Anti-war Protests everywhere except America

[Iceburg]

London

Demonstrators protest against torture of Iraqi prisoners by US forces in Iraq (news - web sites), while marching in London. Thousands of demonstrators marched to protest against the continued occupation of Iraq and torture of Iraqi prisoners.(AFP/Alessandro Abbonizio)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/iraq_britain_protest

Rome, Italy

Anti-war activists demonstrate in front of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's home in Rome.

Sydney, Australia

Anti-American sentiment is rising in Asia, in sharp contrast with the dramatic improvement in government-to-government ties between the United States and the region, experts told a forum in Washington to gauge America's role in Asia. Here anti-war protests in Sydney(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)

Indonesia

Indonesian Muslim women from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) attend an anti-war protest in Jakarta, May 16, 2004. About 1,000 Indonesian Muslim youths called on U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Dadang Tri

South Korea

A South Korean protester holds candles at an anti-war rally in Seoul Friday. Protests continued Saturday outside the US embassy.

Bahrain

Protestors stand on a hill waving flags behind a burning security force vehicle in the Bahraini capital of Manama, May 21, 2004. Hundreds of angry Bahrainis, protesting against the presence of U.S. led forces in Iraq 's holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala, clashed with security forces and set a patrol vehicle on fire. (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)

MANAMA: Bahrain's king sacked his interior minister yesterday after police attacked a demonstration to protest the US-led forces in Shi'ite Muslim holy cities in Iraq, official media reported.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2916236a12,00.html

Tehran, Iran

Iranian riot police push back demonstrators who hurled petrol bombs and stones at the British embassy, in Tehran, May 21, 2004. The protesters, demanding that Western forces leave Iraq (news - web sites), gathered for the third time in less than a week in front of the embassy, which has become the focal point for anti-war protests in Iran. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040521/photos_wl/mdf573322


Tens of thousands of people took to streets on Wednesday in Tehran and the cities of Mashhad, Qom, and Isfahan to protest the desecration of the holy sites in Iraq and called for the U.S.-led occupation forces to leave Iraq.

Demonstrators burned the U.S., British and Israeli flags and screamed "Death to America, Death to Britain, Death to Israel" as they headed for the vast central Enqelab Square.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/20/2004&Cat=2&Num=022

Beirut, Lebanon

Thousands of Shiite protesters carry Hezbollah flags and portraits of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, during a demonstration in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, to protest coalition forces action in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala Friday May 21, 2004. U.S. soldiers and militiamen loyal to al-Sadr have been clashing in the the holy cities.. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
AP - 20 hours, 43 minutes ago

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Great post.

Thanks Iceburg, and thanks protestors of the world.

[Flagg]

2. hearts and mind eh ?

candy and flowers eh ?

a uniter not a divider eh ?

[Berserker]

6. Out of ALL the Liberal media

I am told we have by the rw why do I not see any of this on TV?

[MsMagnificent]

8. Don't forget the parades in the streets!

;/

[Flagg]

12. Good point

[Rationality]

3. Someone from my school organized a rally in Gainesville a week ago

against these abuses. It drew about 35 people and 4 counterprotestors according to his estimates, and an asshole local radio show host who tried to smear him throughout and after the rally. I wish there was more from the bigger cities, but where I'm at, we tried and we got some good coverage.

http://www.gatorsrally.cjb.net/

[MsMagnificent]

10. We really need to get some old hippy protestors

to show us the best & most efficient ways of disseminating the info on where & when to demonstrate, and how to get this information to the best people

That is, if we can pull them away from their stocks trading and board meetings

:(

[Just Me]

13. Personally, I soak up the diversity of people in modern-day protests.

From 3 to 93, all walks of life!!! And they do a very fine job in expressing their passion for peace.

[stevedeshazer]

17. I assure you

Not all of us old hippies attend board meetings. This one is unemployed in Bushco's economy. Never traded a stock in my life.

But I have demonstrated many times.

That said, a catalyst is needed to create an effective movement. Be one by starting one yourself. Others will follow.

Pick a date (June 5th, hint hint), a time, and a place that is centrally located. Talk to others who are like-minded and get them to agree to help organize. Put up posters around town. Write letters to local newspapers. Call TV and radio stations.

We have to become the new media, it's really that simple.

[Iceburg]

23. You are a very wise person Stevie D ...

"We have to become the new new media"

[duhneece]

30. And apply for a permit, if appropriate

June 5 will see a protest here in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Hey, if we're able to get a small group out there, I dare y'all to do the same. Double Dare. (giggles).

[nofurylike]

19. more like if you can spell us in our thousand other activisms. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Not to mention....

