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Stories from 2003-01-19

Anti-War Protesters Demonstrate Around the World

Angela Doland | Associated Press | January 19, 2003

"The slogans and banners were different at protests around the world Saturday, but the message to the United States and its allies was the same: Find a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis." [more]

Anti-War Protests Around the United States, World

STAFF | Associated Press | January 19, 2003

"A look at anti-war demonstrations Saturday in U.S. cities and around the world." [more]

In the Heat Of Protest, Some Cold Discomfort

Chris L. Jenkins | Washington Post | January 19, 2003

"Temperatures, which didn't break 24 degrees during the day, didn't seem to affect the march much. But as protesters began to move along their route toward the Washington Navy Yard, rally organizers broke into the speeches with warnings about the weather." [more]

Analysis: Peace Movements Show Force in Streets of DC

Chris Strohm | Independent Media Center | January 19, 2003

"A sea of people stretching more than one mile long and taking up four lanes of roadway marched through the nation's capitol Saturday in vocal and colorful opposition to the U.S. government's drive to war with Iraq." [more]

Thousands in DC Protest Iraq War Plans

Lynette Clemetson | New York Times | January 19, 2003

"In a show of dissent that organizers said 'shattered the false myth of consensus,' for a war with Iraq, tens of thousands of protesters representing a diverse coalition for peace converged here today for a rally and march against the Bush administration's threatened use of military force against Saddam Hussein's regime." [more]

Thousands Oppose a Rush to War

Manny Fernandez and Justin Blum | Washington Post | January 19, 2003

"Tens of thousands of antiwar demonstrators converged on Washington yesterday, making a thunderous presence in the bitter cold and assembling in the shadow of the Capitol dome to oppose a U.S. military strike against Iraq." [more]

Who's Counting? No One, Officially

Monte Reel | Washington Post | January 19, 2003

"Many of those involved in the rallies say numbers are important because they're often used — rightly or wrongly — to convey the strength of a political movement. Because organizers often see their movements as being at odds with the government's way of thinking, they don't trust public officials to do the counting." [more]

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