http://www.gazettenet.com/02172003/news/3527.htm

Peace rally cost Lansing $16,600
http://www.lsj.com/news/local/030218_ot_1b-2b.html

Thousands join in protest
http://www.washingtonsquarenews.com/getstory.php?id=20004373

Worshippers gather to pray for peace
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=SH&Date=20030217&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=302170491&Ref=AR&Profile=1060

War resistance fails to sway U.S.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/5200274.htm

About 10,000 People Turn Out For Philadelphia March
http://www.nbc10.com/news/1980121/detail.html

Bush confronted by world public opinion (NY Times)
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=25888&section=NEWS&subsection=FOCUS&year=2003&month=2&day=17

England's Daily Mirror Reporter Documents NY Police Brutality
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575242.php

From New York to Melbourne, Protest Against War on Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/international/16RALL.html?th

Antiwar Rallies Raise a Chorus Across Europe
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/international/europe/16EURO.html

Wide Range of Ages, Races and Parties Unite on Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/international/europe/16SCEN.html

A Day Late, but Not a Marcher Short, in San Francisco
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/national/17PROT.html

Old hands stoke anti-war effort
http://www.msnbc.com/news/821941.asp

Area people join in NYC protest
http://www.gazettenet.com/02172003/news/3531.htm

Cities around globe unite to protest Iraq war
http://www.idsnews.com/story.php?id=14777

500,000 fill New York streets to protest possible war
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/200302170041018.php

500,000 protest in NYC
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7071405&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6

Thousands gather in New York to protest war with Iraq
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/02/17/news/7327.shtml

Protests, activism a tradition at Emory
http://www.emorywheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/18/3e518736cc038

Millions of marchers protest war with Iraq
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/5201357.htm

Priest's exhibit at protest shows war's aftermath
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=36&u_sid=655979

Tri-Cities residents join anti-war effort
http://www.kcchronicle.com/today/KCC/news/278303508759034.html

Not enough being done to avoid war with Iraq, protesters say
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/5192565.htm

Kansans protest U.S. war plans
http://cjonline.com/stories/021603/kan_warprotest.shtml

Antiwar demonstrations draw hundreds
http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story144616.html

Anti-War Protests Continue Around The World
http://www.wokr13.tv/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=E5742B42-693F-439B-B1A8-B241FA90044C

Thousands in Austin rally against war
http://www.austin360.com/aas/metro/021603/0216antiwar.html

Thousands protest possible war (Austin, TX)
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e50e745698dc

'Drop Bush, not bombs'
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_1749371,00.html

Protesters in Nuevo Laredo ask for peace
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=951357

Dallas rally protests impending war on Iraq
http://www.smudailycampus.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/18/3e51c8b83cf55

El Pasoans, Juarenses protest Iraq war at bridge
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20030216-77008.shtml

Thousands Protest War Throughout Texas, Country, Globe
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/1980982/detail.html

3,000 march downtown to protest Iraq war (Houston, TX)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1780955

San Diegans Rally For Peace
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/1981052/detail.html

Marchers protest Iraq war, but defend troops
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021118-9999_1m18iraq.html

Campus Unites to Protest War on Iraq
http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/clips/Archive/Oct2002/100802/100802protest.html

Mahony Calls On Southland Catholics To Pray For Peace
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1981027/detail.html

MSA, YALA, GSC Protest Against U.S. Sanctions on Iraq
http://www.thehoya.com/news/020802/news3.cfm

Protesters seek peace
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/5194707.htm

Shaker says no to war
http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunpress/index.ssf?/sun/news/sp026021.html

Marching to beat of anti-war drums
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1045396583111170.xml

1,100 protesters march in Salem, OR
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=56817

More than 2,000 march in Eugene to urge peaceful solution
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/02/16/a1.protest.0216.html

Protesters demonstrate in Santa Fe
http://www.kobtv.com/archive/2003/february/16/protest.htm

Demonstrators march for peace in Santa Fe
http://www.currentargus.com/Stories/0,1413,161%7E9264%7E1183523,00.html

Anti-war Protesters Gather on Las Vegas Strip
http://www.kolotv.com/index.php?link=readmore&sid=4776

Police and National Guard Crackdown on Impromptu Protest at Penn Station in
Manhattan
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1574963.php

FAU Students Protest War With Iraq
http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/1979625/detail.html

Minnesotans Protest
http://www.fox29.com/news/story.asp?subsection=local&content_id=1508922

Antiwar movement lacks unity, coherence
http://www.daily.umn.edu/article.php?id=4954

Protesters here hope their message reaches nation
http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/42784.php

RALLY ATTRACTS THOUSANDS TO WAUSAU
http://waow.com/sms_full_story_index.php?S=news&C=15&W=390&ID=4016&R=index.p

Chants, songs make up messages of peace
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb03/118758.asp

Thousands In Chicago Protest War With Iraq
http://www.nbc5.com/news/1980278/detail.html

Anti-war rally draws 100 to ISU quad
http://www.pjstar.com/news/regional/g138778a.html

Thousands March in Detroit Against War on Iraq
http://www.mecawi.org/2_15_rally.html

Speaking out
http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=15762

Protest attracts crowd
http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e5113052569d

Anti-war protest draws hundreds to Pearl Harbor
http://starbulletin.com/2003/02/16/news/story1.html

Solidarity peace protest in South Dakota
http://www.tc.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=7460

N.C. State participates in 'international day of action'
http://technicianonline.com/read/tol/news/006918.html

Hundreds protest against war with Iraq at Five Points South
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1045390714201440.xml

Mobile protest: 'No war for oil!'
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1045390541201460.xml

Louisville peace activists speak out
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/02/16/ke021603s367552.htm

SC: About 250 gather outside of Statehouse for anti-war rally
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/5191312.htm

Local war protesters draw cheers, jeers
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/html/3BEACDE3-FAEF-4246-AF3C-44AB59C34CB9.shtml

More than 160 push for peace at Missouri Capitol
http://www.newstribune.com/stories/021603/loc_0216030967.asp

In St. Louis, 3,000 Protestors Is 300
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=329

Louisiana coverage
http://lastopwar.cjb.net/

Students protest Iraq by 'dying' on steps
http://www.dailyillini.com/dec02/dec13/news/stories/campus01.shtml

Millions protest war plans
http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-03/02-16-03/a01wn007.htm

Local support spirited at N.Y. protest
http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-03/02-17-03/a01lo003.htm

Cornellians Protest in NYC Against U.S. Plans for War
http://www.cornellsun.com/articles/7645/

Veterans protest possible Iraq war
http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2003-02-16/local/75641.shtml

Anti-war protesters gather in downtown Phoenix
http://www.kmsb.com/az/KMSB_az_protests_021703.1ade51f3.html

2,500 in Phoenix protest Iraq war push
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0216peacerally16.html

Tucson, students protest war on Iraq
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/96/40/01_4.html

War protesters hit streets
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e50f00303316

Opinions Clash At Anti-war Rally
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/17/3e50ff04233b2

Antiwar Protests Draw Crowds From Bulgaria To L.A.
http://www.nbc17.com/news/1979994/detail.html

Anti-War Protests In NC Attract Hundreds
http://www.nbc17.com/news/1918894/detail.html

Protest forces mobilize
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WM&Date=20030216&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=302150432&Ref=AR

Antiwar Rally in Savannah
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1134724&nav=0qq6E28r

Hundreds take to streets
http://www.athensnewspapers.com/stories/021603/new_20030216161.shtml

Floridians Gather At Peace Rallies Across State
http://www.nbc6.net/news/1980782/detail.html

South Floridians join worldwide call for peace
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5192747.htm

Peace Protest Vexes, Pleases
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0203-09.htm

Hundreds in Melbourne join worldwide rally against war
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryA44002A.htm

Peace rally in sync with global protests
http://www.staugustine.com/stories/021603/new_1330693.shtml

Orlando peace movement swells
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-asecprotestloc16021603feb16,0,5128069.story?coll=orl%2Dhome%2Dheadlines

Ebenezer Church Holds Peace Rally
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.asp?storyid=27811

Weekend Peace Demonstrations
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1134639&nav=0RceE25l

Anti-war protest draws residents to city
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-protest3feb17,0,4905017.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines

Thousands protest in N.Y.C. against a U.S. war on Iraq
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NjM0MjI4NyZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTI

Millions Worldwide Protest Iraq War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14319-2003Feb15.html

A New Power in the Streets (NY Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=716&e=14&u=/nyt/20030217/ts_nyt/a_new_power_in_the_streets
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/international/middleeast/17ASSE.html

Antiwar Marches Reveal Gulf Between Leaders and People (NY Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=6&u=/nyt/20030216/ts_nyt/antiwar_marches_reveal_gulf_between_leaders_and_people

Massive Anti-War Outpouring
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/16/iraq/main540782.shtml

Big Anti-War Rally In San Francisco
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/17/iraq/main540805.shtml

Protests pose dilemma
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=679&ncid=742&e=13&u=/usatoday/20030217/cm_usatoday/4871814

Peace protests spread around globe
http://us.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests/

Cities jammed in worldwide protest of war in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.main/index.html

European protesters fill cities
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.europe/index.html

Indonesians protest against Iraq war
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/02/09/sprj.iraq.indonesia.protest/index.html

Millions in Europe peace protests
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.europe1400/index.html

Iraqi government praises rallies
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/16/sprj.irq.protests/index.html

Aust. protests biggest since Vietnam
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/16/aust.protest.ap/index.html

Asia marches against war
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.asia/

Jackson: Not too late to stop war
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.europe.quotes/index.\
html

Matthew Chance: Protests mirror German position
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/02/15/otsc.chance/index.html

Anti-war protests extend to 2nd day
http://www.msnbc.com/news/872342.asp?0sl=-33

A massive plea for peace
http://www.msnbc.com/news/873464.asp?0dm=C14UO

Antiwar activists play political card
http://www.msnbc.com/news/861836.asp?0dm=O304N

Anti-, Pro-War Rallies Continue Sunday
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78689,00.html

No Spin on the Peace Demonstrations
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1315,00.html

IS THIS A JOKE?
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/02/17/nuggets021703.htm

The March to Save Saddam
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/18/180553.shtml

Are War Protesters Really 'Mainstream'?
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/17/92726.shtml

Peace Movements Don't Prevent Wars
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/17/184203.shtml

The Global Anti-War Left: What They Think
http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=6174

Letter to a War Protester
http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=6182

Bush Says Security Concerns, Not Protests, Dictate Policy
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\\Politics\\archive\\200302\\POL20030218a.html

Millions give dramatic rebuff to US war plans
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030215/1/37sm9.html

More than 250 arrested in N.Y. anti-war protest
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1045443070201_46/?hub=World

Millions demonstrate around the world
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id=%7BEE180FD8-AC0D-4EE7-9CFB-16188DFE9E32%7D

Hundreds rally for peace on day of global protest
http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=22754&catname=Local+News

Hundreds march on anti-war path
http://www.guelphmercury.com/topstory_0302179621.html

Arrests in Dartmouth anti-war protest
http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/02/17/27691-cp.html

2,000 Haligonians brave the bracing cold to join millions worldwide
protesting the U.S. and Britain's eagerness to invade Iraq
http://www.canada.com/halifax/dailynews/story.asp?id=%7B94D1B0A9-5653-409F-ACB3-DB3AAA0FC031%7D

Metro Moncton rallies for peace in Iraq
http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=CE&Date=20030217&Category=TTEBRIEF&ArtNo=302170004&Ref=AR

Iraq/Palestine Protest In Edmonton
http://alberta.indymedia.org/news/2002/10/4586.php

30,000 join worldwide call for peace
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.asp?id={582E723A-41CB-4C56-B7F9-B5D2BEDC2554}

Making History
http://www.rabble.ca/everyones_a_critic.shtml?x=19100

War Or Peace
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2003/0224/cover/demo.html

Saddam praises 'humane' protests
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-18feb2003-20.htm

Youth lead call for peace as protesters unite in opposition to war with Iraq
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=12646757&method=full&siteid=50082

Day of Protest
http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/02/week_2/12_march.html

Anti-war protest - Live in London
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2765549.stm

Thousands joined war protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2764737.stm

Millions join global anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2765215.stm

Papers size up anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2770181.stm

Hyde Park 'trashed' by protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2768681.stm

