IAWM Bulletin 23 March 2004

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Thursday March 25, 2004 14:58 by Sadie

This is the most recent bulletin from the IAWM

Over 2 million people demonstrate worldwide on 20 March

PROTESTS IN MORE THAN 600 CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE GLOBE

5,000 demonstrate in Dublin, 100,000 in New York City, 1,000 outside George
W. Bush‚s ranch in Crawford, Texas. Thousands on the streets in Baghdad.
Over 1 million on the streets of Rome ...

Again the world has shown that it rejects Bush and Blair‚s imperialist war.
In over 600 cities and towns around the world people came onto the streets
to reject Bush and Blair‚s wars, to call for an immediate withdrawal of
troops from Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere and to demand justice and
freedom for the Palestinian people. Each demonstration had it own local
flavour and so in Ireland the demand for an end to the military use of
Shannon and the upcoming Bush visit were central themes.

Despite the gales and driving rain 5,000 people marched in Dublin from the
Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square to the Department of Foreign Affairs
in Stephen‚s Green. At one stage the march stretched the full length of
O‚Connell Street. There were rallies at the start and finish where speakers
condemned the invasion and continuing occupation and the Irish government‚s
complicity in it by allowing more than 10,000 US troops pass through Shannon
every month.

Speakers promised a mass mobilisation anywhere in Ireland wherever George
Bush appears in June and called for Bertie Ahern to withdraw the invitation.
The crowd roared the answer ŒNo‚ when asked whether Bertie represented their
views as he had claimed after F15, 2003.

The demonstrations I the US called for the troops to be home and perhaps the
most impressive march was in Baghdad where thousands took to the streets to
demand freedom, justice and an immediate end to the occupation.

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STOP BU$H CAMPAIGN
The IAWM has joined with the NGO PA, PANA and other organisations and
political parties to mobilise against the Bush visit. Now it is time to
start building opposition Download the IAWM leaflet here. Download the
petition here. Get involved! Set up a STOP BU$H Campaign in your locality!

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Upcoming anti-war events

March 24, 2004 STOP BU$H Campaign Launch, Dundalk
8 pm, Upstairs, Spirit Store, Dundalk
Speakers:
Arthur Morgan TD, Sinn Féin
Mark Deary, Green Party
John King, SIPTU Dundalk Branch
Joe Carolan, Socialist Workers Party

March 27/28, 04 Cork Social Forum
Community Hall, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork
To book please call 026 47352 or e-mail
[email protected]


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Full list of cities that held protests on 20 March


NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES
Alabama: Auburn, Jacksonville, Mobile
Alaska: Anchorage, Homer, Juneau, Petersburg
Arizona: Phoenix, Prescott, Tuscon
Arkansas: Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock
California: Albion, Alhambra, Bakersfield, Bodega, Carlsbad, Chico,
Claremont,
Clearlake, El Centro, Eureka, Fresno, Hemet, Idyllwild, Long
Beach,
Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange, Pasadena, Riverside, Salinas, San
Diego,
San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa
Maria,
Sonora, Temecula, Ventura
Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Evergreen, Fort Collins,
Grand Junction, Longmont
Connecticut: Avon, Norwalk, Pomfret
Florida: Bradenton, Clearwater, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West,
Lakeland/Polk County, Melbourne, Miami, Naples, Orlando,
Pensacola,
Sarasota, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Vero
Beach
Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Dahlonega, Gainesville, Milledgeville
Hawaii: Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului, Kapaa, Kona, Maui, Mauna Kea,
Pohakuloa
Idaho: Boise, Ketchum, Moscow
Illinois: Chicago, DeKalb, Downers Grove, Galesburg, Peoria, Rockford,
Springfield,
Urbana, Wilmette, Oak Park
Indiana: Evansville, Fort Wayne, Paoli, South Bend, Terre Haute
Iowa: Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Waterloo
Kansas: Lawrence, Salina, Wichita
Kentucky: Berea, Lexington
Louisiana: Monroe, New Orleans
Massachusetts:Boston, Cambridge, Easthampton, Fall River, Natick, New
Bedford,
Springfield, Worcester
Maryland: Baltimore, Greenbelt
Maine: Augusta, Bangor
Michigan: Ann Arbor, Big Rapids, Flint, Grand Rapids, Ironwood,
Kalamazoo,
Lake Orion, Lansing, Marquette, Midland, Monroe, Royal Oak,
Saginaw,
Traverse City
Minnesota: Brainerd, Little Falls, Mankato, Minneapolis, Northfield,
Rochester,
St. Joseph, St. Paul
Mississippi: Jackson, Oxford
Missouri: Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis
Montana: Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Red Lodge
Nebraska: Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha
Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno
New Hampshire: Concord, Keene, Laconia
New Jersey: Bloomfield, Cranford, Hackensack, Hackettstown, Westfield
New Mexico: Albuquerque, Farmington, Santa Fe, Taos
New York: Albany, Binghampton, Buffalo, Chatham, Cortland, Flushing,
Fredonia,
Geneva, Nanuet, New York City, Potsdam, Rochester, Scarsdale,
Setauket,
Syracuse, Watertown, Willsboro
North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Shelby
North Dakota:Fargo
Ohio: Akron, Athens, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus,
Coshocton,
Dayton, Kent, Mansfield, Springfield, Tiffin, Toledo, Yellow
Springs,
Youngstown
Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa
Oregon: Astoria, Bandon, Bend, Cannon Beach, Corvallis, Cottage Grove,
Eugene,
Florence, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, Portland,
Roseburg, Salem
Pennsylvania:Bryn Mawr, Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
West Chester,
Wilkes Barre, York
Rhode Island:Newport, Westerly
South Carolina:Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach
South Dakota:Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish
Tennessee: Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
Texas: Austin, Beaumont, Crawford, Dallas, Denton, Houston, Marfa,
McAllen
Utah: Moab, Salt Lake City
Virginia: Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Lexington, Norfolk, Richmond,
Williamsburg
Vermont: Burlington, Montpelier, Newport, Strafford
Washington: Aberdeen, Bellingham, Ellensburg, Lopez Island, Mount Vernon,
Olympia,
Port Townsend, Richland, Richmond, Seattle, Spokane, Stevenson,
Tacoma
Wisconsin: Brookfield, Burlington, Madison, Manitowoc, Milwaukee,
Sheboygan,
Stevens Point, Wauwatosa
West Virginia:Huntington, Wheeling
Wyoming: Laramie

CANADA:
Annapolis Royal, Brampton, Brandon, Brantford, Burlington, Calgary,
Castlegar, Charlottetown, Chicoutimi, Cobourg, Comox Valley, Courtenay,
Duncan, Durham, Edmonton, Fort Qu‚Appelle, Fredericton, Grand Forks,
Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Kingston, Lethridge, London, Medicine Hat,
Midland, Mississauga, Moncton, Montreal, Nanaimo, Nelson, North Battleford,
Oakville, Orangeville, Orillia, Ottawa, Parry Sound, Penticton,
Peterborough, Port Hope, Prince Albert, Quebec City, Quesnel, Red Deer,
Regina, Rouyn-Noranda, Sackville, St. Catherine's, Saint-Jérôme, St. John's,
Salt Spring Island, Sarnia, Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, Sherbrooke,
Sudbury, Sydney, Thorold, Toronto, Trois-Rivières, Vancouver, Victoria,
Waterloo, White Rock, Whitehorse, Windsor, Winnipeg


