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Thousands of small and large global protests against war in general, the U.S. plan to invade Iraq and the war itself were held from 2002 to 2005. Anti war protests in France Many commentators have opined that popular opposition to war on Iraq exceeded the movement against the Vietnam War in scale, even before the war was declared. ...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 20, 2003, initiated by the United States, the United Kingdom and a loosely-defined coalition. ...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 20, 2003, initiated by the United States, the United Kingdom and a loosely-defined coalition. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
| Contents - 1 Pre-war
- 2 After the war began
- 2.1 March 20, 2003
- 2.2 March 21, 2003
- 2.3 March 22, 2003 and March 23, 2003
- 2.4 March 24, 2003
- 2.5 March 25, 2003
- 2.6 March 28, 2003
- 2.7 March 29, 2003
- 2.8 April 7, 2003
- 2.9 October 25, 2003
- 2.10 June 4, 2004
- 2.11 June 5, 2004
- 2.12 June 27, 2004
- 2.13 November 30, 2004
- 2.14 March 19, 2005
- 3 Common slogans and chants
- 4 See also
- 5 External links
- 6 Further Information
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Pre-war These protests are said to be the biggest global peace protests before a war actually started; the peace movement is compared with the movement caused by the Vietnam War. This article is in need of attention. ...
The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ...
Protests were held worldwide in opposition to a war with Iraq, including in Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Argentina, and the United States, where Americans attended a rally in Washington, DC. The U.S. Park Police, which oversees activities on the Mall, stopped providing estimates of crowd size after being threatened with lawsuits by the organizers of the Million Man March, but said that protest organizers only had a permit for 30,000 demonstrators. According to rally organizers, 200,000+ Americans were in attendance. January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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U.S. Park Police officers standing by during the 2005 Inauguration The United States Park Police is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. ...
The Million Man March was an African American march of protest and unity convened by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Washington, DC on October 16, 1995. ...
A protest rally in Washington, DC to express their opposition to war against Iraq, with 40,000+ Americans in attendance, according to rally organizers. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ...
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Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Demonstration against the war at the end of the first European Social Forum in Florence, Italy. 1,000,000 people according to the organizers, 500,000 for local authorities. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ...
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The European Social Forum (ESF) is an annual meeting held by members of the anti-globalization movement (also known as the Global Justice Movement). ...
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On January 18, demonstrations against war in general or the expected war in Iraq in particular took place in villages, towns, and cities around the world, including Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, London, Dublin, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Cologne, Bonn, Gothenburg, Florence, Oslo, Rotterdam, Istanbul and Cairo. NION and ANSWER held anti-war protests in Washington D.C. and San Francisco, California. In San Francisco, between 150,000 and 200,000 people attended the demonstration. The San Francisco police had originally estimated the crowd size at 55,000, but admitted later that they had badly underestimated the number and changed their estimate to 150,000. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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January 18, 2003 antiwar protest in Washington, D.C. Photo by User:Hephaestos File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Not in Our Name (NION) is a United States organization founded on March 23, 2002, in order to resist the U.S. governments course in the wake of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. ...
A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) -- also known as International ANSWER and sometimes written as ANSWER -- is a protest organization established by the International Action Center, which was founded by former United States attorney general Ramsey Clark. ...