Sydney rallies against war on Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2767773.stm

Speeches and reports
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2767427.stm

New Yorkers join anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2766917.stm

Organisers hail anti-war protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2765093.stm

West joins global peace protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2766795.stm

Bishop leads war protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2766757.stm

Coachloads head to peace rally
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2762265.stm

Global anti-war protest rally
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2765815.stm

US joins anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2764739.stm

Australia launches anti-war protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2761437.stm

Opinion: In all honesty, they were still Saddam's useful idiots
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5461-581019,00.html

Million Britons turn out to vote with their feet
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=378746

Politics may be dying but protests live on - and history proves they can work
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=378417

HISTORY MADE AS MORE THAN A MILLION MARCH FOR PEACE
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12646938&method=full&siteid=50143

THE DAY BRITAIN SAID NO
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12648415&method=full&siteid=50143

NEW YORK SAYS NO
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12646945&method=full&siteid=50143

WAR HERO JOINS YOUNG AND OLD IN MASS DEMO
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12646946&method=full&siteid=50143

Californians march against war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897523,00.html

Flood of emotion and anger that rose to wash away years of dismay
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897156,00.html

'This government no longer speaks for me'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897243,00.html

Families and first-timers join veterans in 80,000-strong protest (Scotland)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897160,00.html

They stood up to be counted - and found nobody could agree on totals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897154,00.html

The great unheard finally speak out
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896712,00.html

The day the clans gathered to say No
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896823,00.html

One million. And still they came
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896513,00.html

Marching facts and figures
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896653,00.html

Voices from the march
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896334,00.html

Anti-war march: what the speakers said
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896437,00.html

Millions worldwide rally for peace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897098,00.html

Dublin brought to a halt by march
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896719,00.html

People power takes to the world's streets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896551,00.html

Protests across the world: Europe and Africa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896277,00.html

Protests across the world: Asia and Australasia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,896357,00.html

Dear marcher, please answer a few questions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,897661,00.html

We are the people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,12809,897061,00.html

Day of Protest
http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/02/week_2/12_march.html

Estimated 800,000 in peace rally
http://www.orange-today.co.uk/news/story/sm_751067.html

More than one million march against war
http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/local_london/ealing/news/NEWS1.html

Demo makes history
http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/news/YORK_NEWS_LOCAL14.html

York marchers add voices to the global call for peace
http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/news/YORK_NEWS_LOCAL15.html

Cambridge protest draws support from all walks of life
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/news.asp?sec=1&id=492907

Salmond says rally estimate ridiculous
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,635-581981,00.html

'I attended the rally because I would have felt filthier staying away'
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/17-2-19103-1-26-47.html

Chiltern hundreds swell war protest
http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/display.var.697714.index.chiltern_hundreds_swell_war_protest.html

Closed to stop war
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/swindon/news/SWINDON_NEWS44.html

Hundreds flock to march against war
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/bradford/news/BRAD_NEWS2.html

LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OR GO!
http://www.thisisworcestershire.co.uk/worcestershire/worcester/news/WEN_NEWS_LATEST0.html

Thousands begin anti-war protest
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751037.html

Protesters gather in Glasgow for anti-war march
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751024.html

Thousands arrive for march against war
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_750948.html

Protesters kick off global day of rallies
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751001.html

Thousands in Sydney anti-war protest
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751241.html

Masses demonstrate in Melbourne over war plans
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_750632.html

Bush portrayed as Mickey Mouse in anti war protests
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_750532.html

Estimated 800,000 in peace rally
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751067.html

'One million' protest in London
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751130.html

Capital cleans up after biggest demo seen in Britain
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_751240.html

2 MILLION PEOPLE MARCH ON THE 15TH
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/bulletin.asp?id=170203

Future British anti-war marches seen turning nasty
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1799339

'It's easier if there are already a million people saying it'
http://www.sundayherald.com/31486

Six million around the world voice their protest against war
http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/world_story/Full_Story/did-sgCjKQzonvqrksgDQQ5wn3uAIg.asp

Peace campaign gathers pace
http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sgIa9P5Pmaf0AsgDQQ5wn3uAIg.asp

If they try leading from behind they may finally catch up with us
http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/opinion/Full_Story/did-sg6-wppDj2XEMsgTbBP-2fa91M.asp

Green Party's anti-war call
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=28995

Thousands march in Belfast
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=28973

Ireland says 'No to War' as over 100,000 Protest
http://www.afireland.cjb.net
http://flag.blackened.net/af/ireland/news/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1045397920

Anti-war protest numbers increase to 100,000
http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=1949910

SURPRISE AT DUBLIN DEMO
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1080659,00.html

NO WAR Locals join the global protest
http://bega.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=210108

Millions protest Iraq war
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5992695%255E401,00.html

WORLD: Largest coordinated anti-war protest in history
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p16.htm

Almost 1 million Australians march against war
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p3.htm

Airshow anti-war protest takes off
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526geelo.htm

Adelaide's largest ever anti-war demo
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p5b.htm

Protesters take over the streets of Lismore
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526lismo.htm

15,000 take to streets of Newcastle
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526newca.htm

Half a million rally against war in Sydney
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p5.htm

Rockhampton protests war
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526rocky.htm

1500 say `No to war and racism'
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526macka.htm

Tasmanian rallies draw huge crowds
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526tasma.htm

Canberrans mass against war
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526canbe.htm

Thousands march in Brisbane
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p4.htm

High school students oppose war
http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/526p9.htm

Iraq headlines global protest
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5995285%255E912,00.html

Organiser sees early anti-war sentiments
http://www.abc.net.au/sunshine/news/regsun-17feb2003-4.htm

Protesters say PM can't ignore them
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/story_45934.asp

Bowen Protests war in Iraq
http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s787041.htm

Thousands flock to weekend peace rallies
http://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast/news/regmid-17feb2003-6.htm

Broome residents join anti-war protest
http://www.abc.net.au/northwestwa/news/regnwa-17feb2003-5.htm

Pollsters reflect on protest numbers
http://www.abc.net.au/am/s785705.htm

Differences in the anti-war movements
http://www.abc.net.au/am/s785698.htm

True-blue Liberals rally against war
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6001071%255E2702,00.html

Australians march against war
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5995176%255E2702,00.html

700 march against war
http://portmacquarie.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=209896&y=2003&m=2

Stones roll onto anti-war bandwagon
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/18/1045330581766.html

From Vietnam to Iraq, a tale of two protest movements
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/17/1045330536752.html

Do not ignore us, protestors warn
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5996367%255E2,00.html

Supporters just not as noisy: PM
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5996069%255E421,0\
0.html

Howard vows not to be swayed by protesters
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2003/02/18/1045532922.htm

Hunter Headlines: 20,000 Novocastrians cry 'no to war'
http://newcastle.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=210224&y=2003&m=2

PM must listen: protesters
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5996312%255E1702,00.html

Australians Protest Possible Iraq War
http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V5945.AP-Australia-Iraq.html

IRAQ GLOATS
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6001835%255E701,00.html

Saddam in tribute to protesters
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6002444%255E401,00.html

The streets were full but still they came
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/16/1045330468385.html

Against Terrorism, Against War
Melbourne Protests for Peace
http://www.users.bigpond.com/Takver/soapbox/

Thousands March in Auckland Against USA War
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00104.htm

Bush shrugs off global anti-war protests
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3147092&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

Govt's Iraq policy in line with public opinion - Clark
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2269873a10,00.html

Tens of thousands march in South Africa against Iraq war
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/safr-f18.shtml

3,000 march in Tel Aviv
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/isra-f17.shtml

Mass demonstrations inaugurate international antiwar movement
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/summ-f17.shtml

An event of world historical significance
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/edit-f17_prn.shtml

Millions Around the World Protest Against War
http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=16056

Mother of All Demonstrations
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=15875

South Africa: Anti-War Protesters Join Millions Around the Globe
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=16039

LATIN AMERICA: Demonstrators Say Yes to Peace, No to Bush
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=16045

Over a Million March in Rome against War
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=16041

Analysis: Giant demos transform Europe
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030217-100732-8317r

Big peace rally held in Brussels
http://www.irna.com/en/head/030215183707.ehe.shtml

Hundreds take to streets
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021603/new_20030216161.shtml

Anti War Demonstration February 15th in Amsterdam Part of Global Protests
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/amsterdamantiwar13feb03.shtml

A Protest Takes Shape
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_778328_1_A,00.html

Global Protests Largest in Decades
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1432_A_780315_1_A,00.html

Hundreds of thousands turn out to protest war, but Australia's PM says
not convinced
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1429_W_780385,00.html

Half a million rally in Berlin against war in Iraq
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19861/story.htm

Initial Report: Anti-War Demo in Berlin
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=53726&group=webcast

Thousands of Germany Protest War on Iraq
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030125_841.html

France: Paris Protests A Measure Of Resistance To Iraq War
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/02/17022003171919.asp

Thousands join anti-war protest in Bern
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=1635147

Nearly two million protest in Spain against Iraq war
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15551872

Wrom: KVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUC
To: a-infos-en@a...
Subject: Photos of anarchist sector at Rome demo 15/2 (it)

Photos of the anarchist sector of the anti-war demonstration in
Rome last Saturday are now online at
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/179929.php

For report of demo, see http://www.ainfos.ca/03/feb/ainfos00291.html
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Communique' from the EZLN which was read during the demonstration in
Rome, Italy, on February 15, 2003
http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos16211.html

1 million Italians march against Iraq war
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030215-084019-6304r

Skopje: Most Peace Protesters Denounce Anti-Americanism
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=2466

Millions across Europe protest against war with Iraq
http://www.aerotechnews.com/starc/2003/021403/europe_protest.html

European, Gulf papers urge leaders to heed peace protestors
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2003&dt=0218&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=World&pg=wo_05.htm

Opposition parties invited to attend rally
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/2/18/nation/cmhish&sec=nation

Unesco Club holds event to support world peace
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/2/17/nation/ippeace&sec=nation

Police tolerate anti-war demo outside US embassy
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/200302150019189.php

Mideast protestors take to the streets
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/feb17w32.htm

More than 20,000 protest war on Iraq in Thailand
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/feb17w13.htm

Anti-War Police Arrests in Singapore
http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=1969

Wide support for anti-war effort
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/iraq/story/0,1870,172120,00.html

March for peace
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/commentary/story/0,4386,172386,00.html

Most oppose war, fearing stalled economic recovery
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,172121,00.html

Protesters here from a 'small minority'
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,172136,00.html

Global Protest against Possible War on Iraq (Photo News)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200302/17/eng20030217_111764.shtml

Latam joins global protest against possible Iraq war
http://english.enorth.com.cn/system/2003/02/17/000508392.shtml

Hundreds demand peace in Taipei protest
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/02/16/194756

Millions march against Iraq war
http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/817/class000100022/hwz113515.htm

Heed the voice of the people
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?ed20030218a1.htm

Rallies in the streets, Aziz in Assisi
http://asia.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/iraq.tracker.update/

NGOs join worldwide protest against Iraq war
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/01151815.htm

Blair Govt. `rattled' by protest
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/stories/2003021801151500.htm

World gets together for peace
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=18552

Anti-war protest shuts down midtown New York
http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/feb/16iraq.htm

Public outcry to make war against Iraq difficult: UK
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=37799355

10,000 take anti-war protest to streets of Beirut
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/17_02_03/art2.asp

Mass protests rock Western cities
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/17_02_03/art17.asp

Jordanians Protest War on Iraq
http://www.petra.gov.jo/2003/46/en464.htm

Anti-war protests extend to 2nd day
http://www.balochistanpost.com/item.asp?ID=3286

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS, IRAQIS PROTEST BUSH IN LARGE MARCHES IN BAGHDAD
http://www.iraqjournal.org/journals/030215-2.html

The international protest in Baghdad. Filmed and Edited by Jacquie Soohen.
http://www.iraqjournal.org/journals/030215-3.html

Video Messages from Iraq for the worldwide day of protest against a possible
war.
http://www.iraqjournal.org/journals/030215.html

Dozens stage candle-light vigil in Bahrain
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=77417

Lack of Arab street reaction raises many eyebrows
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=77635

All-women peace rally in Oman
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=77632

Women against war
http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=25568

Millions Expected as Global Anti-War Protests Start
http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,370899,00.html

