March 19: Protests in Brussels and elsewhereby - 19.03.2005 22:41 80000 people met in Brussels to protests against social cuts, war, the Bolkestein plan to deregulate public services as well as against the neo-liberal European constitution. In more than 40 countries on all 5 continents, people protested against the war (March 18-20).
80.000 contre l'Europe de Bolkestein
announced anti-war protests on March 19/20 This list, now at 42-44 countries, may still be incomplete. There will also be demonstrations in at least Palestine, Iran and some sort of solidarity actions in Cuba and Venezuela. (www.stopwar.org.uk/march20/) AFRICA: Egypt (Cairo 20/3), South Africa (Johannesburg). ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam. ASIA PACIFIC: Australia (many cities, often 20 March), Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea (11 countries). Cities: Bangkok (20/3), Dhaka (20/3), Hanoi (18/3), Kakamigahara-city, Gifu-ken (20/3), Kuala Lumpur (20/3), Kyoto (20/3), Manila (18/3), Osaka [2] (20/3), Rawalpindi, Sapporo, Seoul (20/3), Tokyo, INDIA (various cities). Adelaide (20/3), Auckland, Brisbane (20/3), Canberra, Christchurch (Otautahi), Darwin (20/3), Kobe, Hyogo prefecture (20/3), Melbourne (18/3), Perth (20/3), Sydney (20/3), Victoria (18/3). EUROPE: Iceland, Basque Country, Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland (many cities throughout Scandinavia), Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Greece (3/18 and 3/19), Cyprus, Turkey, also Germany. (21) Cities: Akureyri, Albi, Arendal, Arvika, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Bergen, Brussels, [2], [3], Budapest (20/3), Burgos, CAGLIARI (SARDINIA), Copenhagen, Donostia - San Sebastian, Dublin, Dundee, DUISBURG, Gislaved, Gothenburg, Gävle, Heidelberg, Helsingborg, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jönköping, Karlshamn, Karlskrona, Kristianstad, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lisboa, Logrono (La Rioja), London, Lulea, Lund, Lysekil, Madrid, Malmö, Marseille, Nicosia, Norrköping, Nyköping, Oslo, Pamplona (18/3), Parma, Porto, Reykjavik, [2], Rome, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Skelleftea, Stavanger, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Söderhamn, Torino, Tromso, Umea, Uppsala, Vienna, Västeras, Växjö, Warsaw, Zaragoza, Östersund. LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, Puerto Rico (8). Cities: Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, Carazinho, Cd Juarez (20/3), Maldonado (18/3), Managua, Marechal Cândido Rondon (21/3), Mexico City, Port-au-Prince (20/3), Porto Alegre (20/3), Rio de Janeiro, San José, Santiago (18/3), [2], Sao Paulo, Vieques. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (more than 30 cities), USA (over 700 actions of some sort on March 18-20 according to United for Peace and Justice site), includes major demonstrations in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston (20/3), Chicago, Detroit (18/3), and at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, NC. (2) info on the NYC demonstration: http://www.troopsoutnow.org
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