Global Antiwar Protests, February 15-16, 2003
Berlin: Largest demonstration in post-war German history
By a WSWS reporting team, February 17, 2003
According to official police figures, which generally underestimate the size of such demonstrations, more than a half million people gathered in Berlin on Saturday for the main protest in Germany agai...
Tens of thousands protest in cities throughout California
By Rafael Azul, February 17, 2003
More than 100,000 protested in San Francisco on Sunday. The protest took place the day after other protests worldwide so as not to conflict with the traditional Chinese New Year’s parade in the ...
Spain: more than 2 million march in Barcelona and Madrid
By Paul Bond and Vicky Short, February 17, 2003
Antiwar demonstrators mobilized in 57 Spanish cities on Saturday as part of what El Mundo described as “the first global protest in the history of humanity.”
Thousands join rallies in Pittsburgh and nearby cities
By Paul Sherman, February 17, 2003
A number of rallies, vigils and demonstrations took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the smaller cities and towns in the surrounding tri-state area. People gathered at county courthouses and in p...
Young marchers predominate in Toronto
By our correspondents, February 17, 2003
An estimated 80,000 people marched through Toronto Saturday in a colorful and spirited demonstration, despite temperatures of 13 degrees below zero Celsius. Compared to the last antiwar rally on Janua...
Three million take to the streets in Rome
By Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz, February 17, 2003
Italy experienced one of the biggest demonstrations in history, when, according to the organizers, more than three million people flooded the streets of the historical city on Saturday. The police gav...
Antiwar marchers defy large police presence in Seoul
By our correspondents, February 17, 2003
Some 2,000 people assembled in Ma-ron-i-ea Park in downtown Seoul on Saturday afternoon to protest against the planned US invasion of Iraq. After speeches and entertainment, the protesters marched to ...
Despite police march ban
Massive New York City rally spills into streets
By Bill Vann, February 17, 2003
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Manhattan’s East Side February 15. Many of them, unable to reach the official rally sites, staged spontaneous protest marches that brought traffic to a...
3,000 march in Tel Aviv
By David Cohen, February 17, 2003
Some 3,000 people, both Arabs and Jews, demonstrated this weekend in Tel Aviv to protest the US-British war drive against Iraq. The demonstration was held by a coalition of peace organizations, politi...
Tens of thousands march in Dublin
By Patrick Walsh, February 17, 2003
The Dublin antiwar protest was a massive affair, with a rough estimate at over 200,000 participating. The march initially proceeded along O’Connell Street, a broad boulevard in the city centre. ...
Amsterdam protest confirms widespread antiwar sentiment
By our correspondent, February 17, 2003
Some 75,000 people from all over the Netherlands and neighbouring regions took to the streets of Amsterdam on Saturday to join the international demonstrations against a war on Iraq. The huge protest ...
An event of world historical significance
By World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board, February 17, 2003
The mass demonstrations that unfolded simultaneously across the globe on the weekend of February 15-16, 2003 will live in history. What occurred on these days was an unprecedented manifestation of int...