Millions Demonstrate Against War
http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,371007,00.html

Arabs, Europeans Rally Against U.S. War Scheme
http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,370693,00.html

Anarchists were in Kadiköy with their black flags on 15 F
http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/232.php

Global protests slow momentum for Iraq war
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/world/w118022003.html

Tunisia police beat anti-war protesters, 18 hurt
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GH1653748

Thousands protest America's Iraq policy
http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/173108.htm

"Viva Osama" they chant in South Africa
http://www.marekinc.com/PhotosSAVivaOsama.html

Thousands march against Iraq war
http://www.dispatch.co.za/2003/02/17/foreign/EAGAINST.HTM

Millions march in anti-war protests
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=79&art_id=ct20030215215945429M624327&set_id=1

Protestors Hit City's Streets Over Iraq
http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/844/top/t_8717.htm

Russians join global anti-war protests
http://www.russiajournal.com/news/csearch.shtml?ph=protest+iraq

Anti-American Tinge to CIS Marches
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/02/17/017.html

Latin America: A huge NO to Bush's plans for Middle East
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/17/43427.html

Something Special Happened Today
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/16/43419.html

Open Letter to the Leaders and Citizens of the World
http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/02/14/43401.html

Video footage of the demonstration in Moscow is available on
Indymedia-Russian language at:
http://www.russia.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/f15_moscow.mpg

Hundreds of Moldovans protest possible Iraq war
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030216/ap_wo_en_ge/eu_gen_moldova_peace_rally_1

1,500 people rally in Belarus in support of Iraq
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030215/ap_wo_en_ge/eu_gen_belarus_iraq_1

Not so simple to protest the war
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/news/usnews/?disp_feature=V6rG5E.var

Israelis join global protest against Iraqi war
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030215/ap_wo_en_po/me_gen_israel_anti_war_protests_1

Huge anti-war protests in the United States
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/feb03/ju13/7protest.html

Thousands crowd Mexico City streets to protest possible U.S. war with Iraq
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030216/ap_wo_en_po/la_gen_mexico_war_protests_1

Venezuela: Government supporters march against a war in Iraq
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=3130

Millions join global protest against Iraq war
http://www.inq7.net/wnw/2003/feb/17/wnw_2-1.htm
 
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San Francisco Feb 16 2003 overhead photos. Police estimate 200,000
people march and rally. Comments include links to overhead photos
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http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575313_comment.php --With comments.

Overhead photos from buildings. San Francisco Financial District.
Feb 16 2003 peace march. These overhead photos have more detail
because they are taken from buildings instead of from a helicopter:
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575886.php

Overhead photos. San Francisco Chronicle. police estimate of 200,000.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/17/MN45878.DTL
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575226.php and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/708
The link just above also has a longer compilation of links to Feb 14-16
2003 rally articles and overhead photos worldwide, 603 cities list,
police estimates, other estimates of crowd sizes, news sites, news
search, etc..

Links for the previous January 18 2003 San Francisco peace rally.
Overhead photo links, police and other crowd size estimates, march route
maps, etc.. San Francisco Chronicle article on it said: "On Saturday,
police said 55,000 marched to Civic Center Plaza. A spokesman now says
150,000 is a safe estimate and 200,000 is possible."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/670 and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/669

London peace rally Feb 15 2003. Police estimate 750,000+. Observer UK article. Nonprofit newspaper.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/706

Police estimate 950,000 at Rome peace rally Feb 15 2003.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/701

603 cities listed (with links). Peace rallies worldwide Feb 14-16 2003:
http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=725 --Original location.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/message/698 --Archived location.

Good overhead photos of some of the 603 rallies worldwide
Feb 14-16 2003. Continuously-loading photo page compilation:
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/f15antiwar_news_pix1.html

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March 2002 talk in San Francisco area. Excerpt. This is why many in the Arab and Muslim world hate the USA and the UK. With justification. Unless these problems are addressed comprehensively at the same time as disarming Iraq, then World War III is inevitable as Muslim governments become more hardline in order to address these hardline methods of the USA and the UK. US terrorism begets terrorism back at it. Boys with [military] Toys.

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SOUTH AMERICA: ANTI-WAR REPORT

Feb 18 2003

F 15 Demonstrations in South America Well over one hundred thousand South Americans took to the streets to demonstrate against the Bush regime's war machine this past weekend. While people in nations like Bolivia were engaged in struggling against aggression from their own government, activists in other countries like Uruguay were able to add their voices to the world-wide cry for peace. See photos and read reports from Brazil,Argentina,Ecuador,Chile,and Peru. Read: Entire Feature

NORTH AMERICA: ANTIWAR REPORT

Feb 18 2003

F15 Demonstrations in North America From Mexico City, where 50,000 people gathered, to Montreal, where 150,000 did, over a million people filled the streets of North America this weekend to try to prevent a war. While much attention was focused on New York City, where over 500,000 people overcame police violence and bitter cold, scores of other cities held rallies. San Francisco held its antiwar rally on Sunday, with 200,000 people in attendance. [ Total: 1,343,592 | Report from Los Angeles | Report from Seattle ]

EUROPE: ANTI-WAR REPORT

Feb 18 2003

F15 Demonstrations in Western Europe (Part 2) Several million people demonstrated all over Europe against a possible war in Iraq, and against governments who want to go to war. An overview over events in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. Meanwhile actions (nl) continue against transports of US military equipment from German to the Belgium harbour Antwerpen (fr) and to to the Dutch Rotterdam (nl). Read: Entire Feature

EUROPE: ANTI-WAR REPORT

Feb 16 2003

F15: Demonstrations in Western Europe (Part 1) Demonstrations were taking place in all capitals and numerous other cities in Europe. While the governments are divided, millions of people showed that they are all standing for the same goal: No war against Iraq. Numerous US citizens, living in Europe took part as well. Here are first reports, pictures and videos from Portugal, Spain, Basque Country, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Turkey. Read: Entire Feature

OCEANIA: ANTI-WAR REPORT	Feb 16 2003
F15: Demonstrations in Oceania An absolutely massive and unprecendented level of protest action against war occurred across Oceania from Hawaii to Perth this weekend. It kicked off Friday evening with a rally of 200,000 in Melbourne and ended on Sunday with 250,000 in Sydney. Read: Entire Feature

EASTERN EUROPE: ANTIWAR REPORT	Feb 16 2003
F15: Demonstrations in Eastern Europe In several cities across Eastern Euope people took to the streets ranging from several hundreds to ten of thousands in Budapest (Hungary) forming a "Peace Chain" accross the river Donau., to 3000 in Warsaw, or several hundreds in Moscow who also called for a stop of the war in Chechnya. Read: Entire Feature

GLOBAL: THE WORLD SAYS NO WAR!

Feb 15 2003

Millions March Worldwide To Denounce Bush's War Plans • Rome: 2.5 million • Madrid: 2 million • London: 1.5 million • Barcelona: 1 million • Paris: 800,000 • New York City: 500,000 • Berlin: 500,000 • Seville: 250,000 • Melbourne: 200,000 • Athens: 200,000 • Oviedo, Spain: 200,000 • Montreal: 150,000 • Baghdad: 100,000+ • Dublin: 100,000+ • Los Angeles: 100,000 • Brussels: 100,000 • Lisbon: 100,000 • Las Palmas, Spain: 100,000 • Cadiz, Spain: 100,000 • Amsterdam: 80,000 • Toronto: 80,000 • Stockholm: 80,000 • Los Angeles: 75-100,000 • Alacant , Spain: 70.000 • Glasgow: 60,000+ • Oslo: 60,000 • Seattle: 55,000 • Mexico City: 50,000 • Montevideo: 50,000 • Stuttgart, Germany: 50,000 • Thessaloniki, Greece: 40,000 • Copenhagen: 35-40,000 • Berne, Switzerland: 40,000 • Sao Paulo: 30,000 • Girona, Spain: 30,000 • Vancouver: 30,000 • Goteborg, Sweden: 30,000 • Tokyo: 25,000 • Budapest: 20,000 • Newcastle, Australia: 20,000 • Vienna: 20,000 • Lyon: 20,000 • Perth, Australia: 20,000 • Irunea, Basque Country: 20,000 • Montpeilier, France: 15-20,000 • Luxemburg: 15-20,000 • Buenos Aires: 15,000 • Rio de Janeiro: 15,000 • Helsinki: 15,000 • Canberra, Australia: 10-15,000 • Trondheim, Norway: 11,000 • Kolkata, India: 10,000 • Johannesburg: 10,000 • Minneapolis: 10,000 • Zagreb, Croatia: 10,000 • San Diego: 10,000 • Philadelphia: 10,000 • Edmonton, Canada: 10,000 • Auckland: 8-10,000 And other cities: Tel Aviv: 1500, Adelaide, Bellingen, Bregenz: 1500, Bratislava, Cape Town: 5000, Christchurch, Dunedin, Durban: 3000, Iraklio: 4000, Maine, Patras: 3500, Prague: 1000, Quito: 250, Rethimno: 2000, Rhodes: 2000, Santiago: 3000, Taipei, Tampere: 2000, Tudela: 5000, Turku: 5000, Volos: 3000, Warsaw, Wellington... • Global Count of Protestors Hits Eleven Million • Compendium of Photographs from 100+ Cities Note: When ever possible we list the crowd estimate from the local indymedia center. As always the cops underestimate and sometimes protest organizers are a bit too enthusiastic. Look to local IMCs for up-to-the-minute reports on all of these actions. Post reports and crowd estimates here.

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The Mirror Pictures EX-PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER BACKS OUR FIGHT Feb 18 2003 From Alexandra Williams In Plains, Georgia   FORMER US President Jimmy Carter is backing the Daily Mirror's Not in My Name campaign. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the only US president since 1945 never to order American soldiers into war, endorsed our stance on war with Iraq, saying: "You're doing a good job. I am glad about that. War is evil." Carter, who will be 79 this year, is a pariah among hawkish Republicans and a hero for doveish Democrats, frequently denouncing wars and conflict whenever they flare. He said: "There has been a virtual declaration of war but a case for pre-emptive action against Iraq has not been made. We want Saddam Hussein to disarm but we want to achieve this through peaceful means. "He obviously has the capability and desire to build prohibited weapons and probably has some hidden in his country. "A sustained and enlarged UN inspection team is required." Carter said an opinion poll which rated the US as the country posing greatest danger to world peace was a "very embarrassing thing". It was "sobering" to realise the degree of doubt that has been raised about his country's motives for war in the absence of convincing proof of a genuine Iraqi threat. Looking at a copy of the Mirror he said: "I know the Daily Mirror, of course. I know it well. It's getting the message across." We met at his home in Plains, the heart of rural Georgia, 130 miles south of Atlanta. The former peanut farmer's house, where he lives with his wife Rosalynn, is surrounded by pungent red peanut fields and cotton farms. It is set well back from the road behind a high iron fence. Secret Service patrol the area 24 hours a day. Four Secret Service agents dressed in blue blazers and with curly wires coming from their right ears signalled his arrival. He said: "The issue that concerns everybody is Iraq. "The news this morning is that all over the world, including this country and Britain, there are massive demonstrations against the starting of a pre-emptive war. "Obviously Saddam Hussein will have to comply with the revelation and destruction of all weapons of mass destruction. "But there is a growing consensus, among other countries at least, that we should let the UN inspectors do their thing first before we start a pre-emptive war against Iraq." Forever the diplomat, Carter was careful not to directly criticise President George Bush by name. He said: "Some very embarrassing things have happened in this country. "Time magazine in Europe did a public opinion poll on its website and over 350,000 people responded to the question, 'Which country poses the greatest threat to world peace?' "North Korea received seven per cent of the votes, Iraq received eight per cent and the United States received 84 per cent. "We have lost the ability apparently in our country to convince other nations to stand side by side with us." He added: "I think most people, if they were asked, 'Would you prefer the Iraqi question was resolved peacefully?' would say yes. "If you asked the same people, 'Do you think Iraq must comply with the UN requirement to eliminate weapons of mass destruction?' they would say yes. "So the question is, how do we correlate these two yes answers in a positive and effective fashion?" Carter has argued that any "belligerent move by Saddam would be suicidal" in the current climate of intense monitoring and therefore "inconceivable". And he has described the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the "festering cancer and root cause of much anti-American sentiment". In private Carter makes his views about the government known, as a friend of his revealed. The friend said: "The former President is far too discreet to go mouthing off. "But people round here do remember him saying, 'Our State Department never gets upset about anything unless white skin or oil is involved'. His words have rung true again." Carter's single term presidency from 1977 to 1981 was often dismissed as ineffective, despite his greatest success - the Camp David agreement of 1978 which led to the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. This was quickly eclipsed by the energy crisis and the taking of US hostages in Iran. However his activities since he lost office have been held up as a model for a post-presidential career. He has "waged peace", as he calls it. A commentator once quipped: "Carter used the presidency as a stepping stone to what he really wanted to do in life." Unlike most of his successors, Carter - an ex-President at only 56 - did not take up golf or take to the lucrative lecture circuit. He returned to Plains and a year later set up the Carter Center in Atlanta, through which he has negotiated with some of the world's most controversial figures. He has circled the globe as a freelance mediator in international conflicts. He has defended democracy by monitoring elections and pioneering medical programmes in the Third World. And he has built housing for Atlanta's poor. It remains to be seen just how effective his influence can be on the warmongers. But if his CV is anything to go by he could hold the key to the crisis. VOICE OF THE MIRROR: HEED A US PRESIDENT WE TRUSTED   Back  E-mail this article to a friend    Printable version

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Photo in Daily Mirror of Jimmy Carter looking at Daily Mirror frontpage. Carter vs Bush.
by eco man Tuesday February 18, 2003 at 05:38 PM

jimmy_carter._daily_mirror.jpg, 2, 275x181

The photo from the Daily Mirror is priceless.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12650505&method=full&siteid=50143

As a relative thing, whose intelligence do you respect more? Jimmy Carter, a nuclear engineer, ...

