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AP. 27 February 2003. Hundreds of Indians protest possible U.S. attack on Iraq. CALCUTTA -- Hundreds of people, from communists to artists, held protests in two Indian cities Thursday against a possible U.S. attack on Iraq. More than 1,000 young communist activists began a 24-hour sit-in outside a heavily guarded U.S. Information Center and Library in the eastern city of Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state. Waving signs reading "No Blood for Oil," protesters marched through parts of the city. "We are protesting to send the United States a message that the youth is strongly opposed to war against Iraq for a country's selfish interest," said Asitanga Ganguly, the general secretary of the Democratic Youth Federation of India. The federation is the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which governs India's West Bengal state. Also Thursday, hundreds of people joined a march in the southern city of Bangalore opposing a possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq. The march was organized by the Bangalore Initiative for Peace, a group that includes intellectuals, artists and students. The marchers shouted slogans against U.S. President George Bush. Academics and artists later made speeches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 ==^================================================================
