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AP. 1 March 2003. Greek rallies protests EU education meeting, Iraqi crisis. ATHENS -- Several thousand students, educators and other demonstrators staged rallies Saturday to protest a European Union meeting and a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq. The demonstrators gathered in central Athens and outside a heavily guarded hotel complex in the southern seaside suburb of Vouliagmeni. They were protesting an informal two-day meeting of EU education ministers that began Saturday, as well as a possible war. Greece currently holds the EU presidency. Protesters claim the EU officials could try to weaken public education systems through cost cutting and other measures. More than 5,000 demonstrators gathered in central Athens and marched to the U.S. Embassy, which was surrounded by hundreds of riot police, to denounce war. Another 1,500 or so gathered outside the hotel complex. "We are fighting for a uniform cost-free public education," the marchers chanted as they marched to the embassy. Some held banners reading: "these are not ministers of education but of war and terrorism," and "give money to education, not to NATO's slaughterhouses." A similar demonstration was staged outside the U.S. embassy on Friday. No violence was reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