... or George Bush, a C-student who only got into the elite schools of Harvard and Yale due to his family connections. I believe it is called "socialism for the rich."

Now Carter and others need to address the root problems; the Israeli occupation, and the long history of US installation and support of oppressors in the Middle East. Iran (1953), Iraq (1963), etc., etc....

APOLOGIZE, and PAY REPARATIONS.

With equal fervor as the pressure on Iraq to disarm. The USA for 35 years has ignored the MATERIAL BREACH of ISRAEL of the UN resolution 242 saying that Israel can not keep territory taken from others. And Israel is oppressing Palestinians just like Saddam is oppressing his people. And Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons. Well-documented.

The Observer UK (nonprofit) wrote a great article on all this:

One US rule for Israel, another for Saddam.
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,896589,00.html and
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The following article was written by musician Brian Eno and appeared in
TIME EUROPE. A group of us are sending it to friends and colleagues in
the US and Canada and North Americans worldwide in the hope that we can
publicise what many Europeans are thinking about the relentless drive to
war.  We would appreciate if if you could also forward it to residents
of the US and North Americans worldwide.

As you will see, Eno writes as someone who loves the US and a lot of
what it stands for, so there is praise among the criticism.

If you agree with the sentiments, we would really appreciate it if you
send it on.

The U.S. Needs to Open Up to the World. To this European, America
is trapped in a fortress of arrogance and ignorance

BY BRIAN ENO

Europeans have always looked at America with a mixture of fascination
and puzzlement, and now, increasingly, disbelief. How is it that a
country that prides itself on its economic success could have so many
very poor people? How is it that a country so insistent on the rule of
law should seek to exempt itself from international agreements? And how
is it that the world's beacon of democracy can have elections dominated
by wealthy special interest groups?

I could fill this page with the names of Americans who have influenced,
entertained and educated me. They represent what I admire about America:
a vigorous originality of thought, and a confidence that things can be
changed for the better.

That was the America I lived in and enjoyed from 1978 until 1983. That
America was an act of faith - the faith that "otherness" was not
threatening but nourishing, the faith that there could be a country big
enough in spirit to welcome and nurture all the diversity the world
could throw at it.

But since Sept. 11, that vision has been eclipsed by a suspicious,
introverted America, a country-sized version of that peculiarly American
form of ghetto: the gated community. A gated community is defensive.
Designed to keep the "others" out, it dissolves the rich web of society
into a random clustering of disconnected individuals. It turns paranoia
and isolation into a lifestyle.

Surely this isn't the America that anyone dreamed of; it's a last
resort, nobody's choice. It's especially ironic since so much of the
best new thinking about society, economics, politics and philosophy in
the last century came from America.

Unhampered by the snobbery and exclusivity of much European thought,
American thinkers vaulted forward - courageous, innovative and
determined to talk in a public language. But, unfortunately, over the
same period, the mass media vaulted backward, thriving on increasingly
simple stories and trivializing news into something indistinguishable
from entertainment. As a result, a wealth of original and subtle thought
- America's real wealth - is squandered.

This narrowing of the American mind is exacerbated by the withdrawal of
the left from active politics. Virtually ignored by the media, the left
has further marginalized itself by a retreat into introspective cultural
criticism. It seems content to do yoga and gender studies, leaving the
fundamentalist Christian right and the multinationals to do the
politics. The separation of church and state seems to be breaking down
too. Political discourse is now dominated by moralizing, like George W.
Bush's promotion of American "family values" abroad, and dissent is
unpatriotic. "You're either with us or against us" is the kind of cant
you'd expect from a zealous mullah, not an American President.

When Europeans make such criticisms, Americans  assume we're envious.
"They want what we've got," the thinking goes, "and if they can't get
it, they're going to stop us from having it."

But does everyone want what America has? Well, we like some of it but
could do without the rest: among the highest rates of violent crime,
economic inequality, functional illiteracy, incarceration and drug use
in the developed world. President Bush recently declared that the U.S.
was "the single surviving model of human progress." Maybe some Americans
think this self-evident, but the rest of us see it as a clumsy arrogance
born of ignorance.

Europeans tend to regard free national health services, unemployment
benefits, social housing and so on as pretty good models of human
progress. We think it's important - civilized, in fact - to help people
who fall through society's cracks. This isn't just altruism, but an
understanding that having too many losers in society hurts everyone.
It's better for everybody to have a stake in society than to have a
resentful underclass bent on wrecking things.

To many Americans, this sounds like socialism, big government, the nanny
state. But so what? The result is: Europe has less gun crime and
homicide, less poverty and arguably a higher quality of life than the
U.S., which makes a lot of us wonder why America doesn't want some of
what we've got.

Too often, the U.S. presents the "American way" as the only way,
insisting on its kind of free-market Darwinism as the only acceptable
"model of human progress."

But isn't civilization what happens when people stop behaving as if
they're trapped in a ruthless Darwinian struggle and start thinking
about communities and shared futures? America as a gated community won't
work, because not even the world's sole superpower can build walls high
enough to shield itself from the intertwined realities of the 21st
century.

There's a better form of security: reconnect with the rest of the world,
don't shut it out; stop making enemies and start making friends. Perhaps
it's asking a lot to expect America to act differently from all the
other empires in history, but wasn't that the original idea?

-------end of forwarded Brian Eno message-----

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*Texas. Astronomical incarceration rate of 1% (one percent). The true George W. Bush as shown by his governorship of Texas. Bush drug war. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/texas.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/texas.htm 

*Universal healthcare. CHARTS. It is very helpful to a harm reduction drug policy. Cheaper, more effective, public health alternatives to expensive, oppressive, insane U.S.-style, drug wars worldwide. Sanity versus public hysteria, prisons, propaganda, and death squads. Healthcare costs by nation, per person, as a percentage of GDP, etc.. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm  and  
http://corporatism.tripod.com/universal.htm   

*Incarceration rates. World. 1985-1995. By nation. CHART. U.S. and Russian rates updated for the year 2000 and 2001. At the change of the millennium, the USA (aka Babylon), became number one again. Links to 1999, and later, rates for many nations. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/world.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/world.htm  

*Homicide, murder. Rates worldwide. CHARTS. Various causes described such as drug war, handguns, poverty, poor safety nets, poor healthcare nets, corporatist hate radio, etc..
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/homicide.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/homicide.htm 

*Costs of U.S. Criminal Justice. CHARTS. By function and government level. Police, Judicial, Corrections, and Overall Total Yearly Costs. Federal, state, counties, municipalities. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/costs.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/costs.htm 

*Poverty rates worldwide. CHART. War on Drugs replaces War on Poverty. In the USA the racist Drug War and corporatist hate radio replace natural human interaction and cooperation. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, would be proud.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/poverty.htm  and
http://corporatism.tripod.com/poverty.htm 

*Majority of 2 million U.S. prisoners are in due to drug war. Drug crimes, drug-related crimes (such as robbing to get money for drugs that are expensive because of the drug war), drug trade crimes, drug-related parole violations, etc.. USA has highest incarceration rate. The USA has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 8 MILLION prisoners. A full 1% of Texans are incarcerated today! The Drug-War Industrial Complex. Statistics, references, links, and charts:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm  and 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/majority.htm  and 
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/majority.htm

*Ideology, Idiot-ology, Political Parties, Drug War, Corporatism, Fundamentalism, Exploitation. The dangers of worldwide American Culture. Belief systems, roots, reality. The dark side of the American Dream. "Ideologues Anonymous," "Fundamentalists Anonymous," etc.. Election season is when Drug Warriors really come out of the closet and spin their lies. Year-round too, but especially during the election "silly season." Comparative world charts for incarceration rates, poverty levels, healthcare stats, etc.. 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/ideology.htm and  
http://corporatism.tripod.com/ideology.htm  

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Article and 2 good overhead photos after clicking thumbnails. Great links after the article. 
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575226.php  --Archived version.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1575251.php  --Full-size overhead photos. 

From the February 17 2003 San Francisco Chronicle front page article: 
"Organizers of the San Francisco march gave an initial crowd estimate of 200,000 to 250,000, while San Francisco police estimated the crowd at possibly 200,000."

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-----San Francisco Chronicle article begins-----
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/17/MN45878.DTL 