...spell us in our thousand other responsibilities.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

24. We old hippie protestors

use email alerts to get our protests together. And not all of us own stocks. We've stayed faithful to our ideals. But we do attend board meetings-of non profit organizations that help folks around the world.

[MsMagnificent]

27. God Bless you REAL old hippies!

For the life of me I can't figure out how you guys changed history for what was TRULY GOOD yet SO MANY of you are still alive today and we've had Bush with 70+ points approval ratings!
(I'm NOT saying you're old - making the point you're still HERE)

I've been wondering where you've all gone!
I knew there were SOME left -- but where was the question!

We've MISSED You!

And now more than ever -- WE NEED YOU!!!

There's POOP for protest here in my city, and I cannot afford to travel for June 5th :(

So -- can anyone help me with info on how to organize a rally, where would be the best spot (ie general Federal Building? Other more visible venue?), what kind of legal permits are needed, how to advertise to the most likely people to attend?
Oh - a THOUSAND more questions!

*edited to ask the advice :)

[calimary]

50. This old hippie chick is still hanging in there.

It took a long time. Six years or so - and about 58 THOUSAND American deaths, to close down the Vietnam War, and who knows how many Vietnamese civilians to factor in, as well.

There is SUCH a state of denial now, compounded, I suspect, by the critical matter - to some - of SAVING FACE. NOBODY wants to admit they've been had. From the White House with the Chalabi business and the WMDs and the completely brainless and illconceived misconstruction of this war strategy and the hot potato of who's to blame for the prisoner torture scandal. It's everywhere. And those who supported this, with few exceptions, are loathe to admit they were suckered in, or that they were wrong, or that they showed such poor judgment, or that they were patsies, or that they got played. I mean, the bone marrow of this bunch is the swaggering John Wayne movie cowboy and his rootin' tootin' six gun out to shoot the bad guys, and nobody tells 'em what to do or how to do it. Just really simple. Simplistic. Good guys versus bad guys. You're with us or agin' us. Wanted Dead or Alive. Just stale, pathetic crap left over from the black and white TV days where the hero always went with his gut over anybody else's advice. Probably proof that young bush spent a lot of his time as a youngster in front of the TV, watching "Maverick" and "The Rifleman" and "Gunsmoke" and "Rawhide" and so forth. NOBODY wants to admit they've been played. Especially when they fancy themselves as players of the first order.

We're still around. I've seen, read, and heard lots of grumbling from people who wonder WHY WE'RE NOT OUT MARCHING IN THE STREETS. I'd be there in a flash if somebody set something up here in L.A. I've kept my protest signs from the last rounds in the run-up to war.

[0007]

35. What a blanket statement!

Goes to show that folks like MsMagnificent still have many misconceptions of hippies.

[MsMagnificent]

40. I do? Please tell me how then

Not argumentative - just tell me how I'm deluded in this case.
If I'm wrong I sure want to find out why!

Thanks!

[0007]

44. Yuppies yes, real hippies NO!!

[MsMagnificent]

45. Point taken

but still, what the heck happened to them all?
--the hippies I mean;, I don't care about the Yup's. they have nothing to offer with these recent troubles... IMO of course

It seemed, to me at least, there were SO very many of them, yet now we hear only hear of a handful.
I mean there HAD to be great numbers, surely a handful didn't change the course of U.S. history!

Does or could *active* activism die off with age?

This has me extremely puzzled...

[0007]

49. Many of us are still here, a little cooler and much wiser.

'Tis a different ballgame today than it was in the 60's and the world is much smaller. When folks get indeed fed up with the bureaucracy and lies of our government, the 60's will begin again!!
Trust me....and BTW welcome home ~
:hippie:

[montana_hazeleyes]

36. That's what I've been thinking.

Where are the sixties when we need them?

[Just Me]

4. Not true. Ours just don't get coverage. Great pics, Iceberg!!!

I don't think there have EVER been so many protests in the small State of WV. Everytime Cheney or Dubya or company come into town, they are always greeted by protestors. I believe that is true all across this nation.

[Mandate My Ass]

5. The world is on fire

I guess GW isn't aware of the world's outrage since he doesn't bother to read.

When the reckoning comes he'll still be insisting they hate us for our freedoms.

[Iceburg]

7. GW may not be but Pappa Bush should be ...

Anti-war protesters wore black hoods and chanted "Bush go home" outside a hotel where former President George Bush was attending a fund-raising dinner Tuesday for his son's re-election campaign.

About 200 demonstrators from the Stop the War Coalition action group took part in the protest at the Landmark Hotel in central London, which was heavily guarded by police.