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| 15 February protest attendance | | Rome | 3,000,000 | | Barcelona | 1,300,000 | | London | ≥1,000,000 | | Madrid | ≥660,000 | | Berlin | ≥500,000 | | Sydney | 250,000† | | Seville | ≥200,000 | | Damascus | 200,000 | | Montreal | 150,000 | | Melbourne | 150,000† | | Paris | 100,000 | | New York | ≥100,000 | | Oviedo | 100,000 | | Dublin | 100,000 | | Cádiz | 100,000 | | Los Angeles | 100,000 | | Glasgow | 80,000 | | Toronto | 80,000 | | Amsterdam | 75,000 | | San Francisco | 65,000† | | Oslo | 60,000 | | Buenos Aires | 60,000 | | Seattle | 60,000 | | Brussels | 50,000 | | Athens | 50,000 | | Montevideo | 50,000 | | Bern | 40,000 | | São Paulo (one figure) | 35,000 | | Stockholm | 35,000 | | Girona | 30,000 | | Belfast | 30,000 | | Copenhagen | 25,000 | | Gothenburg | 20,000 | | Newcastle | 20,000 | | Vancouver | 20,000 | | Helsinki | 15,000 | | Perth | 15,000 | | Vienna | 15,000 | | Luxembourg | 14,000 | | Mexico City | 13,000 | | Trondheim | 11,000 | | Canberra | 10,000 | | Calcutta | 10,000 | | Thessaloniki | 10,000 | | Auckland | 10,000 | | Austin | 10,000 | | Beirut | 10,000 | | Cape Town | 10,000 | | Johannesburg | 10,000 | | Porto | 10,000 | | Leipzig | 10,000 | | Philadelphia | 10,000 | | São Paulo (one figure) | 10,000 | | Zagreb | 10,000 | | Wellington | 6,000 | | Istanbul | 5,000 | | Malmö | 5,000 | | Lismore | 5,000 | | Tokyo | 5,000 | | Calgary | 5,000 | | Ljubljana | 5,000 | | Eugene | 4,000 | | Colorado Springs | 4,000 | | Reykjavík | 4,000 | | Bangkok | 3,000 | | Byron Bay | 3,000 | | Phoenix, Arizona | 3,000 | | Quebec City | 3,000 | | Tel Aviv | 3,000 | | Sarasota | 2,500 | | Bellingen | 2,500 | | Ottawa | 2,000 | | Manila | 2,000 | | Kiev | 2,000 | | Christchurch | 2,000 | | Dhaka | 2,000 | | Sofia | 2,000 | | Warsaw | 2,000 | | Chicoutimi | 1,500 | | Kuala Lumpur | 1,500 | | Dunedin | 1,500 | | Flagstaff | 1,000 | | Hong Kong | 1,000 | | Knoxville | 650 | | New Orleans | 500 | | Akureyri | 500 | | Cyprus | 500 | | Maribor | 500 | | Quito | 350 | | Poznan | 300 | | Lima | 300 | | Moscow | 300 | | San Salvador | 250 | | Lawrenceville, NJ | <200 | | Srinagar | 100 | | Mostar | 100 | | Wanganui | 70 | | Tallinn | 60 | | Almaty | 50 | | McMurdo Station | 50 | | Tauranga | 10 | | (Total of above figures) | ≥10,248,590 | | †: 14th or 16 February | | Source: The Globe and Mail and others | Millions of people protested, in approximately 800 cities around the world, and it was listed by the 2004 Guinness Book of Records as the largest mass protest movement in history. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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In Rome one to three million people were on the streets in one of the Italian capital's largest ever mass demonstrations. In London, estimates of the number of marchers varied from 750,000 (by the police) to over 1.5 million (by the organisers, the Stop the War Coalition) and was the largest demonstration in the city's history. In Berlin there were half a million in the largest demonstration for some decades. There were also protest marches all over France as well as in many other European cities, drawing attendance figures in the tens of thousands per city. In Ireland, one hundred thousand turned out in Dublin, for a parade that was originally expected to draw one fifth that number. Protesters demanded that the Irish government stop allowing the United States military to use Ireland's Shannon Airport as a trans-atlantic stop-off point bringing soldiers to the Middle East. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
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Protests were held in Australia (the previous day), South Africa, Syria, India, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA, among many other countries. Hundreds of thousands turned out in New York City, near the United Nations Building. In Colorado Springs, 4,000 protestors were dispersed with pepperspray, tear-gas, tazers and batons. More than one hundred thousand people protested in Montreal despite wind-chill temperatures of below -30 °C, and in Chicoutimi 1 500 people braved a -40 °C wind-chill temperature including gusts of wind reaching 50 km/h, in what was surely one of the coldest marches on the 15th of February. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
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In San Francisco, a protest was held on February 16. Protest organizers and police agreed that the crowd count was 200,000. A San Francisco Chronicle photographic investigation, on the other hand, estimated that the number at the peak period was closer 65,000, although it did not say how many people attended during the entire time of the demonstration. [3] This dispute highlights the continuing debate over the accuracy of crowd estimates in large public demonstrations. San Francisco skyline. ...
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In Baghdad several thousand Iraqis - many carrying Kalashnikov rifles - also joined with the global protests. A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ...