Peaceful S.F. crowd protests stance on Iraq At S.F. rally, 200,000 seek alternative to U.S. war Anastasia Hendrix, Pamela J. Podger, Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writers Monday, February 17, 2003   San Francisco -- An estimated 200,000 people of nearly all ages spilled into lower Market Street on Sunday in San Francisco for a spirited but peaceful protest against U.S. plans to invade Iraq. Ringing cowbells, banging temple drums, chanting, singing, dancing and waving colorful signs, puppets and placards, the marchers moved slowly up Market in a huge anti-war demonstration. While most simply walked the route, many pushed baby carriages, underscoring the argument that war would threaten the future of children most of all. The march came one day after millions of people around the world demonstrated against the U.S. government's stance on Iraq. It coincided Sunday with an war protest in Sydney by about 200,000 people. Organizers of the San Francisco march gave an initial crowd estimate of 200,000 to 250,000, while San Francisco police estimated the crowd at possibly 200,000. "I'm just totally overwhelmed by the turnout today, particularly when you consider that there were something like 150,000 people turned out for protests in other parts of California just yesterday," said Andrea Buffa, national co- chair of United for Peace and Justice, one of five co-sponsors of Sunday's march and rally. Although the main demonstration remained peaceful, a group estimated at 1, 000 protesters broke away later in the afternoon and vandalized businesses and clashed with police along Market Street before some were arrested. The main march began around noon at Justin Herman Plaza near the Ferry Building and headed to the Civic Center, stretching for more than a mile along Market Street. It took almost three hours for the demonstration to pass by. Many of the demonstrators flocked to the rally on mass transit. BART spokesman Mike Healy estimated a jump of as many as 150,000 in Sunday's ridership over the same day a year ago. However they arrived, by the beginning of the protest, tens of thousands of people already had packed lower Market Street from Justin Herman Plaza to Davis Street. Thousands more gathered on the sidewalks, and additional thousands streamed down Market Street toward the Ferry Building to join them. As more protesters poured into the starting area, the crowd listened to poetry, songs and speeches by anti-war speakers. "We're bold, we're courageous, and we're loud," Assemblyman Mark Leno, D- San Francisco, said during the hourlong rally at the beginning of the march. "March on, and let your voice be heard. We will not let the war happen." Another speaker, Assemblywoman Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, also drew applause from the crowd when she posed the rhetorical question: "How do you want to spend $1.5 trillion? On our children? Or on war?" STRANGERS MINGLE EASILY Despite the huge number of strangers thrown together for the march, the crowd had a carnival-like atmosphere and the friendly, cheerful mood of gigantic block parties. Many demonstrators greeted each other with hugs, and some said they were glad just to have a chance to make their views known to others. Erica Hughes, who was joined by fellow high school teachers from Sacramento, said it was encouraging to see so many people crowding the street. "It's inspiring to see we're not alone in thinking we shouldn't be at war," she said. Those in the mammoth crowd carried a variety of signs, banners and flags advocating a host of disparate causes ranging from straightforward pleas against war to support for medical marijuana, solar energy and selenium as a cure for cancer, hepatitis C and AIDS. A woman with her hair done in purple spikes carried a placard that read: "War is SOOO last century." Many of the signs called President Bush and his top advisers international criminals. Several called for Bush's impeachment, while hand-painted signs carried by two young girls likened him to the villain of the Harry Potter stories -- "Bush = Voldemort." The demonstrators were mostly white men and women between the ages of 20 and 60, but the crowd appeared to include representatives of many ethnic and age groups, from tots in strollers to one elderly man who carried a sign that said, "Old Timers for Old Europe" -- a slap at Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's dismissal of France and Germany for their governments' wish to continue U.N. weapons inspections rather than quickly attack Iraq. Some marchers wore Veterans of Foreign Wars garrison caps, and several showed up in full military uniforms, marching under a banner identifying them as veterans. STRONG FOCUS ON CHILDREN Particularly striking was the large number of children present. "The war is wrong," said 13-year-old Amanda Howes of Hayward, who was marching alongside her 14-year-old sister, Jenna. "We shouldn't send young men to be killed just because Bush is mad." Jenna added: "We should find a peaceful way to work out our problems." Tim Shelley of Sacramento demonstrated while carrying a sign that said "Triplets for Peace" and pushing a stroller with his three 4-year-olds, Maile, Jared and Callahan. "They don't know what's going on, and I don't want them to know what's going on," said Shelley, who said he had traveled into the city to participate in the march with his children "for their future." Juni Sepe, who drove to San Francisco from Los Angeles with her 9-year-old son, Patrick, and her friend Frank Sosa, joined in Sunday's demonstration with her dog, Flaca, who wore a sign in Spanish that said "Dogs Against War." Sepe said they had outfitted Flaca with the sign because "she is a very calm dog. We rescued her from violence, and she got the message." Bayard Fox of Napa was holding a sign that said "Pray for a Bigger Pretzel, " a reference to the snack food that Bush accidentally choked on one afternoon at the White House. "Of course, I don't really hope that he chokes on a pretzel," Fox said. "I'm just cynical." TRYING TO FOLLOW JESUS' COURSE Dressed in long brown robes, his red beard glinting in the sun, Rami Fodda strode toward Civic Center Plaza from the nearby St. Boniface Church, a Franciscan church on Golden Gate Avenue. Fodda, who said he grew up in Saudi Arabia and is studying to become a friar, worries that a war against Iraq will endanger the lives of his relatives in Jordan and Lebanon. He said his religious beliefs form the foundation of his opposition to a war against Iraq. "The example of Jesus is the one I follow," Fodda said. "When they came to take Jesus and Peter drew his sword to protect him, Jesus stopped him and said: 'He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.' I am acting in that way." Along the route, some people were taking advantage of the large Sunday crowd to make a few dollars. A few small shops on Market Street that are usually closed on Sundays opened for the occasion. Hawkers sold protest paraphernalia that included professionally printed anti-war signs, T-shirts emblazoned with "Blessed are the Peacemakers" and even voodoo dolls of Bush. Earl Gadsden, a street singer who entertains tourists at the cable car turnaround in Hallidie Plaza, was belting out the anti-war tune "Down by the Riverside," with its famous line, "I ain't gonna study war no more." Gadsden said he had made $11 in just 15 minutes and said of the tune, "It's a good song -- and today it's a very good song." Peace was good for other businesses, too. At Rainbow Pizza, where a slice normally sells for $2, the owner had set up a table on the sidewalk in front and was selling slices for $3 apiece. And the Javalisa Cafe was advertising a "Peace Rally Special" of chicken club sandwiches for $7. March sponsors set up a line of 29 garbage cans along the middle of the road near U.N. Plaza to collect donations to offset the cost of the rally, estimated to be more than $50,000. HAWK AMONG THE DOVES Not everybody who turned out for the protest expressed an anti-war opinion, though. Jeremiah Isbell, who moved to the Bay Area from Oklahoma eight months ago, said he came to Civic Center Plaza to show his support for the troops. The 18-year-old Isbell, dressed in camouflage and wearing a gas mask, had taped a hand-lettered sign to his backpack that said "Make War Not Stupid Delusions." Isbell, a solitary hawk, planned to walk toward the peace marchers as they moved toward Civic Center Plaza. "People out here are a little crazy, and they're in the minority anyway," he said. As protesters were gathering at Justin Herman Plaza, a biplane flew over the crowd towing a banner with the contrarian message: "Appeasing evil is immoral." While most of the marchers crowded onto Market Street, onlookers and supporters lined the march route on the sidewalks, many carrying their own signs and banners. Tourists, shoppers and other onlookers joined them, and between Sixth and Seventh streets on Market, spectators stepped out of adult bookstores and other amusement centers to take a look. As the crowd swelled into Civic Center Plaza at the end of the march route, Janet Roitz watched her 2-year-old son, Dane, climbing in the playground. "I'd like to be able to tell him he was here," Roitz said. "I hope it's an historic event that means there will be peace, even though he won't remember it. It will be important to say he was here." City worker Marlon Dominguez, 48, followed in the wake of the march, tidying up after the protesters, sweeping streets and emptying trash cans. "They're pretty clean," Dominguez said. "Everything is good, and everybody is working together." Chronicle staff writers Tom Abate, Nanette Asimov, Kathleen Sullivan and Bill Wallace contributed to this report. / E-mail the writers at ahendrix@..., ppodger@... and srubenstein@.... · Printer-friendly version · Email this article to a friend SF ANTI-WAR RALLY Peaceful S.F. crowd protests stance on Iraq. Anti-war movement galvanizing minorities. Morse: From the halls of Montezuma to Hallidie Plaza. Vietnam-era activists, religious leaders, celebrities preach peace. Splinter group clashes with cops for hours.   02/16/2003 - Thousands in San Francisco join protests against war in Iraq . 09/02/2000 - Farm Workers Union Wins Gallo Contract . more related articles...

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Previous January 18 2003 San Francisco peace rally. Overhead photo links, police and other crowd size estimates, march route maps, etc.. "On Saturday, police said 55,000 marched to Civic Center Plaza. A spokesman now says 150,000 is a safe estimate and 200,000 is possible."
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London peace rally Feb 15 2003. Police estimate 750,000+. Observer UK article. Nonprofit newspaper.
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Police estimate 950,000 at Rome peace rally Feb 15 2003.
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Police estimate 150,000 at Melbourne, Australia peace rally Feb 14 2003. CNN and AP.
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A quote (emphasis added) from Observer (UK nonprofit) article below:
"Although discussions in the Security Council over the next week will focus on Iraq, Israel should be brought into the picture. The Europeans are in a position to insist on linkage - joint resolutions that address both Iraq and Israel and have equal force in the eyes of the world. That way regime change might be achieved in Iraq without the appalling consequences in the Arab world that are widely and rightly feared. Compliance in Israel is just as much a requirement as it is in Iraq."

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http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,896589,00.html

One US rule for Israel, another for Saddam

For 30 years, America has acted hypocritically in wielding its UN veto

Henry Porter
Sunday February 16, 2003
The Observer

Britain and America may have to dilute their demands if they are to persuade the Security Council to consider a new resolution. Britain's Ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, talked of 'offering new language', an altogether less belligerent approach than the run-up to the meeting in November when resolution 1441 was adopted.

Although discussions in the Security Council over the next week will focus on Iraq, Israel should be brought into the picture. The European are in a position to insist on linkage - joint resolutions that address both Iraq and Israel and have equal force in the eyes of the world. That way regime change might be achieved in Iraq without the appalling consequences in the Arab world that are widely and rightly feared. Compliance in Israel is just as much a requirement as it is in Iraq.

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603 cities listed (with links). Rallies worldwide Feb 14-16 2003:
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One million. And still they came

Euan Ferguson reports on a historic peace march whose massive turnout surpassed the organisers' wildest expectations and Tony Blair's worst fears

Sunday February 16, 2003
The Observer

'Are there any more coming, then?'

If you look more carefully, in fact, at the warlike Wellington statue, a new tale emerges. The driver of the chariot is a boy. The reins are slack. The horses are not rearing with anger, but pulling up in mid-charge. Behind, the fierce, all-powerful figure is not the Spirit of War but the angel of peace, carrying an olive branch.

Iraq crisis
Special report: the anti-war movement
Special report: Iraq

Observer special reports
Iraq: Observer special
Terrorism crisis: special report
Observer Worldview

Peace protests
16.02.2003: Euan Ferguson reports on a historic peace march
16.02.2003: Mary Riddell: The great unheard finally speak out
Audio: Sarah Left at the peace march
Talk: the peace march
16.02.2003: Glasgow: Clans gather to say No
16.02.2003: Dublin brought to a halt by march
16.02.2003: People power takes to the world's streets
16.02.2003: Baghdad: 'We will fight to the last drop of our blood'
Special report: the anti-war movement

In pictures
Gallery: The peace marches

Iraq crisis news
16.02.2003: Iraqi opposition slams plan for military governor
16.02.2003: US to punish German 'treachery'

Blair's dilemma
16.02.2003: Blair stakes his political future on beating Iraq
16.02.2003: Tony Blair: The price of my conviction
16.02.2003: Andrew Rawnsley: It's do or die, Prime Minister
Comment highlights: best of Andrew Rawnsley

Diplomatic meltdown
16.02.2003: Focus: Worlds apart on war
16.02.2003: Ladies' man who swept UN off its feet
16.02.2003: The war of words between France and the US
16.02.2003: The experts: After Blix, what next?
16.02.2003: What the papers say around the world

Terror crackdown
16.02.2003: Shots in the dark against an unknown enemy
War on Terrorism: Observer special

Observer Comment
16.02.2003: Leader: We must not rule out war
16.02.2003: Anthony Sampson: Why is Britain so committed to this war?
16.02.2003: Nick Cohen: The Left isn't listening
16.02.2003: Dan Plesch: Disarm Saddam without war
16.02.2003: Henry Porter: One US rule for Israel, another for Saddam
16.02.2003: Peter Preston: Ask the press - or the owners

Iraq after Saddam
16.02.2003: Iraqi opposition slams plan for military governor
16.02.2003: Kanan Makiya: Our hopes betrayed
Talk: Iraq's democrats betrayed

