Up to 150,000 marched through Dublin, 80,000 in Glasgow and 70,000 in Amsterdam. And in the US, the heart of the foremost imperialist power, a magnificent half a million marched in New York (despite Mayor Bloomberg’s draconian restrictions) and hundreds of thousands followed suit across the country.Īs well as these millions-strong demonstrations, many other cities and towns saw the largest protest gatherings for decades, if not the largest ever. Likewise, up to two million protested in London against another warmonger, Tony Blair, marking the largest political demonstration in British history.īarcelona and Madrid also saw millions in protest against the right-wing Aznar government. The largest demonstration was in Rome, where an incredible three million people marched against Bush and the right wing Italian prime minister and fervent war supporter, Silvio Berlusconi. A magnificent expression of solidarity was witnessed across Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. THE GLOBAL tidal wave of humanity began in New Zealand and Australia and over the next few days spread like wildfire from one end of the world to the other. (CWI – Committee for a Workers’ International – the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) This simultaneous action was the biggest anti-war protest in history, as the following reports from CWI members testify. Not in my brother’s name: demonstrator in New York, photo Paul Mattsson MILLIONS OF people, up to 30 million in 72 countries according to the CNN news agency, poured onto the streets of cities and towns and villages, around the world on 15 February in protest against George Bush’s war plans.
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