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Protests continued on 16 February in Australia, with 600,000 demonstrating in cities around the country. February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
For a list of participating localities, see [[List of locations which held 15 February 2003 war protests]]. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Another round of protests took place on March 15. Once again, Spanish and Italian cities showed some of the largest turnouts against their governments' pro-war stance. More than 400,000 protested in Milan. More than 300,000 protested in Barcelona, forming a mile-long human chain [4]; more than 120,000 marched in Madrid [5]. Marches also took place in Seville, Aranjuez, Palencia, and in the Canary Islands. [6]. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ...
Aranjuez is a town in the southern part of Autonomous Community of Madrid in central Spain and is the southernmost, and 48 km south of the city of Madrid. ...
Palencia is a city in the northwest of the Tierra de Campos of central Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ...
Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7 447 km² 1,5% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 8th 1 843 755 4,4% 247,58/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Canary Islander canario/a Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982...
Many of the protests were smaller than those in the same cities a month ago; an exception was that in Montreal, which upped its turnout to 200,000 people. The turnout may have been related to solidarity against American anti-French sentiment, which was a common theme for many of the protesters.[7] A further 15,000 protested in Quebec City. [8] 55,000 protested in Paris, and 4,500 to 10,000 in Marseille. [9] Before the Second World War Francophobia in the U.S. reverses the earlier pattern of a Francophilia. ...
City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ...
100,000 protested in Berlin, some 20,000 protested in Athens, close to 10,000 people marched in Tokyo, and tens of thousands in Washington DC. Organizers claimed between 30,000 and 45,000 people turned out, while The Oregonian and the Associated Press estimated between 20,000 and 25,000 people attended, closer to the number in Portland who participated in the 18 January protest. [10] Thousands more marched in cities worldwide including Bangkok, Seoul, Hong Kong, Amman, Calcutta, Melbourne, Christchurch, Dunedin, Paris, London, Portsmouth, Leeds, York, Exeter, Newcastle upon Tyne, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Nicosia, Moscow, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, and Toronto, as well as cities in Yemen, Turkey, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ...
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 Bangkok, (in Thai กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Mahanakhon), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ...
Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...
Amman (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1. ...
This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...
Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]) and 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ...
For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ...
Alternative meanings at Dunedin (disambiguation) Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...
This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ...
Location within the British Isles. ...
York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ...
This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...
Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...
Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...
City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area - Total - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 W Copenhagen (Danish: København) is...
The Stockholm City Hall Stockholm listen is the capital and the largest city of Sweden. ...
Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία) or Lefkoşa (Turkish), population 200,686 (2001), is the capital of Cyprus and of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. ...
City nickname(s): The A-T-L, The Horizon City, The Capital of the South, The Phoenix City, The City Too Busy to Hate, Hotlanta, A-Town, The Big A, The New York of the South, The Big Peach County Fulton County, Georgia Area - Total - Water 343. ...
{{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) City Symbol: Kingfisher Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada Location. ...
The West Bank The Gaza Strip The term occupied Palestinian territories was first adopted by the United Nations in 1974 and in different variations (eg. ...
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More than 6,000 candlelight vigils for peace were held on March 16 in more than a hundred countries. [16] March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ...
A "Walkout" happened in many schools in the United Kingdom where students walked out of school, some risking expulsion and detention, in order to protest at Westminster. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ...
After the war began
 Protesters attend a demonstration in Washington DC against President Bush's Iraq policy The day after the invasion of Iraq had begun, thousands of protests and demonstrations around the world were held. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x685, 140 KB)Protesters attend a demonstration in Washington DC against Bushs Iraq policy Photo by chelle2008. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x685, 140 KB)Protesters attend a demonstration in Washington DC against Bushs Iraq policy Photo by chelle2008. ...
Demonstrations occurred in many cities across the U.S. In some cities — including Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Portland, Oregon — demonstrators blocked traffic in the city centers with the goal of shutting the cities down, resulting in the arrests of over 3,000 people nationwide. Other cities, such as Boston, Atlanta, Georgia, and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, demonstrations were more peaceful, while in still other cities, people engaged in counter-demonstrations in support of the war. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
This article is about the city in California. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
Portland skyline. ...
Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ...
City nickname(s): The A-T-L, The Horizon City, The Capital of the South, The Phoenix City, The City Too Busy to Hate, Hotlanta, A-Town, The Big A, The New York of the South, The Big Peach County Fulton County, Georgia Area - Total - Water 343. ...
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a city located in Monterey County, California. ...