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F15 page @ Infoshop.org BREAKING NEWS NEW YORK CITY From New York City - Indymedia Breaking Newswire F15 5:04pm Reports of protestors establishing a street blockade at 34th st and 6th Ave. A large group left Times Square, marched to 34th and 6th, and held the intersection for several minutes. F15 4:53pm We have heard reports, unconfirmed, of unprovoked arrests earlier in the day on 92nd and 2nd Ave between 1:30 and 2:00pm. Our source is telling us that he saw several high school students arrested and maced. *** We have started to get many reports of police brutality throughout the day. While you can call the IMC to report on todays events, we would encourage you to post your own experiences directly to our newswire. F15 4:49pm We are hearing reports of police brutality outside Times Square, 42nd St and 7th Ave; police on horses running into and over protesters. F15 4:23pm About 200 people are on 42nd street and 6th Ave, with no police presence, heading west. F15 4:17pm 52nd and Lexington: The southern line of horse-cops backed off, but then the northern line pressed into the crowd. Cops on foot were shoving people out of the intersection, trying to get people moving again. They reportedly beat an old man. F15 4:12pm The 50-100 people at 52nd and Lexington have sat down in the street. A line of cops on horseback have moved in from the north, and another line have moved in from the south. The southern line is riding into the crowd. F15 4:11pm Times Square subway station is closed; no one is allowed in or out. Times Square webcams. F15 4:00pm Critical Mass cyclists have left, but 30 people on foot are on 7th ave between 47th and 48th chanting, "This is what democracy looks like." Police are preparing to make arrests. F15 3:59pm People at Lexington between 51st and 52nd have surged into the streets, surrounding traffic and groups of police officers. F15 3:37pm Critical mass shut down Times Square for about 5 minutes. About 20 to 30 bikes and 100 people surrounded Times Square, but we are hearing that the police have begun to move people out of the way. F15 3:34pm Reports of 300 police at Times Square. F15 3:24pm 57th and 2nd: The crowd has taken the streets and is chanting “Whose streets? Our streets?” Police have not made any arrests or injuries, but they are using their horses to push the crowd with their horses back on to the sidewalk. F15 3:01pm 53rd and 3d Avenue: People on the west side of the barricade have been trying to negotiate with the police but they may be getting ready to storm it. There have been seven or eight reported arrests. There have been reports of plainclothes policemen have been getting violent with protesters. F15 3:00pm There have been 2 reported arrests at 2nd avenue and 57th street of people trying to storm a barricade. The crowd has begun getting very restless and has begun shouting “War means War.” F15 2:42pm Estimate from organizers on crowd size the rally on 1st avenue streches 59 blocks north. NYPD usually estimates 7000 people can fill an avenue block. Including the additonal people trapped by police at 2nd and 3d organizers estimate over half a million people. F15 2:45pm More reports of police violence at 53d and Third. There were reports of people climbing atop barricades and being pushed off by police, about 25 on horses, plus others coming out of buses. The police have started to push the crowd back from 53rd street. However, people are completely trapped with nowhere to go 2:18 pm 2:04 At 53d and 3d Avenue, New Yorkers rushed the street barricade and 15 people made it through. Ten minutes later a group of 8 or 9 anti-capitalists linked arms and organized a second rush on a barricade. About 50 or 60 other people joined them in the rush. The police brought in reinforcements, maced 15 or more people, and pushed the crowd back. 1:50 Sources report that police have begun arresting demonstrators on 54th and 2nd Avenue. 1:43 First avenue is reported to be completely inacccessible-- people who want to get there to protest cannot. 2nd avenue is full wall to wall in the 60's. We are hearing reports that the police on 3d avenue have given up, though this isn't confirmed. 1:37 A smaller group of people made it out of the 51st / 3d Avenue pen and were herded north on 2nd avenue. It is a diverse group. They are now being stopped by a row of mounted police on 54th st, and they cannot move north. 1:24 We have reports that portions of Second Avenue have been taken over by marchers as well. 1:23 The uptown Lexington avenue line has been stopped at 23rd street because of the protest. 1:21 Third Avenue is full from 50th to 53d street . Cars and buses have been trapped by the crowd-- there are US Postal Service vans, a service van, and taxis. Marchers have completely taken the street. 1:09 The police are putting up barriers on 53d and 3d avenue. They are throwing them to one another. There is a huge crowd of people stopped by the barriers and they are chanting "let them through, let them through." There have been several unconfirmed arrests of people trying to get over the barriers. There is a lot of pushing and shoving with the police. 1:07 There is a march occuring on 3d avenue; people are trying to get to the protest and are moving north. 1:00pm. A report just came in that 2nd Ave. is “a sea of humanity” protesters have taken over half the avenue and more people are joining from every direction. 12:41 "3rd avenue and 58th is ours!" says one caller. From 57th to 58th is completely full. There are no protest pens on third avenue. There are groups up third avenue as far north as 72nd street. 12:38 The Labor March marching from 59th street is back on the sidewalk. The police have broken it in half. 12:32 Police are making it very difficult for protesters to get to the rallly; they are requiring people to go further and further north. 1:50 Sources report that police have begun arresting demonstrators on 54th and 2nd Avenue. 1:43 First avenue is reported to be completely inacccessible-- people who want to get there to protest cannot. 2nd avenue is full wall to wall in the 60's. We are hearing reports that the police on 3d avenue have given up, though this isn't confirmed. 1:37 A smaller group of people made it out of the 51st / 3d Avenue pen and were herded north on 2nd avenue. It is a diverse group. They are now being stopped by a row of mounted police on 54th st, and they cannot move north. 1:24 We have reports that portions of Second Avenue have been taken over by marchers as well. 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(AP Photo/ Frank Franklin II) Anti-war protesters are seen massed in Hyde Park during a demonstration against war with Iraq in London, February 15, 2003. Millions of people took to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Toby Melville F15 Anti-war March in Taiwan Taipei city by Taiwan aboriginal workteam 4:12am Sat Feb 15 '03 ABOworkteam@... Thousands of peace demonstrators holding anti-war banners take to the streets of Paris, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, to protest a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours) Anti-war protesters march against war with Iraq in Glasgow, February 15, 2003. Millions of people took to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell Anti-war protestors march past Big Ben during a demonstration against war on Iraq, February 15, 2003. Millions of people are expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Andy Parsons/POOL Anti-war protesters gather in London's Hyde Park during a demonstration against war on Iraq, February 15, 2003. Millions of people are expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Andy Parsons/POOL Aotearoa - New Zealand Philippines East Timor Malaysia London New Delhi, India Montevideo Melbourne, Australia Athens, Greece Pace a Milano Radio Popolare questa mattina ha coinvolto oltre 15 mila persone per formare un enorme simbolo della pace, fotografato dai satelliti e da un piccolo dirigibile. Palestinians march through the streets of the West Bank City of Ramallah during a demonstration against war on Iraq February 15, 2003. Millions of people are expected to take the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protest since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Osama Silwadi Anarchists protest in the Philippines. Anti-war marchers take to the streets in front of the Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration in Berlin, February 15, 2003. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out in the German capital Berlin on Saturday, joining worldwide protests against possible U.S.-led military action in Iraq. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Peace activists demonstrate against a possible war with Iraq in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. Organizers said at least 350,000 demonstrators took part in the anti-war protest in the German capital. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer) Thousands of anti-war activists march through downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, protesting against the possible US-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe Tralfalgar Square, London Thousands of Syrians protest a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq in Damascus Saturday Feb. 15, 2003. The protesters held Syrian flags and photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as well as anti-war banners . (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi). Anti-war protesters gather in London's Hyde Park during a demonstration against war on Iraq, February 15, 2003. Millions of people are expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Toby Melville Auckland, New Zealand Protesters demonstrate during an anti-war rally in the Australian capital Canberra February 15, 2003. Tens of thousands of people poured on to the streets in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday to march for peace in Iraq, launching a day of protests across the world against looming U.S.-led war. (Reuters - Handout) Anti-war protestors march through Piccadilly Circus during a demonstration against a possible war on Iraq in London, February 15, 2003. Millions of people are expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S. led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid A Thai protester paints his face and sits in front of "No War" sign during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. Thousands of Thais, joined by a large contingent of Westerners, marched Saturday morning to the U.S. Embassy to kick off a day-long demonstartion against a U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Japanese men hold placards reading; "protest against war" in front of the U.S. embassy in Tokyo February 15, 2003. Hundreds of people assembled to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita Thai Muslim women protesting against a possible war on Iraq march near the U.S. embassy in Bangkok February 15, 2003. Some 2,000 demonstrators, including members of the Muslim Group for Peace, accused Washington of unfairly vilifying Iraq and called for a boycott of American products. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang Anti-War protestors make their way up Queen Street in Auckland, New Zealand, to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. Today has been declared as a gobal day of protest against a war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Fotopress, Michael Bradley) Protesters hold a banner during an anti-war protest outside the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur February 15, 2003. Hundreds of protesters shouted anti-U.S. slogans during the protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim A Malaysian woman shouts at an anti-war protest outside the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur February 15, 2003. Hundreds of protesters shouted anti-U.S. slogans during the protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim Japanese demonstrators raise their fists as they shout slogans outside the U.S. embassy in Tokyo February 15, 2003. Hundreds of people assembled in front of the embassy to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita An Indonesian Muslim doctor wears a surgical mask during an anti-war protest outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. Coincides with the visit of Australia's Prime Ministar John Howard to Jakarta, dozens of doctors staged a demonstration outside the embassy against the possible U.S.-led strike to Iraq. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Donning U.S. President George W. Bush masks, Japanese anti-war demonstrators protest outside the U.S. embassy against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq in Tokyo February 15, 2003. Hundreds of people assembled in front of the embassy, shouting anti-war slogans. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita Members of the Washington, D.C.-based anti-war group CodePink chant "Oil is not worth dying for. No war with Iraq," during a protest outside United Nations Headquarters, Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in New York. Chaining herself to the fence at the rear is Diane Wilson while Medea Benjamin, second from left, chants. Others in the photo are unidentified. Inside, the U.N. Security Council received another weapons inspection report that said Iraq was providing some cooperation in the search for illicit weapons.(AP Photo/Robert Spencer) A Brazilian anarchist wears a mask of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a protest out side U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2003. The demonstrators protested against a possible U.S.-led strike on Iraq. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Brazilian anarchists burn a mask of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during protest out side U.S Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2003. Demonstrators protested against a possible U.S.-led strike on Iraq. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Brazilian anarchists burn a U.S. President George W. Bush effigy during a protest out side U.S Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2003. Demonstrators protested against a possible U.S.-led strike on Iraq. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes A protester shouts slogans while holding a banner reading 'Let's Stop the War Against Iraq' during a student anti-war demonstration outside the Foreign Office in Madrid, Spain Thursday Feb. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Paul White) < Rising from the left: Uprising's set to be Toronto's next activist longhouse | Some Suggestions for Feeder Marches by Starhawk >

