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  Iraq: 15 February – Biggest demonstrations in history – ‘Stop work to stop the war!’

  February 16, 2003 Chee Chee Leung, Melbourne

  Yesterday’s anti-war rally in Melbourne was the biggest demonstration in the history of Australia. Over 200,000 people rallied outside the State Library at 5pm to hear speakers and then they had to wait over an [...]

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  Iraq: 15 February – Belgium – 100 000 demonstrators in Brussels

  February 16, 2003 Geert Cool, Gent

  The Belgian anti-war demo in Brussels was huge. While previous mobilisations had 10 000 at most, there now were a lot more. The police spoke about 50 000, but it was more, probably even double [...]

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  No to war: The war train departs – updated

  February 14, 2003 International Secretariat of the CWI 12 February 2003.

  Tony Benn, the veteran British socialist, described the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in its coverage of Iraq as a "weapon of mass deception". This could be applied with equal if not greater force to Colin [...]

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  Iraq: No to war – The arrogance of the US empire

  February 14, 2003 Tony Saunois, London, CWI

  Colin Powell presented his speech to the UN Security Council on 5 February 2003. On the same day, according to the Spanish daily El Pais (14 February 2003), at the UN headquarters, an incident occurred [...]

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  Iraq: No to war – Portugal – Union and anti-war protests shake right-wing government

  February 14, 2003 Francisco, Lisbon

  One week after 60,000 workers and youth went onto the streets of Lisbon as part of a struggle for jobs, decent wages and to stop the bosses’ offensive, many thousands of workers and youth we [...]