FYI. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator
------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:21:42 +1300 From: Kate Dewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Today's Voice: Over 200,000 People March in The United States! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear All, It is unlikely that the news of these protests has been covered in the regular media! Kate Voice4Change Changing Hearts and Minds http://www.voice4change.org October 28, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Over 200,000 People March in The United States! Huge Rally Joins Protests Across Globe to Decry U.S.' Iraq Policy by Wyatt Buchanan, Christopher Heredia and Suzanne Herel http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/10/27/MN28617.DTL Tens of thousands of protesters marched down Market Street in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon in a major demonstration against President Bush's policy on Iraq -- the largest peace rally police and protesters could remember since the Vietnam War. Tens of thousands of demonstrators march through downtown San Francisco on Saturday to protest a potential war against Iraq. Demonstrators filled about a mile-long stretch of city blocks as they marched from the Financial District to the plaza in front of City Hall holding signs that said, "Money for jobs, not for war" and "No blood for oil." http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021022~nlg.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thousands protest Iraq war in DC By Stefany Moore From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021026-042837-7157r WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 gathered in the nation's capital Saturday to rally and march in protest of a potential war with Iraq. In the shadow of the Washington Monument and steps away from the Vietnam War Memorial, the group demanded a halt to preparations for a possible war against Iraq. On the stage, Jesse Jackson -- his voice amplified across several acres of Constitution Gardens -- shouted, "If we act out of fear and not hope, we get bitter and not better." http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021028~nlg.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Antiwar rally in St. Paul draws thousands http://startribune.com/stories/462/3391436.html Silver-haired Jim Steinhagen, a combat Marine in Korea a half-century ago, and Omar Jamal, a Somali who came to Minnesota seven years ago, stood shoulder to shoulder Saturday afternoon. Along with several thousand other Minnesotans, they marched from the St. Paul Cathedral to the State Capitol to voice their opposition to a war with Iraq and to mourn Sen. Paul Wellstone. Wellstone stirred the Senate earlier this month with an impassioned speech urging his colleagues to restrain the Bush administration. "A lot of innocent people, Americans and Iraqis, would die," Steinhagen said. "It would ride a lot better with me if the rest of the world was with us, and if we'd find some of those 'weapons of mass destruction' that Bush is talking about first." http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021028~clg.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- S.F. woman's relentless march for peace Global Exchange founder a tireless advocate Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, October 26, 2002 URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/26 /MN36571.DTL Medea Benjamin is not only one of San Francisco's leading activists, she's the Zelig of political protest. And with the country inching toward war, the 50-year-old Noe Valley resident has never been in so many different scenes. She made national news for interrupting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as he pitched his war plan to Congress last month. And for getting arrested at President Bush's August speech in Stockton. And for her street theater outside Vice President's Dick Cheney's appearance that month in San Francisco. http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021028~gx.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- On-going Campaigns Get Involved!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Calendar of Demonstrations for Peace Many peace activists feel isolated because peace activities are not reported in mainstream media. In one effort to help to correct this, the WRL has set up this page to post events from around the country that have happened, will happen, or are happening on a continuous basis. If you know of such an event, please submit the form at the bottom of this page, or call (212-228-0450), fax (212-228-6193), e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) us. Note, these events are listed as a public service and are not necessarily endorsed by the War Resisters League. http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021022~wrl.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Voice4Change is a project of SEE http://www.saveourplanet.org All contributions are tax deductable Warm Regards, Voice4Change.org http://www.voice4change.org ************************************ * Kate Dewes * * IPB Vice-President * * Disarmament and Security Centre * * P O Box 8390 * * Christchurch * * Aotearoa/New Zealand * * Ph/Fax +64 3 348 1353 * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * www.disarmsecure.org * * * * (The DSC is a specialist branch * * of the NZ Peace Foundation.) * ************************************ ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Director Environment, Society and Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 03-325-2811, x8643 ************************************
