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15 February. No to war in Iraq. cwi reports from around the world.
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Millions demonstrate against the war
The following list of demonstrations and their participants was drawn up by members of the Linkse Socialistiche Partij(LSP)/Mouvement pour une Alternative Militant Links(MAS), the CWI’s Belgian affiliate. Some of the figures are taken from media reports and therefore may not be accurate. Where CWI members have participated we have included these more accurate figures. Not all of the 603 protests are listed.
Canberra 16,000
Hobart 15,000
Lismore 7,000
Melbourne 250,000
Newcastle 20,000
Perth 30,000
Vienna 30,000
Brussels 100,000
Sofia 2,000
Toronto 80,000
Montreal 150,000
Toronto 60-80,000
Vancouver 35,000
Winnipeg 5,700
Copenhagen 40,000
Berlin 500,000
Stuttgart 50,000
London 2,000,000
Cairo 2,000
Helsinki 15,000
Paris 300,000
Toulouse 10,000
total 550,000
Athens 200,000
Thessaloniki 25,000
Budapest 20,000
Dublin 150,000
Belfast 20,000
Culcatta 10,000
Baghdad 100,000
Tel Aviv 3,000
Rome 3,000,000
Monza 5,000
Turin 1,500
Tokyo 25,000
Osaka 1,000
Almaty 50
Seoul 10,000
Amsterdam 70,000
Auckland 10,000
Wellington 3,000
Oslo 60,000
Trondheim 11,000
Bergen 8,000
Lisboa - 100.000
Porto -10.000
Coimbra 5.000
Kiev 2,000
Gaza 15,000
Manila 6,000
Warsaw 3,000
Moscow 1,000
Glasgow 80,000
Barcelona 1,500,000
Madrid 1,000,000
Sevilla 250,000
Oviedo 200,000
Cadiz 100,000
Las Palmas 100,000
Malaga 50,000
Santander 35,000
Andalusia 20,000
Algeciras 15,000
Ferrol 15,000
Lugo 12,000
Huesca 5,000
Damascus 250,000
Pattani 10,000
Bangkok 3,000
Istanbul 5,000
New York 500,000
Lansing 10,000
Chicago 7,000
Milwaukee 5,000
Seattle 25,000
Los Angeles 100,000
San Francisco 250,000
Capetown 5,000
Johannesburg 8,000
Durban 1,000
Stockholm 80,000
Gothenburg 30,000
Umea 2,700
Lulea 1,100
Bern 40,000
New York 500,000
Lansing 10,000
Chicago 7,000
Milwaukee 5,000
Seattle 25,000
Los Angeles 100,000
San Francisco 250,000
Committee for a Workers' International
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