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March 20 Global Day of Action:

News Articles, Photos, and Reportbacks


PHOTOS AND REPORTBACKS

Photos of NYC March 20 Protest by Diane Greene Lent

Photos and Crowd Estimates from Around the World from German Indymedia

Round-Up of Protest Reports from Around the World from Arkansas Indymedia

Reports and Photos from March 20 Actions in Which Veterans and Military Families Participated from the Bring Them Home Now! Campaign

Comprehensive List of March 20 Protests from United for Peace and Justice

What happened at your demo? Post a report on you bulletin board.

NEWS ARTICLES


Protesters March, Sing, Dance Against the War by Lizelle A. Vibar, New York News Network
March 22, 2004

Protesters at Saturday's New York City anti-war protest used music, chants, slogans, costumes, dances, signs, banners and humor to get their points across. Whether they were supporters of Congressman Dennis Kucinich or members of the Green Party, communist groups or socialist organizations, all were united against President Bush and his administration.

After Gentler Tactics, a Peaceful Antiwar Protest
by Shaila K. Dewan, The New York Times
March 22, 2004

Organizers of Saturday's New York City anti-war rally said the event went so smoothly because the police were under scrutiny after vigorous complaints about the Police Department's handling of an antiwar rally organized by the same group, United for Peace and Justice, in February 2003.

From Midtown to Madrid, Tens of Thousands Peacefully Protest War
by Alan Feuer, The New York Times
March 21, 2004

Marking the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, crowds of sign-waving, slogan-chanting demonstrators marched through Midtown Manhattan and scores of cities from Alaska to Australia yesterday in a largely peaceful global rebuke to the war.

Major Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary
by Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
March 20, 2004

Thousands of protesters turned out nationwide Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war on Iraq and call for the removal of American troops from the Middle East country.

Global Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary
by Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters
March 20, 2004

Hundreds of thousands took to streets across the world on Saturday to demand the withdrawal of U.S.-led occupying forces from Iraq on the first anniversary of the start of the war.

Anti-Iraq War Protesters Take to Europe, U.S. Streets
by Brian McGee, Bloomberg News
March 20, 2004

Thousands of protesters including two brothers who scaled Big Ben, the clock tower of London's Houses of Parliament, gathered to march in the U.K. capital on the first anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

March in San Francisco Starts Weekend of Anti-War Protests
by Dean E. Murphy, The New York Times
March 19, 2004

Several hundred people marched through San Francisco's financial district during the morning rush hour today to protest the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. The action, led by the anti-war group Direct Action to Stop the War, kicked off a weekend of demonstrations across the country by people opposed to the Bush administration's policies in Iraq.

Activists to Rally On Iraq War Anniversary
1010wins.com
March 15, 2004

Plans for a peace rally next week have heightened a years-old debate over the NYPD's use of interlocking metal barricades to control crowds at large events.

NYPD Vows to Use Containment Pens at March 20 Protest
by Shaila K. Dewan, The New York Times

March 12, 2004

The New York Police Department is denying a request to refrain from using interlocking metal barricades to contain demonstrators at a March 20 march and rally, the organizers said yesterday.

Global Anti-War Assembly Backs March 20
February 3, 2004

The General Assembly of the Global Anti-War Movement called on the world to fill the streets on March 20 to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq.

World Social Forum Backs March 20 Day of Protest
by Marwaan Macan-Markar, TerraViva, The Independent Newspaper of the World Social Forum
January 24, 2004

March 20 is an anniversary that cannot be ignored, said speaker after speaker during discussions at the World Social Forum on war, imperialism and occupation. The banners with striking messages against Washington’s military ambitions added to this mood of protest gathering momentum.




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