(Untitled)- March 31, 2003 Weekend anti-war protests continue across Middle East, Asia, Europe as thousands demonstrate CAIRO, Egypt - More than 15,000 university students in Egypt called for holy war to help the Iraqis fight off the allied "aggression" while tens of thousands of others from Spain to Indonesia poured into the streets bearing banners, yelling chants and lighting candles for peace. Most demonstrationshttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200073043 (Untitled)- March 30, 2003 Massive rallies denounce war (The New Zealand Herald, 31 March 2003) More than 100,000 angry Indonesians, many carrying young children, jammed the streets of Jakarta yesterday, shouting anti-American slogans and waving protest banners over the war in Iraq. . . . demonstrators shouted "America, America: terrorist, terrorist" . . . The crowd in Jakarta gathered near the British Embassy beforehttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200068986 (Untitled)- March 30, 2003 Students, rights activists march for peace on U.S.-Mexican border city TIJUANA, Mexico - Wearing black ribbons and singing songs critical of the war, hundreds of young people marched through this teeming border city Saturday to protest the military conflict in Iraq. Human rights activists, religious groups and students from various schools led the protests, which began in Tijuana center andhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200068700 (Untitled)- March 30, 2003 Tens of Thousands Around World Rally for Peace BOSTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Boston to protest the war in Iraq, the latest in a wave of peace demonstrations that circled the globe on Saturday. In what officials and historians said was the biggest protest in Boston in at least 30 years, thousands chanted "This is what democracy looks like" ashttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200068690 (Untitled)- March 30, 2003 Muslims, Christians side by side as Iraq peace protests sweep globe AKARTA (AFP) - A fresh wave of demonstrations against the US-led war on Iraq (news - web sites) kicked off in Asia, with the Muslims and Christians of Jakarta marching side by side to oppose the continuing conflict. As hundreds of thousands rallied in Indonesia Sunday, the world's most populous Muslim nation, China gingerlyhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200068682 (Untitled)- March 30, 2003 LOBBY WASHINGTON ON APRIL 8, 2003 TO CREATE A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE! dopcampaign.org - At this critical time in our nation's history, righteous action is the antidote to despair. Please participate in a powerful citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace, sponsored in the House of Representatives by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This bill establishes nonviolence as anhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200067572 (Untitled)- March 29, 2003 Police approve but limit China's first anti-war protests BEIJING (AFP) - Police have given the go ahead for China's first domestic protests against the war on Iraq, but greatly limited the numbers allowed to demonstrate, organisers said.http://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200065803 (Untitled)- March 29, 2003 Police use tear gas as Malaysian opposition protest Iraq war KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators, mostly from the political opposition, who rallied Saturday outside the Australian Embassy here to protest the war in Iraq. The protesters, who staged a sit-down demonstration outside the embassy, scuffled with police when officers movedhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2003_03_01_archivepeace.html#200065800 |