[IMC-News] IMC NEWS UPDATE | October 18, 2002

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IMC NEWS UPDATE | October 18, 2002

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IMC NEWS FEATURES: PEACE AND ANTI-WAR

U.S.A.: AS CONGRESS CAVES, ACTIVISTS RISE UP
October 12, 2002 
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5460
Following approval by Congress for war against 
Iraq, activists continue to build the U.S. peace 
movement, using a wide array of tactics.

Also see these features from October 8 and 9, 2002:
BREADTH AND DEPTH OF OPPOSITION DISPLAYED
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5394
PEACE ACTIONS ESCALATING ACROSS COUNTRY
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5421
Please post reports from actions here:
http://indymedia.org/comment.php3?publishtype=webcast&top_id=207183

ITALY: 1.5 MILLION SAY NO TO WAR
October 9, 2002 
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5412
Throughout the world, people are going into the 
streets to say no to any military action in Iraq. 
More than one and a half million persons protested 
against war across Italy on Saturday, October 5. 

ATHENS: ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT FLOURISHES GLOBALLY
October 8, 2002
http://athens.indymedia.org/features.php3?id=84
During the weekend of October 5-6, the "Not in 
our name" coalition organised demos in at least 
25 cities of the US against war in Iraq. Hundreds 
of thousands demonstrated the same days in tens of 
Italian cities and around the World.

LONDON: HALF MILLION SAY NO TO BLAIR AND WAR
September 28, 2002
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5230
In the largest peace demonstrations in the U.K. 
since the Vietnam era, up to a half million 
persons in the streets of London on Saturday, 
September 28, against war in Iraq. .

Also see this update from October 8, 2002:
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LONDON PEACE DEMO
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5390

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RECENT IMC NEWS FEATURES

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http://bombay.indymedia.org/feature/display/118/index.php

SALZBURG: WEF PROTESTED IN SALZBURG AND ACROSS EUROPE
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5089

SOUTH AFRICA: EVICTIONS, CATTLE PRODS, AND THE NEW APARTHEID
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5094

U.S.A.: CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT IN U.S. CAPITAL
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/09/2002-09.html#5250

WESTERN HEMISPHERE: FIRST NATIONS CELEBRATE RESISTANCE TO GENOCIDE
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5540

GLOBAL: CRITICAL MASS TURNS TEN
http://indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5273

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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND COVERAGE

GLOBAL: ANTI-POVERTY CAMPAIGN
Please contribute stories of local struggles 
against poverty. Let's break the corporate 
media's blackout of poor people.
http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=207235&group=webcast

U.S.A.: ANTI-WAR
October 26, 2002
http://www.internationalanswer.org/

ECUADOR: FTAA 
October 27-November 3, 2002 
http://ecuador.indymedia.org/

ITALY: EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM
November 1-5
http://www.fse-esf.org/

SYDNEY: WTO
November 13-15, 2002
http://nowto.cat.org.au/

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