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F15 page @ Infoshop.org BREAKING NEWS NEW YORK CITY From New York City - Indymedia Breaking Newswire F15 8:25pm United for Peace & Justice spokesperson Chris Pasteraro reports that UFPJ's phonelines went down at 11:30 a.m. Saturday just as 67 feeder marches were getting underway. UFPJ was unable to communicate with feeder march liaisons. The phones briefly resumed working at 12:20 p.m. but went down again at 1 p.m. "We've been in this building for a month,"Pasteraro said, "and we've never had any trouble until today." F15 7:17pm 311 confirmed arrests. Detainees locked in buses at 1 Police Plaza, just behind 100 Center Street. United For Peace and Justice asking for people to go down to Police HQ or their or flood their switchboard. 212-374-3921 An unknown number of people have been hospitalized as a result of being trampled on by horses. F15 7:04pm Unconfirmed of 20 arrests at 39th street between 7th and 8th avenue. Another nearby group of approx. 100 protesters facing a potential mass arrest. F15 6:51pm New York seems to be calming down from one of its largest days of protest ever. We will continue to post more updates as we recieve them. F15 5:54pm The St. Marks Snake March has largely dissipated. Marchers reached Astor Place abd held a moment of silence to remember those beaten today by the police. F15 5:04pm Reports of protestors establishing a street blockade at 34th st and 6th Ave. A large group left Times Square, marched to 34th and 6th, and held the intersection for several minutes. F15 4:53pm We have heard reports, unconfirmed, of unprovoked arrests earlier in the day on 92nd and 2nd Ave between 1:30 and 2:00pm. Our source is telling us that he saw several high school students arrested and maced. *** We have started to get many reports of police brutality throughout the day. While you can call the IMC to report on todays events, we would encourage you to post your own experiences directly to our newswire. F15 4:49pm We are hearing reports of police brutality outside Times Square, 42nd St and 7th Ave; police on horses running into and over protesters. F15 4:23pm About 200 people are on 42nd street and 6th Ave, with no police presence, heading west. F15 4:17pm 52nd and Lexington: The southern line of horse-cops backed off, but then the northern line pressed into the crowd. Cops on foot were shoving people out of the intersection, trying to get people moving again. They reportedly beat an old man. F15 4:12pm The 50-100 people at 52nd and Lexington have sat down in the street. A line of cops on horseback have moved in from the north, and another line have moved in from the south. The southern line is riding into the crowd. F15 4:11pm Times Square subway station is closed; no one is allowed in or out. Times Square webcams. F15 4:00pm Critical Mass cyclists have left, but 30 people on foot are on 7th ave between 47th and 48th chanting, "This is what democracy looks like." Police are preparing to make arrests. F15 3:59pm People at Lexington between 51st and 52nd have surged into the streets, surrounding traffic and groups of police officers. F15 3:37pm Critical mass shut down Times Square for about 5 minutes. About 20 to 30 bikes and 100 people surrounded Times Square, but we are hearing that the police have begun to move people out of the way. F15 3:34pm Reports of 300 police at Times Square. F15 3:24pm 57th and 2nd: The crowd has taken the streets and is chanting “Whose streets? Our streets?” Police have not made any arrests or injuries, but they are using their horses to push the crowd with their horses back on to the sidewalk. F15 3:01pm 53rd and 3d Avenue: People on the west side of the barricade have been trying to negotiate with the police but they may be getting ready to storm it. There have been seven or eight reported arrests. There have been reports of plainclothes policemen have been getting violent with protesters. F15 3:00pm There have been 2 reported arrests at 2nd avenue and 57th street of people trying to storm a barricade. The crowd has begun getting very restless and has begun shouting “War means War.” F15 2:42pm Estimate from organizers on crowd size the rally on 1st avenue streches 59 blocks north. NYPD usually estimates 7000 people can fill an avenue block. Including the additonal people trapped by police at 2nd and 3d organizers estimate over half a million people. F15 2:45pm More reports of police violence at 53d and Third. There were reports of people climbing atop barricades and being pushed off by police, about 25 on horses, plus others coming out of buses. The police have started to push the crowd back from 53rd street. However, people are completely trapped with nowhere to go 2:18 pm 2:04 At 53d and 3d Avenue, New Yorkers rushed the street barricade and 15 people made it through. Ten minutes later a group of 8 or 9 anti-capitalists linked arms and organized a second rush on a barricade. About 50 or 60 other people joined them in the rush. The police brought in reinforcements, maced 15 or more people, and pushed the crowd back. 1:50 Sources report that police have begun arresting demonstrators on 54th and 2nd Avenue. 1:43 First avenue is reported to be completely inacccessible-- people who want to get there to protest cannot. 2nd avenue is full wall to wall in the 60's. We are hearing reports that the police on 3d avenue have given up, though this isn't confirmed. 1:37 A smaller group of people made it out of the 51st / 3d Avenue pen and were herded north on 2nd avenue. It is a diverse group. They are now being stopped by a row of mounted police on 54th st, and they cannot move north. 1:24 We have reports that portions of Second Avenue have been taken over by marchers as well. 1:23 The uptown Lexington avenue line has been stopped at 23rd street because of the protest. 1:21 Third Avenue is full from 50th to 53d street . Cars and buses have been trapped by the crowd-- there are US Postal Service vans, a service van, and taxis. Marchers have completely taken the street. 1:09 The police are putting up barriers on 53d and 3d avenue. They are throwing them to one another. There is a huge crowd of people stopped by the barriers and they are chanting "let them through, let them through." There have been several unconfirmed arrests of people trying to get over the barriers. There is a lot of pushing and shoving with the police. 1:07 There is a march occuring on 3d avenue; people are trying to get to the protest and are moving north. 1:00pm. A report just came in that 2nd Ave. is “a sea of humanity” protesters have taken over half the avenue and more people are joining from every direction. 12:41 "3rd avenue and 58th is ours!" says one caller. From 57th to 58th is completely full. There are no protest pens on third avenue. There are groups up third avenue as far north as 72nd street. 12:38 The Labor March marching from 59th street is back on the sidewalk. The police have broken it in half. 12:32 Police are making it very difficult for protesters to get to the rallly; they are requiring people to go further and further north. 1:50 Sources report that police have begun arresting demonstrators on 54th and 2nd Avenue. 1:43 First avenue is reported to be completely inacccessible-- people who want to get there to protest cannot. 2nd avenue is full wall to wall in the 60's. We are hearing reports that the police on 3d avenue have given up, though this isn't confirmed. 1:37 A smaller group of people made it out of the 51st / 3d Avenue pen and were herded north on 2nd avenue. It is a diverse group. They are now being stopped by a row of mounted police on 54th st, and they cannot move north. 1:24 We have reports that portions of Second Avenue have been taken over by marchers as well. 1:23 The uptown Lexington avenue line has been stopped at 23rd street because of the protest. 1:21 Third Avenue is full from 49th-59th is full. Cars and buses have been trapped by the crowd. Marchers have completely taken the street. 1:09 The police are putting up barriers on 53d and 3d avenue. They are throwing them to one another. There is a huge crowd of people stopped by the barriers and they are chanting "let them through, let them through." There have been several unconfirmed arrests of people trying to get over the barriers. There is a lot of pushing and shoving with the police. 1:07 There is a march occuring on 3d avenue; people are trying to get to the protest and are moving north. 1:00pm. A report just came in that 2nd Ave. is “a sea of humanity” protesters have taken over half the avenue and more people are joining from every direction. 12:41 "3rd avenue and 58th is ours!" says one caller. From 57th to 58th is completely full. There are no protest pens on third avenue. There are groups up third avenue as far north as 72nd street. 12:38 The Labor March marching from 59th street is back on the sidewalk. The police have broken it in half. 12:32 Police are making it very difficult for protesters to get to the rallly; they are requiring people to go further and further north. 12:20 The youth march has moved from 25th and 6th, under threat of arrest if anyone moves into the street. The march is 2.5 blocks long at 27th and 6th moving north. 12:00 Huge numbers of people trying to get to the rally are marching north on 3rd Ave at around 57th Street. They are filling half of the avenue. 12:14 The rally extends up 1st Ave to 61st Street, filling barricades one-traffic-lane wide, with many more people coming. The day so far: The are masses of people converging on 1st avenue, and many people cannot get there, so they are stuck over on 2nd and 3rd ave. There was also a confrontation between police and members of the Youth bloc at 24th street and 6th avenue, and there are several confirmed arrests. F15 12:00pm From the rally: There are large numbers of people turning out in the bitter cold, and it is difficult to estimate numbers. At least ten blocks are packed in outside the Dag Hammarskjold plaza. F15 11:53am Police have confirmed arrests at Union Square. No numbers given by police. F15 11:47am Youth Bloc Update: several hundred people penned in by police at 24th st between 5th and 6th ave. One-hundred police and 15 or more mounted police. There have been several arrests. Police are letting people out five at a time. The march is on the sidewalk. The marchers are chanting "The whole world is watching, they are on our side." F15 11:39am We have word that the Youth Bloc was the march that moved west from Union Square, not east. They marched towards 6th ave. and then north. At 23d st and 6th ave, police moved in and pushed the march back east. There are 100 mounted police, 15 vans vans, and several buses. At 24th st, the march was cut in half by police. F15 11:25am At the Public Library: Approximately 1,000 people at the library. There are between 100-200 police in full riot gear, some with batons drawn, standing in the second lane of 5th Avenue. People are leaving in small groups, but no organized mach has yet left the library. F15 11:03am One of the feeder marches just took the street on West 21st street and 6th avenue. There are at least a thousand people on the street. About 20 or so riot police are stationed on the street, but they have now given up trying to force marchers back onto the sidewalk. F15 10:59am 100 people have now left the Green Party headquarters, and are headed towards the rally. F15 10:55am Approx. 8,000 people have left Union Square, and they have just been joined by an additonal march. The march has headed west on 14th st., not east. They are marching behind a banner that says "Our Nation Says No To War," and are marching on the sidewalk. F15 10:14am Plans continue to percolate for post-rally marching. F15 10:04am Looking for somthing to do before the rally? Come down to the IMC at 29th street, pick up copies of the Indypendent and awesome party benefit flyers to distribute at the march. F15 9:27am Update on crowd control techniques near the UN: 1st avenue is closed to traffic from 34th to 59th to begin with... Entry to side streets from 2nd avenue ... will only be allowed every 4th street or so along 2nd ave, and exit at different streets. Anti War Demo in London Latest Timeline London: [17.00] March still passing Piccadilly Circus, as the daylight fades. Speeches have finished and people are leaving the park, some to their busses and others to the Arrow meetup in Green Park. [16.30] Police helicopters are hovering 100 metres above the crowd, drowning out anti-war speeches [shame!] and causing many to go home early. US embassy is totally surounded by police, anticipating protesters gathering. [16.00] A speaker from the main stage in Hyde Park has just announced that an estimated 2 million people have attended (unconfirmed). The march is still leaving Embankment! An Autonomous space has been set up in Hyde park, with a soundsystem and info. A samba band is dancing towards the Park. [15.00] The crowds are converging at Picadilly Circus from the two starting points. A great atmosphere is building. The protesters are in good spirit considering the sub-zero temperature. [13.00] There are already more people at the London anti-war demo than the 400,000 who officially came to the last one. The route of the march ahead was virtually empty as all streeets were closed to traffic. The protesters started gathering early this morning at both Embankment and Gower Street armed with banners and placards. Due to the unprecedented number of protesters, the demostration had to start off early at 11am instead of the 12 noon. Before long the streets of central London were packed with people from all over the UK. A truly diverse range of people came together to protest . This is just one of hundreds of protests round the globe. Glasgow: A reported 50,000 people have turned out in Scotland, in defiance of Blair who had given a speech there earlier this morning to a labour conference. Reports soon on scotland indymedia. Belfast: 30,000 also march in global solidarity. Reports soon on Ireland indymedia. 