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http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/view-id.php4?id=20021003E04201 Czech Happenings October 3, 2002 Communists, anarchists planning anti-NATO protests for Nov 20, 21 PRAGUE, Oct 3 (CTK) - The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) and anarchists are planning protests against the NATO policy for November 20 and 21, when the NATO summit is to be held in Prague. The main KSCM demonstration will take place on Wednesday, November 20, when President Vaclav Havel will host NATO summit participants at Prague castle. Anarchists have announced a series of protests in the centre of Prague for November 20-24, with the main ones to be held on November 20 and 21. A week before the summit, on November 17, anarchists will meet in Prague's Albertov to assess the development in the Czech Republic since the 1989 fall of communism and prepare for their main protests. "The next demonstration will probably be held on November 20, on the eve of the start of the summit, in protest against the luxurious dinner which the Czech potentates are planning as welcome," Ondrej Slacalek from the Czechoslovak Anarchist Federation said. Thursday, November 21, will be the main day of anarchist protests, including marches. Slacalek, however, refused to specify their routes. They can be held virtually in all important parts of the city. Unlike the Communists, who will organise their counter-summit on November 19 accompanied by discussions and exhibitions, anarchists are not planning such a broad programme, Slacalek said. He refused to estimate how many demonstrators could meet in Prague. He said he expected people to come from abroad. The protests will not be coordinated by any special centre, as it was two years ago during the International Monetary Fund/World Bank meetings in Prague. According to Slacalek, the linking of protests of anarchists, non-governmental organisations and radical environmentalists did not prove to work well because their programmes split too much. Protests are also being planned by the Feminist Group of March 8, the organisation of revolutionary anarchists called Solidarity, the association Streets to People and other groups. The Communists declined to specify how many demonstrators they expected as well. According to KSCM spokeswoman Vera Zezulkova, the same number as for the anti-IMF protests two years ago will probably arrive, that is 4,000. Czech Communists were then supported mainly by left-orientated Italians. This year the Communists are expecting mainly their colleagues from Slovakia, Hungary and Germany. The Prague NATO summit will bring together leading representatives from 19 NATO member countries and 27 Partnership for Peace programme participating countries. It is expected to make a decisive decision on further enlargement of the Alliance. The official part of the NATO summit, which will for the first time be held behind the former Iron Curtain, will start in the Congress Centre on November 21 by a meeting of the North Atlantic Council. In the afternoon, representatives of countries seeking NATO membership are to join the NATO representatives. A gala evening for the heads of states and premiers of 46 countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) will be held at Prague Castle in the evening. Another reception will take place in the building of the Foreign Ministry. The second day of the summit, on November 22, a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine commission and a meeting of EAPC heads of states and premiers will be held. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
