Global Antiwar Protests, February 15-16, 2003
Reports on February 14-16 antiwar demonstrations
February 22, 2003
The World Socialist Web Site is continuing its coverage of the historic international demonstrations held last weekend to protest the US war drive against Iraq. Today we are posting reports from demonstrations in Portsmouth, Ohio and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Reports on February 14-16 antiwar demonstrations
February 21, 2003
The World Socialist Web Site is continuing its coverage of the historic international demonstrations held last weekend to protest the US war drive against Iraq. Today we are posting reports on demonstrations in Uruguay, Argentina and Sweden.
New Zealand antiwar protestors condemn Bush and Blair
By John Braddock, February 21, 2003
The WSWS spoke to some of the 7,000 participants in the antiwar protest in Wellington, New Zealand last Saturday. The large turnout caught the organisers from Peace Movement Aotearoa by surprise. They abandoned plans for a rally at the undersized Midland Park and headed to the parliament building instead, w
Australia: Protestors express deep disgust with US war plans
By our correspondents, February 20, 2003
WSWS correspondents in a number of Australian cities spoke to participants at the anti-war rallies last weekend. Altogether around a million people marched in all the capital cities as well as in many smaller regional centres and towns across the country.
Reports on February 15-16 antiwar demonstrations
February 20, 2003
The World Socialist Web Site is continuing its coverage of the historic international demonstrations held last weekend to protest the US war drive against Iraq. Today we are posting reports sent in by readers from Brussels, rural Oregon and California.
Murdoch’s Sun dismisses million-strong London march as “nothing”
By Chris Marsden, February 20, 2003
The Sun is the flagship publication of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in Britain. It specialises in sleaze, bare breasts, celebrity scandals, attacks on welfare recipients, asylum-seekers and encouraging every possible variety of jingoism.
Reports on February 15-16 antiwar demonstrations
February 19, 2003
The World Socialist Web Site is continuing its coverage of the historic international demonstrations held last weekend to protest the US war drive against Iraq. Today we are posting reports sent in by readers in New York City; Seattle; Wilmington, North Carolina; Texas; and Bern, Switzerland.
Discussions with Paris antiwar demonstrators
By David Walsh, February 19, 2003
An overwhelming majority of the French population is hostile to the US war against Iraq. According to a poll done by the IPSOS global research firm for French television and released February 17, nearly 9 in 10 French men and women (87 percent) are opposed to such a military intervention. Opposition has gro
Letters on global antiwar protests
February 19, 2003
The following is a selection of letters to the WSWS on the international antiwar protests held February 15-16.
Tens of thousands march in South Africa against Iraq war
By Eric Graham, February 18, 2003
On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across South Africa to voice their opposition to the US drive for war against Iraq. Demonstrations were held in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Bloemfontein.
London: antiwar protesters denounce Blair’s support for Bush
By a WSWS reporting team, February 18, 2003
The World Socialist Web Site is continuing its coverage of the historic international demonstrations held last weekend to protest the US war drive against Iraq. Today we are posting a further report, with interviews, on the massive London march, as well as an on-the-spot report on the rally held in Cape Tow
Protesters rally on Chicago’s North Side
By Joseph Kay, February 17, 2003
In Chicago, some 5,000 people braved bitter cold temperatures to demonstrate at Rogers Park on the city’s north side, in a mainly Pakistani community. Protestors included large numbers of youth and high school students, as well retirees, workers, immigrants and families, including infants in strollers
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