[Seattle-editorial] feature proposal: antiwar action

[Susan]

excellent!  Thumbs up!!

At 09:36 AM 10/28/02, Jason Reep wrote:
>Approve
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>jonathan lawson wrote:
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>>subtitle: WORLDWIDE CALLS FOR PEACE INTENSIFY
>>title: Resistance Builds Against Bush's Plannned 'Pax Americana'
>>
>>On Oct 26, many thousands in the US and worldwide demonstrated peacefully 
>>against the Bush administration's stubborn plans to make war against 
>>Iraq. The largest actions in the US took place in <a 
>>hfref="http://dc.indymedia.org">Washington, DC</a> (100,000) and <a 
>>href="http://sf.indymedia.org">San Francisco</a> (over 20,000), but 
>>thousands marched across the country--in <a 
>>href="http://www.tc.indymedia.org:8081/index.php3">Minneapolis</a> 
>>(10,000), <a 
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19380">Spokane</a>, 
>><a 
>>href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15045">Chicago</a>, 
>><a 
>>href="http://www.tc.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=7460">Sioux 
>>Falls</a>, <a 
>>href="http://nc.indymedia.org/news/2002/10/1144.php">Durham, NC</a>, <a 
>>href="http://portland.indymedia.org/archive/features/2002/10/2002-10.html#5673">Portland</a>, 
>><a 
>>href="http://maine.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2639">Augusta, 
>>Maine</a> (3000), <a href="http://www.indyhawaii.org/">Hawai'i</a>, <a 
>>href="http://madison.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=7899">Madison</a> 
>>, and <a 
>>href="http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=212853">elsewhere</a>. 
>>6500 marched through downtown <a 
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19352">Seattle</a>, 
>>where <a 
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19397">rally 
>>speakers</a> included US Representatives Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) and Jim 
>>McDermott. Read accounts of the Seattle demonstrations <a 
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19353">here</a> 
>>and <a 
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=19383">here</a>.
>>
>><p>More large-scale protests against the American government's drive 
>>towards war are taking place <a 
>>href="http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=212853">around the 
>>world</a>. Oct. 26 peace demonstrations were held in over <a 
>>href="http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/102002intldemos.html">ten 
>>countries</a>. UK protesters blockaded a US spy base at Meriwith 
>>Hill;15,000 protested in Glasgow on October 20th. An anti-imperialist 
>>rally was held in Brussels. Over 90 towns and cities in Germany protested 
>>in solidarity with the US anti-war movement. In Spain, 3,000 protested in 
>>Seville. Anti-war events took place in Rome and a half dozen other 
>>Italian cities; major demonstrations are planned in London, Leeds, 
>>Brighton and Manchester in the UK on October 31. More domestic unrest is 
>>sure to follow, as the Bush administration and the Congressional 
>>leadership of both major parties remain unwilling to consider 
>>alternatives to war.
>>
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