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Day X, Stop the war in Ira
Monday 24 March 2003
Day: March 25, 2003
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – Thousands brave torrential rain at US airbase in Italy
On 23 March, about 20,000 protesters from all over Sicily marched on the Sigonella US Navy Air Base. The base has operated since 1959 after US – NATO agreements. It is situated in Eastern Sicily, […]
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – CWI pickets US embassy in Almata, Kazakhstan
Members of the CWI and the youth organisation ‘Young Guard’ organised a protest against US aggression in Iraq on 21 March.
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – Northern Ireland demonstrates
Over 5,000 people demonstrated through the streets on Belfast on Saturday, 22 March, to express their opposition to the continued bombing of Iraq. Although this demonstration was smaller than that on 15 February, the mood […]
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – Anti-war protesters come out onto the streets of Lisbon
The main avenue in Lisbon – Avenida da Liberdade – was flooded by 90,000 people saying ‘No to War!’ last weekend. The three left parties in parliament – the Socialist (social-democratic) Party, Communist Party and […]
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – Anti-war protests and pickets in South Africa
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI in South Africa) and Socialist Student Movement, both affiliates of the Anti-War Coalition, joined the demonstration on Day X at the US Consulate in Johannesburg.
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Iraq: Stop the war – A hundred thousand on the streets in Switzerland on Day X
The ‘Blick’ newspaper – Swiss equivalent of the Daily Mirror – estimated that on Day X 100,000 Swiss people took to the streets, the majority of whom were school students and students. The biggest student […]
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Iraq: Stop the war in Iraq – Boston students walk out against Bush (US)
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) was on spring break for Day X, but we decided to go ahead with the walkout on Monday 24 March. Four activists met over the weekend to organise the walkout, […]