Protesters chanted "Resist, resist, Daddy Bush is a terrorist" and held signs with slogans such as "End the torture" and "Iraq for Iraqis," as rush-hour commuters converged on nearby Marylebone subway station.

MORE ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/05/18/international1240EDT0587.DTL

[Mandate My Ass]

14. Good! Thank you, Brits!

Somehow I think though he pretends he was against it, Poppy wanted his revenge and his profits and let the world and 98% of its population be damned.

[zonmoy]

51. Undoubtedly

as he launches all our nukes at the rest of the world.

[Webster Green]

9. International Day of Emergency Protests: June 5th

Washington DC
Gather 12 noon - White House
Mass Mobilizations in San Francisco & Los Angeles
Bring the Troops Home Now
All foreign troops OUT of Iraq
End the Colonial Occupation of Palestine
Support the Right of Return
U.S. OUT of
Haiti, Korea, Afghanistan,
Philippines, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela
Money for Jobs, Education, Housing & Healthcare - Not for War!
Defend Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
Call initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition

http://www.answercoalition.org./

[stevedeshazer]

11. Excellent post

Although I must say that millions of us DID protest in the US in the runup to the war, and we were IGNORED by the US media.

Time to go out again.

[MsMagnificent]

46. Stevie - where did you get that pic in your sig?

Did you make it?
PLEASE don't tell me that you found it on a Right Wing site!!!

*aghast*

If they'd go THAT far, why isn't Jesus shown blessing him for fug's sake?!
Edit: Yes I see the cross against our flag behind * , but why stop at just the cross when you could put Christ himself in there?

...could that actually be really from *them*???

[zonmoy]

52. Washington is an insult to america

but wasnt lincoln accused of many thing that bush is now doing to the bill of rights.

[baby_bear]

15. Breathtaking post, Iceburg

There will be a protest in downtown Seattle tomorrow, at 11 a.m. at Westlake Park.

But those photos are just so telling. What the world thinks of the U.S. now, because of Bush, is just incredible.

How could any thinking American vote to keep this imbecile in office?

:wtf:

s_m

[Piperay]

16. The important thing here is

that in polls the public is saying that the war was a mistake and not worth the losses.

Too many protests here could backfire. The warmongers would dig in that much more, they would drag out the ole 'hippie' propaganda. They will listen to the polls eventually, that is what is going to count.

[alittlelark]

18. The American Fag is being burned in Australia?

We are soooooooooooooooooo F*CKED. That was a great post. Tragic, but nessesary.

[nofurylike]

20. THANK YOU, Iceburg, for this powerfully moving, inspiring post! n/t

[RC]

22. If the US is not really careful, the rest for the world

is going to say enough already and bring the war here, to us, on the Homeland.

[pfitz59]

25. Early in his residency Bush* threatened Nuclear Annihilation.....

to any who opposed his policies! I'm sure the memory lingers in the minds of world leaders. Time to depose our court-appointed dictator before its too late!

[Iceburg]

26. Ireland: Pressure grows to cancel Bush visit on June 25

Pressure grows to cancel Bush visit
20/05/2004 - 18:31:32
http://breaking.examiner.ie/2004/05/20/story148554.html
Further pressure was heaped on the Government today to cancel George Bush’s upcoming visit to Ireland in the wake of the latest killings in Iraq.

The US President is due to arrive at Shannon on June 25 and stay overnight at Dromoland Castle, Co Clare, during an EU/US summit.

All political parties made statements in the Irish parliament today on the current situation in Iraq.
...
Green Party TD John Gormley described the entire war as an “unmitigated disaster” and claimed it was sowing the seeds for further terrorism.
...

Labour TD Michael D Higgins said protesting when Mr Bush visited the country was the only chance Irish people had to voice their outrage.
He described the most recent violence as “appalling” and said by staying silent Ireland was “degraded and shamed.”
...
“We do not want the blood of innocent Iraqis on our hands,” he said.

“The clearest way of sending this message is to cancel the visit of George Bush in June and not give him the opportunity to use it as photo-call for the US elections.”

The IAWM is organising a demonstration in Dublin on June 25 and a second at Dromoland Castle on May 26.

[Iceburg]

28. More Anti-US Protests

Philippenes

Here an anti-US protest in the Philippines(AFP/File/Joel Nito)

Seoul

Here anti-US protests in Seoul(AFP/File/Jeong Mi-Kyeong)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_asia_relations

Egypt

Egyptian protster hold up a newspaper shows Iraqi prisoners abuse pictures as she chants anti-American slogans outside the journalists syndicate on Wednesday, May 12, 2004, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Germany

A man walks in Berlin on May 10, 2004 past a Greens election poster showing rows of smiling faces of U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) with the caption, 'You decide - Don't give cloning a chance'.

