From: magellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [L-I] A huge demonstration in Brazil against the war At 01:35 21/10/2001 +0000, you wrote: >AGAINST WAR - AGAINST CAPITALISM > >It was good to hear of the anti-war demonstrations that took place recently >in cities around the world, including Washington. It is heartening that many >workers are refusing to accept this latest march towards bloodshed, despite >the war propaganda blitzkrieg we have been subjected to. Demonstrations for peace in the Anglo countries have been too small and even courageous, given the current warlike mood. In continental Europe they also have been little ones, since people erroneously link them to the suppport of terrorism. In Rio de Janeiro on October, 12, there was a huge demonstration for world peace summoned by the Roman Catholic Church --an entity that in Brazil has been for the most part openly against capitalism-- and leftist parties. It was also attended by representatives of several other rites, including Moslems and Jews. It assembled about 600,000 people, which was second only to that that happened in La Habana, Cuba, for the same purpose, with 1 million people. There also were other smaller demonstrations all over the country. The demonstration was helped by the date, since October 12 is a holiday for being the day of Our Lady of Aparecida, the patron saint of Brazil and also a lot of other commemorations: day of America, day of the crowning of the first Brazilian emperor, dom Pedro I, day of the separation of Portugal from Spain, day of the children etc. The religious feature of the demonstration, however, was the only one informed by the mainstream bourgeois midia, which is openly favoring the war. It was omitted the great number of people and the chorus and placards against imperialism and war, not to mention the many red flags. When one of the speakers mentioned that the war is mainly affecting the children and women of Afghanistan, who have been suffering a lot with the permanent warfare in that country, the crowd spontaneously began to sing "Maria, Maria" (Mary, Mary), a beautiful and vigorous song by the communist composer M. Nascimento to pay hommage to the working women of the world and to peace. As you know, women in Afghanistan are non-beings and forbidden to work, but it didn't matter for that moment. Maria is the most common name for women in the Iberian countries, for Christian reasons. In solidarity, Roberto _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