In San Francisco 5,000 protestors, having planned weeks in advance to shut down the city on "Day X", blockaded the Financial District resulting in 2,000 arrests. Other protestors, marching as a Black bloc, attacked and looted several military recruitment centers. A Critical Mass of cyclists also attempted to block traffic to the Bay Bridge. Approximately 300 protesters demonstrated outside of the federal building. Some of the protesters apparently began vomiting on the sidewalks and plaza areas in front of the building and behind the building. Spokesmen told reporters that it was the protesters way of saying that war in Iraq "made them sick." The Financial District is used to refer to: The Financial District (Manhattan) in New York City, New York The Financial District (San Francisco) in California A station on the Detroit People Mover This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...
Black Bloc at April 12, 2003 anti-war demonstration in Washington DC. A black bloc is a group of protesters often dressed in black, who cooperate in small, autonomous affinity groups to resist police. ...
San Francisco Critical Mass, 29th April, 2005. ...
The Bay Bridge, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background. ...
Seven demonstrators were arrested after attempting to block about 20 federal employees and other visitors trying to enter the building. Over 100 protesters were arrested in Philadelphia after blocking the entrances to the federal office buildings. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...
In the morning of March 20, 2003, school students all over Germany held spontaneous marches in Berlin (20,000 participants), Munich (15,000), Stuttgart (15,000), Freiburg (10,000) and Kassel (5,000). Actions started also in Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Nuremberg. Some students reported that their teachers and principals had tried to prevent them from doing so. In Munich, students gathered in front of the university and then marched to the U.S. consulate where they demanded that the American flag be lowered in honor of the killed Iraqi civilians. They walked to the central place of Munich afterwards, where the demonstration turned into a mixture of party and protest. The protests in most other cities were similar. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x852, 309 KB)Anti-war protesters gather at Parliament Square, London on March 20, 2003. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x852, 309 KB)Anti-war protesters gather at Parliament Square, London on March 20, 2003. ...
Parliament Square is west of the northern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. ...
The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...
The Palace of Westminster lies on the bank of the River Thames in the heart of London. ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...
Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...
Stuttgart is a city located in southern Germany, it is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg, and has a population of approximately 600,000 as of June 2004. ...
Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (in German language: Schwarzwald) with about 200,000 inhabitants. ...
Map of Germany showing Kassel Watershed of the river Weser Kassel [ˈkasl̩] (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city in central Germany. ...
Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Castle of Heidelberg pictured from the Old Bridge Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...
Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth largest city in Germany. ...
Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...
Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...
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In Switzerland, 40,000 demonstrated. In Italy, the public services union announced a strike. In Cairo, Egypt, 4,000 people protested; protesters burned a U.S. flag and riot police outnumbered the protesters. View of the modern citys skyline. ...
Flag ratio: 10:19; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in...
On Luxembourg, Tageblatt newspaper reported about 15,000 students walking out of school, with those in the capital holding a spontaneous protest march to the American embassy. A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...
In the afternoon, the general population followed the students. In Berlin, 60,000 people protested; some 200,000 people joined protests in Germany that day. In Paris, 20,000 people met in front of the American embassy. In Greece, 150,000 people protested.
In London, England, demonstrators carried signs with photos of President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair with the caption "World's Biggest Terrorists"; Blair was also called a "Bliar." Two people scaled Big Ben, standing for hours below the clock's face with a sign reading "Time for Truth." The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ...
The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, known as Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...
The Clock Tower, colloquially known as Big Ben Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, part of the Great Clock of Westminster. ...
Demonstrations were organized for a second day in a row in various US cities including: Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco; and Los Angeles. In the last two cities, demonstrators closed parts of the city to traffic. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington State County King Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area –Land –Water 369. ...
Portland skyline. ...
City nickname(s): The A-T-L, The Horizon City, The Capital of the South, The Phoenix City, The City Too Busy to Hate, Hotlanta, A-Town, The Big A, The New York of the South, The Big Peach County Fulton County, Georgia Area - Total - Water 343. ...
This article is about the city in California. ...
Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...
Following the demonstrations, San Francisco police claimed to have discovered a cache of molotov cocktails which they claimed were going to be used by demonstrators. Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ...
Media report about 150,000 protesters in Barcelona, Spain (other sources say 1,000,000); more than 100,000 (other sources: up to 500,000) protesters in London, United Kingdom; some 100,000 protesters in Paris, France; at least 150,000 protesters altogether in many German cities; between 35,000 and 90,000 in Lisbon, Portugal; 10,000 to 20,000 in Greece, Denmark, Switzerland and Finland. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ...