[goddess40]

29. We protest every friday - in front of our court house

There have been four of us die hards and last week we had two new people join us.

[Karenina]

33. KICK!

:kick:

[dArKeR]

31. Protesters demand Iraq pullout - News24 - UK

London - Hundreds of anti-war protesters marched through London on Saturday, calling for occupying forces to be withdrawn from Iraq and an end to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.

The march was headed by a number of demonstrators dressed as soldiers who pretended to torture other protesters wearing black hoods, in scenes reminiscent of photographs of the alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers.

The activists were watched by a strong contingent of police as they began walking alongside the River Thames in central London.

"We are protesting about the shocking abuses in Iraq and call for the withdrawal of the illegal aggressor forces," said Kate Hudson, a spokesperson for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1531152,00.html

[dArKeR]

32. Shrine fears spark anti-US rallies in Lebanon - TT

AP , BEIRUT, LEBANON
Sunday, May 23, 2004,Page 6

Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims, mostly supporters of the militant group Hezbollah, turned out in Beirut Friday in a massive show meant as a strong warning to the US against attacking holy sites in Iraq.

Wearing white shrouds symbolizing their readiness to die in defense of the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in southern Iraq, the demonstrators, estimated at more than 200,000, shouted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as they marched in Beirut's teeming southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.

A protest march by about 5,000 Shiites in Bahrain led to clashes with police in which at least three people were injured by shotgun pellets and 10 treated for tear gas inhalation. Later Friday, the Bahraini king fired the interior minister over the clashes, saying the demonstration should have been allowed.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/23/2003156627

[Hekate]

34. We're here and working our butts off

We marched every Saturday for months and months until shortly after the invasion and war began. Now we have Arlington West up every Sunday since Veterans Day last November, and we'll be here on Memorial Day too. Plant one in your community in a high-traffic area.

Arlington West, Santa Barbara, California
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Default.htm
click on the large photo of AW to go here and scroll down:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm

The most pressing need RIGHT NOW is to convince people that George Bush has got to go back to Crawford, and that won't happen by burning flags and yelling, however satisfying those exercises may be. Many of my peace-marching friends started working on Democratic candidates' campaigns back when there were still nine of them in the running, and now, no matter who they fell in love with early on they are supporting Kerry.

God only knows what will happen if Bush is re-selected this November, but for now we have work to do and we are doing it.

Edited to add that if Bush shows up within a hundred miles of us, we'll have a posse there to greet him with enthusiasm. ;-)

Hekate

[Disturbed]

37. Most Amerikans

are more concerned with gas prices than BushCo's imperialistic war and torture of Muslims.

[ConcernedCanuk]

38. Meanwhile, back in Iraq, bidnezz as usual - (sigh)

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[primavera]

39. ANSWER is organizing protests in DC, SF, & LA for June 5

http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/052204j5.html

[Barkley]

47. I'm going to the L.A. demo!

The March 20 demo in L.A. was bigger than the previous one and I know the June 5 one will be even larger.

Yesterday, I picked up flyers and posters about the June 5 demo at the L.A. ANSWER office.

I hope to see all L.A. DUers there!

[jokerman93]

41. Wow. It's almost like

It's almost like America has been effectively pacified...or something.

[davhill]

42. Protests require press coverage

Unlike in the 60s&70s, unlike in the rest of the world, the United States currently has a government controlled press and media. The government has learned how to deal with demonstrations; by denying them publicity. They are confined to "free speech" zones while cameras are elsewhere. There is "equal time" coverage of staged counter-demonstrations. And there is a focus on lunatic fringe elements of what ever demonstrations that are covered. The tactics of the past cannot be used to confront the realities of today.

[funnymanpants]

43. Sad, but true

I organized the anti-rallies in the Fall of 2002/Spring 2003 in Lexington KY. We also had a rally last March.

But basically, we have been pretty lame. It is ironic that now that the public would be more behind us, we are silent.

I guess I need to get the posse together.

[hippywife]

48. We've been holding protests in Tulsa

We were out for the one year anniversary, Tax Day, and Mission Accomplished anniversary.

We're going to be out again on June 5th and once a month thereafter. Some of us may organize to stand our corner every weekend.

Andrew Rice of September Families for Peaceful Tomorrows said something to me that I try to pass on to everyone with regard to protesting: The powers that be expect and can largely dismiss protests held in DC, NYC, and LA. It's harder to dismiss protests when they begin occurring in middle America.

Get together your peace rallies no matter how small your town or group. Together we all make one large, loud voice for change!!

We have to keep the pressure on and building!

Thanx for the pics, Iceburg...truly inspiring! :)