EUROPE

Austria: Dornbirn, Vienna
Basque Country: Bilbao, Donostian, Gasteizen, Irunean (Nafarroa)
Belgium: Brussels
Croatia: Zagreb
Czech Republic: Prague
Denmark: Copenhagen, Esbjerg
England: Birmingham, Bristol, London
Estonia: Tallinn
Finland: Helsinki
France: Montpellier, Paris
Germany: Augsburg, Bad Hersfeld, Bamberg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen,
Bruchsal,
Castrop-Rauxel, Detmold, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg,
Dusseldorf, Flensburg,
Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Gelsenkirchen, Göttingen,
Greifswald, Hamburg,
Hannover, Heilbronn, Herne, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Köln, Landshut,
Leipzig, Ludwigsburg, Lörrach, Munich, Münster, Neuwied,
Nürnberg,
Oberhausen, Ramstein, Rostock, Schleswig, Schwedt, Schwerte,
Siegen, Simmern,
Solingen, Stuttgart, Wilhelshaven, Wolfsburg
Greece: Athens
Hungary: Budapest
Iceland: Akureyi, Reykjavik
Ireland: Belfast, Dublin, Skibbereen
Italy: Rome, Turin, Milan, Busto Arsizio
Luxembourg: Luxembourg
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Norway: Bergen, Bodo, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavenger, Tromso, Trondheim
Poland: Warsaw, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Katowice
Portugal: Cascais, Lisbon, Porto
Romania: Cluj-Napuca
Scotland: Glasgow
Serbia & Montenegro: Belgrade
Slovenia: Llubljana
Spain: Alicante, Almería, Asturias, Barcelona, Burgos, Cádiz,
Castilla, Compostela,
Córdoba, Huelva, Girona, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Jerez de la
Frontera,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Leon, Lleida, Logroño, Madrid,
Malaga, Motril,
Murcia, Oviedo, Palma (Mallorca), Pamplona, Ponferrada, Puerto
de Santa Maria,
San Roque (Campo de Gibraltar), Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Santander, Sevilla,
Sigüenza, Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Torrelavega, Úbeda,
Valencia,
Valladolid, Vigo, Zaragoza
Sweden: Goteborg, Halmstad, Stockholm, Uppsala
Wales: Aberystwyth

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

Anguilla: Eastsound (Orcas Island)
Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rosario
Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campinas, Goiania, Mossoró, Pará,
Porto Alegre,
Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Salvador
Chile: Santiago, Valparaíso, Coyhaique, Valdivia, La Serena, Chillán
Columbia: Barranquilla
Costa Rica: Las Tablas Region, San Jose
Cuba: Havana, Cueto
Ecuador: Quito
Guatemala: Santiago/Atitlan
Haiti: Port-au-Prince
Honduras: Tegucigalpa
Mexico: Aguascalientes, Cancún, Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Mexico
City, Monterrey,
San Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Veracruz
Nicaragua: Managua
Paraguay: Asunción
Puerto Rico: Hato Rey, San Juan, Vieques
Peru: Lima
Uruguay: Montevideo, Mossoro
Venezuela: Caracas

AFRICA

Egypt: Cairo, Minya
Senegal: Dakar
South Africa:Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth
Sudan: Khartoum

MIDDLE EAST

Algeria: Algiers
Iraq: Baghdad
Iran: Tehran
Israel: Tel Aviv
Jordan: Amman
Morocco: Casablanca
Pakistan: Karachi, Multan, Quetta
Palestine: Gaza, Qulqiya, Ramallah
Syria: Aleppo, Damascus
Yemen: Sana

ASIA PACIFIC

Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Canberra, Foster-Tuncurry,
Hobart, Melbourne
Perth, Sydney, Victoria
Bangladesh: Dhaka
Hong Kong: Hong Kong
India: Chennai, Calcutta, Kalkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Srinagar
Indonesia: Jakarta
Japan: Amakusa, Hiroshima, Kochi-City, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Osaka,
Otsu, Sapporo,
Tamana, Tokyo, Wakayama
Malta: Sliema
New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Kapiti Coast, Palmerston
North, Roturua,
Wellington
Philippines: Manila, Pampang, Quezon City
South Korea: Seoul
Thailand: Bangkok
Timor-Leste: Bili
Turkey: Aliaga, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Trabzon