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March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, Spain, a region in northeastern Spain (41°23′ N 2°11′ E). ...
The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
District Lisbon Mayor - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ...
250,000 protesters demonstrated in New York, USA according to the German Spiegel online magazine. There were protests in Washington, D.C., Chicago and other cities, too. CNN reported a march of over a thousand protesters in Atlanta, Georgia passed by their headquarters, upset over that network's coverage of the war. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ...
City nickname(s): The A-T-L, The Horizon City, The Capital of the South, The Phoenix City, The City Too Busy to Hate, Hotlanta, A-Town, The Big A, The New York of the South, The Big Peach County Fulton County, Georgia Area - Total - Water 343. ...
Canada likewise experienced numerous anti-war protests over the weekend. Crowds of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets of Montreal and Toronto. Calgary held three days of protests (20 March-22nd), culminating in a march which surrounded the government building and American consulate. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ...
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Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...
There were reports about massive conflicts between protesters and police in the Gulf state of Bahrain for the second day.
On the live broadcast of the 2003 Academy Awards, several presenters and recipients made various comments against the war ranging from Susan Sarandon giving a simple peace sign to Michael Moore publicly denouncing George W. Bush upon receiving his award. Critics accused the media of downplaying the demonstrations, e.g. when the Washington Post wrote about protests in Berlin: "Demonstrators also gathered in a half-dozen other German cities", where half-dozen included Leipzig, Halle, Dresden, Jena, Rostock, Hamburg, Munich, Köln, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Nürnberg, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Karslruhe, Heidelberg, Würzburg, Bielefeld, Hannover, Dortmund, Essen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Wattenscheid, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Mülheim, Herne, Hattingen, Velbert, Hilden, Datteln, Münster, Osnabrück, Bonn, Aachen, Saarbrücken, Kassel, Bremen, Oldenburg, Kiel, Heide, etc. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Sarandon in The Banger Sisters Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award winning American actress. ...
A peace symbol is a representation or object that has come to symbolize peace. ...
Michael Moore with his Oscar award after Bowling for Columbine won the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and the 43rd and current president of the United States. ...
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Media reports state at least 20,000 school pupils protesting in Hamburg, Germany. After the protest march, conflicts between police and protesters broke out in front of a US building in Hamburg. Protesters who were pushed back by the police began to throw stones, who in turn reacted with water cannons. There have since been serious discussions about police abuses in Hamburg, and political ramnifications may follow. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ...
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Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ...
In the afternoon, 50,000 people protested peacefully in Leipzig following traditional prayers for peace in the city's Nikolai Church. Prayers for peace and subsequent large demonstrations at that church every Monday ('Montagsdemos') helped bring down the GDR government in East Germany in 1989. The weekly demonstrations, supported by churches, trade unions and other civic organizations, began again in January 2003 in protest to the impending invasion of Iraq. Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...
For the historical eastern German provinces, see Historical Eastern Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...
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Protest marches in the afternoon were also reported in the Geman cities of Berlin and Freiburg. Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...
Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (in German language: Schwarzwald) with about 200,000 inhabitants. ...
In Rome, Milano, Turin and other Italian cities, thousands of pupils and schoolteachers stayed away from school to protest against the Iraq war. The teachers union reported that 60 percent of all schools were closed. The strike had been planned weeks ago as a signal against a school reform bill, but was converted to an anti-war protest. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
This is about the Italian city of Milan. ...
Location Region Piedmont Province Turin Area – Total – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population – Total (2002) – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 45°04′ N 7°40′ E1. ...
400 anti-war protesters tried to enter the Australian parliament in Canberra to speak to the prime minister, but were stopped by police. Two of Canberras best-known landmarks, Parliament House and (foreground) Old Parliament House. ...
In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Maoist protesters attacked shops selling Coke and US soft drinks. Protests in front of US buildings and in fast food shops were also held in Indonesia. Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశం)(Āndhra Prādesh), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ...
Maoism or Mao Tse-tung Thought (Chinese: 毛泽东思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ...
The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...
In Egypt, 12,000 students of two universities in Cairo protested as well as 3,000 people in the Thai capital Bangkok. View of the modern citys skyline. ...
Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 Bangkok, (in Thai กรุงเทพฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Mahanakhon), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ...
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 150 people threw stones at the United States consulate. The stones were supposed to break the windows, but consulate windows are bulletproof. The protesters attacked a McDonald's and stoned and fired against a Brazilian bank agency controlled by the Brazilian government and stoned a Spanish bank. Five were arrested. Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ...
McDonalds Corporation ( NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ...
Some 100,000 people demonstrated in Syria against the USA, United Kingdom and Israel. This protest was endorsed by the Syrian government. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the Islamic country of Bangladesh, 60,000 people demonstrated. Islam listen? (Arabic: al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ...
Media also reports protests in front of the South Korean parliament building, linked to plans to bring South Korean forces into the war. In reaction to the protests, these plans were halted. National motto: 널리 인간을 이롭게 하라 Translation: Bring benefit to all people Official language Korean Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul President Roh Moo-hyun Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan Area - Total - % water Ranked 107th 99,274 km² 0. ...
Global protests did not stop in the second week of war. For example, there was a protest of some 10,000 Iranians in Teheran, Iran, endorsed by the government. 50,000 to 80,000 people protested in Cairo, Egypt after the Friday prayers. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Tehran (also spelled Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 8,000,000 (metropolitan: 10,000,000), is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities. ...
View of the modern citys skyline. ...
In New York, USA, peace activists blocked Fifth Avenue. 200 people were brought to jail after a die-in in front of the Rockefeller Center. In Bogotá, Colombia there were violent conflicts in front of the US consulate. Protest marches and demonstrations happened also in Algiers, Algeria and in Bahrain, the Palestinian territories, South Korea, Indonesia and Pakistan. In Australia the police prevented protest marches. In Germany, protests by school pupils continued. Download high resolution version (1024x773, 165 KB)Anti-war protests london Source: Stock. ...
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State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
Die-In protest against 2003 invasion of Iraq in Sheffield, United Kingdom. ...
Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings between 48th and 51st street in New York. ...
For other uses, see Algiers (disambiguation). ...
The West Bank The Gaza Strip The term occupied Palestinian territories was first adopted by the United Nations in 1974 and in different variations (eg. ...
In Boston, Massachusetts 50,000 people attended the largest rally in the city since the end of the Vietnam War. Thousands of people blocked Boylston Street in a die-in along the Boston Common. A handful of arrests were made. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded September 17, 1630 County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area - Total - Water 232. ...
State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th) - Land 20,317 km² - Water 7,043 km² (25. ...
The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ...
Die-In protest against 2003 invasion of Iraq in Sheffield, United Kingdom. ...
View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848 Boston Common is Boston, Massachusetts most famous public park and the oldest city park in the United States. ...
In Oakland, California, police fired rubber bullets and beanbags at protesters and dockworkers outside the port, injuring at least a dozen demonstrators and six longshoremen standing nearby. Most of the 500 demonstrators were dispersed peacefully, but a crowd of demonstrators was blocking traffic on private property near the port and fail to disperse after police warnings. Oakland Police Chief said demonstrators also threw objects and bolts at them, and said the use of weapons was necessary to disperse the crowd. He indicated that the rubber bullets were used to respond to direct illegal action and the he longshoremen were caught in the crossfire. A dockworker spokesman reported that police gave two minutes to disperse, then opened fire rather than making arrests. Demonstrators also claim that the police took direct aim at them, rather than firing in the air or at the ground. Thirty-one people were arrested. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aerial view looking west over downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt and the Port of Oakland. ...
State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
Rubber bullets are rubber-coated projectiles fired from guns. ...
The flexible baton round is the trademarked name for a type of non-lethal kinetic projectile; it is more widely known as a beanbag round. ...
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, California, Reno, Nevada and other cities around the world, in opposition to the occupation of Iraq. Protestors also advocated for the return of American troops to the United States, and for the protection of civil liberties. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the...
San Francisco skyline. ...
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada. ...
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More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Rome and other Italian cities during Bush's visit to Pope John Paul II, who had expressed his opposition to the war in numerous occasions. Ten thousand police patroled the conference site. The right-wing Italian government under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had supported the war; Italy's largest electric company, Enel, which is 60 percent owned by the government, forced Radio Città Aperta and Radio Onda Rossa off the air as they were preparing to broadcast extensive coverage of street protests against Bush's visit. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920–April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. ...
