Stop the war in Iraq
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Tuesday April 01, 2003 18:41
by CWI - Committee For A Worker's International
Melbourne protesters block prime minister's function
Melbourne protesters block prime minister's function
31 March 2003
Stop the war in Iraq
Melbourne protesters block prime minister's function
Last Friday night, 28 March, the Socialist Party (SP - CWI in Australia) led a demonstration of over 500 outside a Liberal Party function where the Prime Minister, John Howard, was guest speaker.
The Howard government fully supports the war in Iraq and has sent 2,000 troops to assist the US and British forces' invasion. We attempted to stop Howard getting to the event and the bravery of protestors meant it took three attempts by the Federal and State police for Howard to sit down (one hour late) for his meal!
The SP organised the PA and speakers' list at the protest. Participants heard representatives of Greenpeace, the Greens, CFMEU (furniture trades union), Youth Against War, other left wing parties, as well as SP members.
The rally got big TV and radio coverage, as well as being reported in The Herald-Sun, Melbourne's tabloid daily paper.
The next day, Saturday 29 March, over 30,000 people marched in Melbourne in the latest Victorian Peace Network rally (SP is an affiliate to the Network).
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Irresponsible, premature, drop outs endangering workers jobs. Only strike action can end the war. The SP should have nothing to do with this type of thing advocated by their antipodean co-trots.
Kazakhstan: Stop the war in Iraq
by CWI - Committee For a Workers's International Tue, Apr 1 2003, 4:35pm
Almata protesters disrupt US ambassador's television appearance
Kazakhstan: Stop the war in Iraq
1 April 2003
Kazakhstan: Stop the war in Iraq
Anti-war protesters in Kazakhstan burst into a television studio last week where the US ambassador was speaking about the war in Iraq. The protesters, all CWI members, unfurled a 'No to war' banner, which was seen by millions of viewers on three channels across the country.
This bold protest, in the authoritarian state of President Nazabayev, who wholeheartedly supports the war, successfully reminded the public of widespread anti-war moods in society. The television show is called 'Freedom of Speech'!
Elsewhere in the former Soviet Union anti-war protests continue. CWI members and members of Attac (the anti-globalisation group), organised a protest against the war in central Moscow on 31 March. Around 40 people attended, which is good for a day time action called at short notice.
The weekend before between 3-4,000 protested in Moscow against Bush's war. This was organised mainly by the communist party and represents a big protest by the standards in Russia over the last few years.
A meeting of representatives of the CWI from throughout the CIS, held last weekend in Moscow, heard reports of anti-war protests in many other places, including the Ukraine and Moldova, and in many towns and cities in Russia. CWI members have pledged to keep up the protests in opposition to this bloody imperialist war against the people of Iraq.
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