Friday, February 14, 2003
IT’S FEBRUARY 15 SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD
Let the Demonstrations Begin
It’s already February 15 somewhere in the world. In Australia, as a matter of fact, where the worldwide anti-war demonstrations scheduled for the weekend began yesterday in Melbourne.
Here are excerpts from a brief update from Melbourne’s The Age (“Melbourne Rallies to the Call for Peace”):
More than 100,000 people -- believed to be Melbourne’s largest peace rally -- marched through the city yesterday to protest against a war on Iraq.
Police spokeswoman Senior Constable Julie-Anne Newman said the demonstration was “so big” that it was difficult to estimate the size of the crowd.
But she said it was “in excess of 100,000”.
The rally started at 5pm outside the State Library and finished at Federation Square, clogging city streets for more than three hours. . . .
Organiser Damien Lawson said: “As far as the eye can see, I can see people all the way up Swanston Street to the north and up the other end of Swanston Street I can see people coming this way. The protest is enormous. This protest is huge.”
The rally was the first of seven to be held around Australia, with six others scheduled for the weekend.
Thanks to reader H.F., who attended yesterday’s rally in Melbourne, for sending the report.
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