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A wave of protest has swept around the world since the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq. The following is just a partial list

NATIONAL

New York City - March 20-22 5,000 demonstrators converge on Times Sq. on the war's first day, despite a driving rainstorm. Two days later, more than 250,000 protestors march from 46th street to Washington Square Park. Protesters scuffle with riot and mounted police during and after the march resulting in almost 100 arrests.

San Francisco - March 20-22 75,000 people march, marking the Bay Area's third day of protests with over 2,000 arrests in total. Breakaway marches last late into the night.

Boston - March 20 Area college and high school students walk out at noon. By late afternoon, several thousand demonstrators had blocked the Mass. Ave. Bridge. and the bridge over Back Bay.

Boston - March 21 - People walked across state for peace, finishing with ceremonies in Boston. See Wake up Peace. http://grassrootspeace.org/wakeuppeace.html

Pittsburgh-March 20 122 people are arrested as hundreds of anti-war demonstrators disobey police orders to stay on the sidewalk and pour into the streets of downtown Pittsburgh at rush hour.

Chicago - March 20 Following a massive convergence at Chicago's Federal Plaza, an 10,000-15,000 protesters pour into the streets and surge onto Lake Shore Drive, effectively closing one of the city's major arteries. Over 800 are arrested with police apparently singling out organizers and youth for arrest.

Austin, TX - March 20 Students from the University of Texas and area high schools walk out of class to protest the start of the war. More than 1,000 blockade the intersection of 24th and Guadalupe effectively shutting down traffic for four hours near the university.

Chicopee, MA - Over 2000 march to Westover AFB, Chicopee, where 54 are arrested. See March, Rally and Civil Disobedience

Vermont - March 20-22 On the day the war begins, Vermonters march to the state capital in Montpelier. In downtown Burlington on the 22nd, 5,000+ raucous protesters fill several blocks. Marchers loop through the streets between bookend rallies at City Hall and Battery Parks. In Brattleboro the same day, about 1,100 people march downtown.

Atlanta, GA - March 22 Saturday's rally in Five Points bypasses the planned destination of Centennial Park and heads straight for CNN headquarters. The estimated 2,000 protestors then proceed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for another impromptu protest.

Hollywood - March 22-23 As many as 20,000 protesters flooded Hollywood's streets on Saturday and marched on CNN. A night later at the Oscars, several thousand protesters welcomes the stars, instead of the usual excited fans in the bleachers. Inside, Michael Moore's "Bowling for Colombine" won Best Documentary and the filmmaker denounced the president on national TV. "We live in a time when we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. We are against this war Mr. Bush. Shame on you! Shame on you!"

Washington DC - March 22 Hundreds of protesters continue daily marches and civil disobedience.

Springfield, MA (March 21) - Several hundred protest in downtown. See photostory. http://grassrootspeace.org/springfieldmarch2103/

Seattle - March 22 1,200+ rally at the Federal Building.

INTERNATIONAL

South Africa, March 21 In Cape Town, 8,000 students and workers from nearby factories take to the streets to protest the war on Iraq. About 200 people also gather downtown at the U.S. consulate, setting up a 24-hour picket with shifts of 50 people.

Brazil - March 22 In the capital of Brasilia, hundreds from the Landless Movement protest at the U.S. Embassy. Later that day, church groups, Brazil's bar association and non-governmental organizations hold a demonstration and candlelight vigil in front of the nation's Congress building. Anti-war protests take place in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere on the 21st.

Middle East - March 20 - 22 In the bloodiest protest yet, police clash with thousands of demonstrators trying to storm the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital on the 21st, leaving a police officer and protester dead amid a barrage of bullets, rocks, water cannons and tear gas canisters. Riot police fired rubber bullets at a smaller crowd in Bahrain, while water cannons and tear gas were used in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.

Thousands gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul on March 20 to protest the bombing. Along with various political organizations, many unaligned protestors and passers-by join the demonstration.

Bangladesh Witnesses said 6,000 teachers, students and staff from Dhaka University marched in the capital and burned Bush in effigy. Earlier, hundreds of Islamic militants gathered before the city's main mosque, shouting anti-U.S. slogans and facing down rings of riot police.

Seoul, North Korea Buddhist monks struck giant drums at a Seoul rally of 2,000 to console the spirits of victims of the war.

Greece - March 22 Farmers, union organizers, anti-corporate globalization activists and feminists turn out behind "Men above Profits" banners and anti-war placards in Athens. This follows two days of demonstrations that draw more than 150,000 each.

Spain - March 22 Players from European soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona don anti-war T-shirts and display a banner calling for peace before their weekly league game. Many of the 100,000 spectators packing the Camp Nou stadium in Madrid stand and applaud as the players walk around the playing field holding up the banner reading: "Barca for peace." The gesture comes a day after more than 1 million people demonstrated throughout Spain calling for an end to the war. In Barcelona alone, a half million people take to the streets.

Italy A pro-peace farmers' rally in Rome drew an estimated 300,000. Other cities holding protests against the government's pro-U.S. stance included Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Palermo and Turin.

England - March 22 Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters march in central London to denounce Prime Minister Tony Blair's government. The protest includes marches and a rally in Hyde Park. Several thousand gathered outside Fairford air base in western England where American B-52 bombers attacking Baghdad are stationed.

Compiled from Indymedia sites (www.indymedia.org) by Jeanne Strole and Katherine A. Carlson.

Also see: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=protest&c=news_photos

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