Nazias
25-12-07, 12:30 PM
Worldwide Peace Protests Planned For March
Over 1,200 delegates from the anti war movement across the world came to London for the World Against War International Peace Conference on 1 December. The conference ended with a declaration announcing plans for worldwide protests in March 2008, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, calling for all foreign troops to be removed from Iraq and Afghanistan and opposition to any attack on Iran (see declaration below).
Delegates from 26 countries addressed the conference, reported on developments in their regions and discussed strategy for the movement. Countries represented were Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States and the United Kingdom, which had around 1000 delegates from all corners of the country.
Videos of all the speeches at the conference are now available on the Stop the War website (www.stopwar.org.uk).
There was a unanimous commitment by all participants to organise worldwide demonstrations between 15-22 March 2008 and this declaration was re-affirmed at an organising meeting for international delegates on the day following the World Against War conference.
All Stop the War Coalition local groups and affiliated organisations are urged to start planning now for building the largest possible turnout for the British WORLD AGAINST WAR demonstration, which will take place on 15 March 2008.
Over 1,200 delegates from the anti war movement across the world came to London for the World Against War International Peace Conference on 1 December. The conference ended with a declaration announcing plans for worldwide protests in March 2008, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, calling for all foreign troops to be removed from Iraq and Afghanistan and opposition to any attack on Iran (see declaration below).
Delegates from 26 countries addressed the conference, reported on developments in their regions and discussed strategy for the movement. Countries represented were Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States and the United Kingdom, which had around 1000 delegates from all corners of the country.
Videos of all the speeches at the conference are now available on the Stop the War website (www.stopwar.org.uk).
There was a unanimous commitment by all participants to organise worldwide demonstrations between 15-22 March 2008 and this declaration was re-affirmed at an organising meeting for international delegates on the day following the World Against War conference.
All Stop the War Coalition local groups and affiliated organisations are urged to start planning now for building the largest possible turnout for the British WORLD AGAINST WAR demonstration, which will take place on 15 March 2008.