A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives...
Silvio Berlusconi listen? (born September 29, 1936 in Milan) is the current Prime Minister of Italy and is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a party which was established for his entry into politics. ...
Enel SpA is a 60 percent state controlled electricity company in Italy. ...
 Anti war protests in France More than 12,000 people, many U.S. citizens, demonstrated against Bush and the Iraq war during his visit to Paris, France. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Anti-war demonstrators in France. ...
Anti-war demonstrators in France. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
Amsterdam protests against the war in Iraq File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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About 40,000 demonstrated against the visit of George W. Bush to the NATO summit in Istanbul, about 6,000 in Ankara, Turkey. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and the 43rd and current president of the United States. ...
The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ...
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Ankara from the Atakule Tower, looking N-NE Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Istanbul. ...
Two protests were held in Ottawa against George W. Bush's first official visit to Canada. A rally and march in the early afternoon was upwards of fifteen thousand (or 5,000 according to police). An evening rally on Parliament Hill drew another 15,000 and featured a speech by Brandon Hughey, an American soldier seeking refuge in Canada after refusing to fight in Iraq. Bush's stop on 1 December in Halifax, Nova Scotia drew between 4,000 and 5,000 protestors. Ottawa organizers of the protest were only given two weeks notice of Bush's visit; Halifax organizers were given under a week's notice. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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 Protesters in London, where organisers claim over 150,000 marched Protests to mark the second anniversary of start of the Iraq war were held across the world, in the U.S., UK, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. (Some protests were also held on March 20). March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
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The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...
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Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ...
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Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...
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March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...
According to a survey (mainly of the reports of organisers), it has been claimed that, across the world, over one million people marched [17].
The protests had been called by the Anti-war Assembly of the 2005 World Social Forum an annual conference of the alternative globalization movement which took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil on 26 January–31, and were supported by coalitions from all over the world. 20 March/. Noam Chomsky at World Social Forum 2003. ...
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Common slogans and chants Common slogans and chants at the protests included: - "Drop Bush, not bombs!"
- "Bread for the World - Pretzels for Bush"
- "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your oil war! 5, 6, 7, 8, we will not cooperate!"
- "What do we want? Peace! When do we want it? Now!"
- "No blood for oil!"
- "This is what democracy looks like!"
- "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Bush's war has got to go!"
- "Hey, hey, ho, ho, George Bush has got to go!"
- "Support our troops, bring them home!"
- "Bush, Blair, CIA - how many people have you killed today?"
- "Bush says war, we say no!"
- "They say warfare, we say welfare"
- "Who let the bombs out? Bush, Blair, Sharon!"
- "Lick Bush and Dick in November."
The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...
See also The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 20, 2003, initiated by the United States, the United Kingdom and a loosely-defined coalition. ...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 20, 2003, initiated by the United States, the United Kingdom and a loosely-defined coalition. ...
Anti war demonstration in Washington DC President Bush meets troops Support for the U.S. plan to invade Iraq started out incredibly high in early 2002, but began to slip later in the year. ...
American government position on war on Iraq: The administrations position Much of the position is summed up in the main article on the United States governments case for military intervention in Iraq can be seen in the presentation that Secretary of State Colin Powell made to the UN...
This article describes the positions of world governments prior to the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their current positions as they may have changed since then. ...
This article describes the positions of world governments prior to the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their current positions as they may have changed since then. ...
Anti war protests in France Many commentators have opined that popular opposition to war on Iraq exceeded the movement against the Vietnam War in scale, even before the war was declared. ...
In March 2003 the US government announced that diplomacy has failed and that it would proceed with a coalition of the willing to rid Iraq of its alleged weapons of mass destruction. The 2003 Iraq war officially started a few days later. ...
Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. ...
Pacifism is opposition to the practice of war. ...
The Indymedia logo: A lowercase, italic i with three waves expanding out on the left and right The Independent Media Center (aka Indymedia or the IMC) started as a vision for a global, open network of DIY journalists and alternative media activists. ...
This article deals with the post-September 11 anti-war movement, with a particular focus on the formation of anti-war coalitions (especially on the political left), and the relations between different factions within the movement. ...
External links Irish Anti War Movement [18]
Further Information - Stop the War: the story of Britain's biggest mass movement, Andrew Murray and Lindsey German, ISBN 1905192002
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