today was amazing, absolutely amazing. I will be posting collected photos from seattle and all over the world as I receive them. Until then here are some esimated figures I received from CBS along with some special comments...
estimated figures for when the world said no to war
February 15, 2003
750,000 - London
1,000,000 (poss 3 mill) - rome
660,000 in madrid
100,000 in paris
400,000 in berlin
60,000 - Oslo, Norway
50,000 - Brussels, Belgium
35,000 - Stockholm, Sweden
80,000 marched in Dublin
70,000 marched in Amsterdam
60,000 in Seville, Spain
40,000 in Bern, Switzerland
30,000 in Glasgow, Scotland
tens of thousands in Belfast
25,000 in Copenhagen, Denmark
15,000 in Vienna, Austria
20,000 in Montreal
15,000 in Toronto
5,000 in Cape Town
4,000 in Johannesburg in South Africa
5,000 in Tokyo
2,000 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
10,000 in Beirut, Lebanon
2,000 Israelis and Palestinians marched together in Tel Aviv
2,000 people rallied in Ukraine; peaceful "Rock Against War" protest joined by communists, socialists, Kurds and pacifists.
100 Muslims and Croats united in Bosnian city of Mostar for an anti-war protest - the first such cross-community action in seven years in a place where ethnic divisions remain tense despite a 1995 peace agreement.
500 in cyrpus; Greeks and Turks braved heavy rain to briefly block a British air base runway.
900 Puerto Ricans
1,500 in Sao Paulo, South America
2,000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
100,000 in Melbourne, Australia
5,000 in capitol's suburb
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