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I-News FAQ IMCs Infoshop News List Media Directory N9 - Anti-WTO 2001 News by Country/Region News Kiosk Archive Showdown in Genoa Search Other Infoshop News Deutsch Espanol Italiano Libraries Prison News Young People News Links Afrikan.net Alternet Common Dreams Counter Punch GNN InterActivist Left Turn Resist.ca ZNet Infoshop News Polls New peace groups we'd like to see United for Peas Masturbate for Peace Chickenhawks for Peace No ANSWER in Our Name Make Bread, Not War Rogue States for War Vietnam Veterans Against SUV Owners No Blood for Capitalism Power Puff Girls Rising Up Against War Kids Against Forced Peace Marches [ results | polls ]		February 15, 2003 - World Day of Protest Against the War Updated by Reverend Chuck0 on Saturday, February 15, 2003 @ 9:45pm EST Today's global protests were organized by the European anti-globalization movements. Exclusive to Infoshop News POLAND: Anti-war Protests in Warsaw LAWRENCE, KS: Anarchists in action against war Report from the Philippines Report from Perth, Australia From Mainstream Media and Independent Media HOLLYWOOD: Photos from March COLORADO SPRINGS: Protesters teargased in Colorado Springs ARKANSAS: 250 Demonstrate in Fayetteville Arkansas CALIFORNIA: 300-400 March in Ventura CA OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON: 3000 march for peace NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hundreds rally in Concord New Hampshire for peace SAN DIEGO: 10,000 in San Diego CHICAGO: Photos from Protest NEW YORK CITY: Pepper Spray in NYC NEW YORK CITY: Police Provoke Protesters... Ram Empty Public Buses Through Third Avenue PHOENIX: Arizona Anti-War Courage POLAND: Biggest ever anti-war demo in Poland ECUADOR: Quito Acciones contra la guerra SPAIN: Several million Spaniards protest possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq GLOBAL: From New York to Melbourne, Protest Against War on Iraq ARGENTINA: In Latin America, rallies mark opposition to war in Iraq CANADA: Victoria Marches for Peace TOFINO, CANADA: Tofino march a success! BRAZIL: 30,000 Protest March Against US War in Sao Paulo HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA: 60 people ELKINS, WV: 30 people JOHNSTON, NY: 70 people march ISRAEL: Tel-Aviv Demo Against War in Iraq BUENOS AIRES: 15000 persone sotto una pioggia lieve ma costante ATLANTA: Peace Caravan Travels Atlanta GLOBAL: All they are saying WARMONGERS: U.S., Britain Reworking Iraq Resolution TENNESSEE: Noise in Nashville FRANCE: 15,000-20,000 in Montpellier, France BELGIUM: Brussels / Anti-War-Wave keeps growing FLORIDA: Pensacola Anti-War Protest NEW ORLEANS: Photos from Feb 15 2003 Anti-War march LAS VEGAS: Protests Take Some Unlikely Routes GLOBAL: Several Million Anti-War Activists Rally Worldwide PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Joins Millions Across World to Protest War on Iraq CHILE: Fotos de Santiago (Indymedia Chile) URUGUAY: Marcha Contra la Guerra y por la Paz en Montevideo PORTUGAL: Photos from protests in Portugal BRAZIL: Ato contra a Guerra - Campinas 15-02 SWEDEN: More photos from Göteborg SWEDEN: Photos from Göteborg DENMARK: 40-50.000 demonstrate in Copenhagen NEW YORK CITY: New Yorkers join anti-war protests FINLAND: The cold couldn't stop the pro-peace demonstrations in Finland LONDON: Massive peace protest in London GREECE: Violence at Greek antiwar rally UK: UK's biggest peace rally ITALY: Massive crowd floods Rome in peace protest GLOBAL: Millions Worldwide Protest War in Iraq ONTARIO: Activists brave morning cold to protest against war LONDON: Anti-war protest masses in London CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA: Hundreds Protest Possible War BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands of Thai Muslims hold anti-U.S. protest SOUTH KOREA: South Koreans protest against war GLOBAL: Thousands Worldwide Protest War in Iraq LONDON: One million protest against war in London LONDON: Protest diary: London BERN, SWITZERLAND: Berna: 40mila contro la guerra HELSINKI, FINLAND: 100 000 persone a Helsinki Iruñea, SPAIN: La policía impide un acto contra la guerra en Iruñea SEVILLA, SPAIN: 250.000 personas en Seviilla ¡Paremos la guerra en Irak GIRONA, SPAIN: Més de 30.000 persones es manifesten a Girona SOUTH AFRICA: Anti-War March in Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town March launches anti-war actions LONDON: 'Million' march against Iraq war MALTA: Peace March Istanbul-Kadikoy: Anarchists in action against war NETHERLANDS: F15 Amsterdam NEW YORK CITY: Protesters at U.N. Rally Against Iraq War SEVILLE, SPAIN: 250,000 MALTA: No to War protest in Malta!! AOTEAROA - NEW ZEALAND: Thousands march for peace around Aotearoa GLOBAL: Activists Worldwide Open Anti-War Rallies GERMANY: Schroeder Calls for Peaceful Disarmament of Iraq GERMANY: 500,000 Protest in Berlin LONDON: Protesters Plead to Bush Give Peace a Chance ITALY: Pics from Rome GREECE: F15 Athens JAPAN: Anti-War Rally, Osaka, Japan SPAIN: Tens of thousands attend protests in Spain against war in Iraq INDIA: Kashmiris protest against Iraq war SOUTH AFRICA: Anti-war demonstrators gather across South Africa UKRAINE: Thousands of Ukrainians protest against possible U.S.-led attack of Iraq RUSSIA: Russians join global protests against military action in Iraq SAN FRANCISCO: Technology creates a new form of activism MELBOURNE: 200, 000 March Against War 200 000 people gathered in the streets of Melbourne on Friday afternoon in a massive display of dissent to any war on Iraq. In the biggest protest in the city's history a huge array of people gathered in opposition to Australia's involvement in any war. Australia is the only country other than the US and UK to have already committed troops to the gulf region. THAILAND: Thousands of Thai Muslims hold anti-U.S. protest BANGKOK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - About 2,000 people rallied in front of the U.S. and British embassies in Bangkok on Saturday as part of global protests against a U.S.-led war in Iraq. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: Money For Education Not For War CHINA: Antiwar protests gather steam HONG KONG, China -- Tens of thousands of antiwar protesters have hit the streets in Asia, with many more expected to turn out across the globe to voice their opposition to a military conflict in Iraq. NEW ZEALAND: Aerial protest over Iraq as Cup boats head out A giant banner protesting against a possible United States-led strike on Iraq was flown over Auckland this morning as the city prepared for the opening race of yachting's America's Cup. The banner, measuring 18m by 6m and tied behind a fixed-wing aircraft, bore the words "No War, Peace Now". ASIA: Thousands across Asia protest against potential Iraq war AUSTRALIA: Day of Mass Protest Against War in Iraq Kicks Off (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians kicked off global protests on Saturday against a looming U.S.-led war on Iraq in the biggest mass peace demonstrations since the Vietnam conflict. In the Australian city of Melbourne, 100,000 people demonstrated in a peace movement expected to spread to around 600 towns and cities around the world stretching from the far south to Iceland. LEBANON: 20,000 Lebanese set to join global anti-war protest In Lebanon, the protest will gather numerous factions around a single anti-war cause, as awareness is growing of the potential ramifications of a war on the entire region. The Beirut protest has been organized by the Popular Campaign, which includes the Democratic Forum, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Civil Movement for the Support of Palestine and Opposing War Against Iraq. AUSTRALIA: Doves ascending TORONTO: Report from Feb 15th, 2003 peace march Despite the cold, the mercury rose another degree in the inspiring anti-war movement in Canada today, as tens of thousands of marchers assembled in and around Dundas Square to oppose the Empire’s latest war offensive. Numerous motorists honked horns in support as they passed, pedestrians gave peace signs, pigeons crapped on things. After the speakers finished, marchers decided that, in the face of unconscionable destruction being inflicted with the full complicity of their government, they must take their message of peace to the centre of their city, and peacefully aid in slowing the war machine. Photo pages: 1 | 2 Photos from today's antiwar rally (Indymedia Chicago) by Katherine H. 4:51pm Sat Feb 15 '03 hoydenish@... Photos from Chicago's Feb. 15 antiwar rally ; on Devon Street, Leavitt to Western Hollywood: huge crowd of 100,000 or more by MARCUS Actors Martin Sheen, left, and James Cromwell join demonstrators on Hollywood Boulevard to protest the possible war in Iraq in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson) Demonstrators march down Hollywood Boulevard to protest the possible war with Iraq, in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson) Pepper Spray in NYC by peter 9:03pm Sat Feb 15 '03 ramonaphoto@... Feb15 2003, peace demo in NYC was so big that participants would not fit on first ave. Police procedure included deliberate close-range use of pepper spray to quiet the boisterous and route the peaceful. arrest on 50th st. - f15 nyc by peter 8:52pm Sat Feb 15 '03 ramonaphoto@... During the peace demo in NYC Police randomly charged intersections and sometimes arrested those who did not run (quickly enough). feb15, 2003 nyc Students shout 'no to the War against Iraq' Saturday Feb. 15, 2003, in Mexico City. Thousands of demostrators gathered in Mexico City protesting against the possible US-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) IMCistas in Rome (IMC Italia) Rome (IMC Italia) Rome (IMC Italia) Director Rob Reiner, actress Christine Lahti, center, and her daughter Emma, 9, join demonstrators on Hollywood Boulevard to protest a possible war against Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson) Anarquistas ocupam o monumento às bandeiras 30 mil pessoas contra a guerra em S. Paulo Por Isa-Matt-Pablo 15/02/2003 Às 21:21 Several thousands Argentines march to protest against a possible war with Iraq, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 demonstrators marched past the U.S Embassy where they stopped and shouted slogans asking for a peaceful resolution. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia) Nathan Pappas carries a puppet through a crowd of anti-war protesters outside the capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Feb.15, 2003. In cities across the country and around the world, many in the capitols of America's traditional allies, came out in protest of U.S. military action against Iraq. (AP Photo/Jeff Geissler) Michael Vasquez, left, and Paul Lyons, from the Native American drum group Sacred Forest, sing at an anti-war protest march in front of the Bellagio Hotel on the Las Vegas boulevard strip, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003.(AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta) Anti-war protesters gather in London at the start of a demonstration against war on Iraq, Feb. 15, 2003. Millions of people took to the streets of towns and cities across the globe on Saturday to demonstrate against a looming U.S.-led war on Iraq in the biggest protests since the Vietnam war. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters Anti-war protesters march from the Seattle Center protesting against a possible war with Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stevan Morgain) Protesters gather on Market Street in Philadelphia, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, to protest the threatened US war with Iraq. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek) Rome Foto di roma dall'elicottero by da Repubblica.it Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowd central Barcelona, Spain Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in a large anti-war demonstration to protest against possible military action against Iraq. (AP Photo/El Periodico de Catalunya, Albert Beltran) Members of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) burn a Uncle Sam hat during a antiwar protest in front of the US embassy, during WORLD DAY OF MOBILIZATION AGAINST THE WAR, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) A wall of New York City police officers steer antiwar protesters away from the main demonstration near the United Nations (news - web sites) Headquarters Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in New York to protest a possible U.S.- led attack on Iraq. The crowd stretched for 20 blocks along First Avenue, where the demonstrators were permitted to gather after the city, citing security issues, refused to allow a march past the United Nations. The crowd wound up spilling over to Second Avenue, where they were joined by police officers in riot gear and on horseback. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff) SHAME ON PRIVILEGED AMERICAN PROTESTERS FOR STANDING AROUND IN POLICE PROTEST PENS! Your country is about to kill thousands of Iraqis and you can't push down a few police baricades? If you can't resist basic infringments on your right to protest, don't complain about the Patriot Act! Anti-war protesters, placed in pens along First Avenue north of the United Nations (news - web sites) Headquarters Saturday, Feb 15, 2003, gather in New York to protest a possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq, part of a day of global protests. The crowd stretched for 20 blocks along First Avenue, where the demonstrators were permitted to gather after the city, citing security issues, refused to allow a march past the United Nations. The crowd wound up spilling over to Second Avenue, where they were joined by police officers in riot gear and on horseback. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff) An anti-war protester, center, is arrested by New York City police officers during a demonstration near the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in New York to protest a possible U.S.- led attack on Iraq, part of a day of global protests. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda) Thousands of people walk through downtown Toronto to protest against a possible war with Iraq, February 15, 2003. Similar protests have been staged in cities throughout the world to demonstrate against a possible U.S. led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Mike Cassese Marcha Contra la Guerra y por la Paz en Montevideo multitud by yanpolbelmondo (IMC Uruguay) Protestors shout slogans and wave placards during an anti-war demonstration at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, February 15, 2003. Hundreds marched in anti-war rally on Saturday as part of worldwide protests against U.S.-led plans to attack Iraq. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Riot police surround hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators, as they protest against the possible war against Iraq, in Cairo Saturday, Feb.15, 2003. Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated Saturday against U.S. plans to attack Iraq. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-khalil) Photo from antiwar demo Christiansborg Denmark by Stop Terrorkrigen 8:43pm Sat Feb 15 '03 stopterrorkrigen@... Photo from a section of the demonstration February 15th in front of the Danish Parliament (Indymedia Sweden) 40-50.000 demonstrate in Copenhagen Denmark by Stop Terrorkrigen 8:40pm Sat Feb 15 '03 stopterrorkrigen@... (Indymedia Sweden) A protester shows off her face drawn with missiles during an anti-war demonstration in Warsaw on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. About 1,500 people took part in the protest march in Warsaw, distancing themselves from Polish government's support for U.S. policies. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski ) Thousands of demonstrators crowd the streets of central Madrid, Spain Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in a large anti-war demonstration to protest against possible military action against Iraq. The Cibeles fountain can be seen, center, background. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle) Dublin, Ireland Indymedia Ireland Dublin, Ireland Indymedia Ireland Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowd Madrid's central Cibeles Square and Alcala Street Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 in a large anti-war demonstration to protest against possible military action against Iraq. The Cibeles fountain can be seen lower right. (AP Photo/Paul White) Anti-war protesters line First Avenue toward Harlem in New York, Saturday, February 15, 2003. Demonstrations and protest marches against the war drew hundreds of thousands of people in cities around the world Saturday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Rome Demontrators hold up banners and flags during a march for peace in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on Saturday Feb. 15, 2003. Thousands gathered in South America's largest city to protest against U.S. plans to attack Iraq. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) A protester holds aloft a parody of the film 'Star Wars' featuring British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites), left, and US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) during a protest against the proposed US led war in Iraq Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 10,000 protesters marched in Copenhagen simultaneously with other marches around the world against the prospect of war in Iraq. (AP Photo/John McConnico) Anti-war demonstrators pass the Brandenburg Gate as they protest in Berlin, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. Hundreds of thousands gathered in the German capital, demanding a peaceful solution for the conflict with Iraq. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Turks, members of the Freedom and Solidarity Party, ODP, hold banners that reads ' No to in Iraq ' during a protest rally in Ankara on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003. A recent poll shows that 94 percent of Turks are against a war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Peace March- Malta Moviment Graffitti 9:21am Sat Feb 15 '03 info@... Go to PhotoWire for many more photos < Rising from the left: Uprising's set to be Toronto's next activist longhouse | Some Suggestions for Feeder Marches by Starhawk >