[A-List] Fw: MORE ON WORLD LABOR ANTIWAR ACTIONS

["Christopher Black" <bar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Subject: MORE ON WORLD LABOR ANTIWAR ACTIONS
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> > Below are more recent actions by organized labor around the world.  Help
> > spread the word.
> >
> > Distributed by ICPJ
> > FOR MORE ON WORLDWIDE LABOR ACTIONS VISIT OUR WEBSITE  http://icpj.org
> > icpj@xxxxxxx
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> >
> > Europeans Stop Work to Protest Iraq War
> >
> > Friday March 14, 2003 8:30 PM
> >
> > BERLIN (AP) - Millions of Europeans stopped work at midday Friday to
> > protest a possible attack on Iraq, as opposition to U.S.-led military
> > action rippled across the globe.
> >
> > Labor unions said millions of workers in countries including Spain,
> > Germany, Italy and Switzerland answered a continentwide call to
> > strike for 15 minutes to press for peace.
> > In Germany, where polls show an overwhelming majority of people
> > oppose a war, the strikes briefly halted vehicle production at three
> > Volkswagen factories and a DaimlerChrysler plant. Trams ground to a
> > halt in the eastern city of Halle.
> >
> > Italian unions said workers downed tools from Sicily in the south to
> > Turin in the north. Activists hung a 6-yard rainbow peace flag from a
> > bridge in Pisa, while workers in numerous factories sounded horns to
> > mark the strike.
> >
> > While German, French and Russian leaders are spearheading resistance
> > to a military assault, backers of Washington's hard line like Spanish
> > Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Australian Prime Minister John
> > Howard are defying hostile public opinion.
> >
> > ``Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is
> > neither politically nor morally acceptable,'' Aznar told a meeting of
> > his Popular Party shortly after the workers' protest.
> > On the other side of the globe, Howard was hounded by anti-war
> > protesters during a series of appointments in the southern city of
> > Adelaide. Demonstrators hurled eggs and tomatoes at Howard's car and
> > brought traffic to a standstill.
> >
> > One protester was taken into police custody for lunging at Howard's
> > car but was not charged.
> > In Turkey, where the United States wants to deploy about 62,000
> > combat troops, two dozen peace activists chained themselves to the
> > wheels of a truck blocking an entrance to the eastern port of
> > Iskenderun, where U.S. forces are unloading equipment ahead of a
> > possible Iraq war.
> >
> > Police dragged away the demonstrators while dozens of Turkish
> > soldiers reinforced the entrance to the port.
> >
> > ``If the U.S. is so intent on disarmament, it should start at home,''
> > said Banu Dokmecibasi, a spokesman for the environmental group
> > Greenpeace. ``It is the United States that possesses the world's most
> > sophisticated weaponry and it is the United States that holds the
> > world's largest arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.''
> >
> > In Russia, Greenpeace climbers hung a large poster that read ``Veto
> > War'' on a span of a bridge across the Moscow river against the
> > background of St. Basil's Cathedral and the golden-domed Kremlin.
> >
> > About 350 people in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan marched
> > in the capital, Bishkek, with banners reading, ``Do not draw us into
> > war'' and ``The peaceful sky over Kyrgyzstan is not for war.''
> >
> > Kyrgyzstan has been hosting hundreds of U.S.-led anti-terror
> > coalition troops from several Western countries at a civilian airport
> > outside Bishkek. The Kyrgyz government insists the conditions for
> > using the facilities only allow operations in Afghanistan - not in
> > Iraq.
> >
> > In Egypt, about 4,000 demonstrators gathered at Cairo's Al-Azhar
> > mosque, the highest authority in the Sunni Islamic world, chanting
> > anti-American slogans and calling on Arab leaders to form a common
> > front to avert a war.
> >
> > More demonstrations were planned worldwide on Saturday.
> > Europeans Stop Work to Protest Iraq War
> >
> > Friday March 14, 2003 8:30 PM
> >
> > BERLIN (AP) - Millions of Europeans stopped work at midday Friday to
> protest
> > a possible attack on Iraq, as opposition to U.S.-led military action
> rippled
> > across the globe.
> >
> > Labor unions said millions of workers in countries including Spain,
> Germany,
> > Italy and Switzerland answered a continentwide call to strike for 15
> minutes
> > to press for peace.
> > In Germany, where polls show an overwhelming majority of people oppose a
> > war, the strikes briefly halted vehicle production at three Volkswagen
> > factories and a DaimlerChrysler plant. Trams ground to a halt in the
> eastern
> > city of Halle.
> >
> > Italian unions said workers downed tools from Sicily in the south to
Turin
> > in the north. Activists hung a 6-yard rainbow peace flag from a bridge
in
> > Pisa, while workers in numerous factories sounded horns to mark the
> strike.
> >
> > While German, French and Russian leaders are spearheading resistance to
a
> > military assault, backers of Washington's hard line like Spanish Prime
> > Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Australian Prime Minister John Howard are
> > defying hostile public opinion.
> >
> > ``Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is neither
> > politically nor morally acceptable,'' Aznar told a meeting of his
Popular
> > Party shortly after the workers' protest.
> > On the other side of the globe, Howard was hounded by anti-war
protesters
> > during a series of appointments in the southern city of Adelaide.
> > Demonstrators hurled eggs and tomatoes at Howard's car and brought
traffic
> > to a standstill.
> >
> > One protester was taken into police custody for lunging at Howard's car
> but
> > was not charged.
> > In Turkey, where the United States wants to deploy about 62,000 combat
> > troops, two dozen peace activists chained themselves to the wheels of a
> > truck blocking an entrance to the eastern port of Iskenderun, where U.S.
> > forces are unloading equipment ahead of a possible Iraq war.
> >
> > Police dragged away the demonstrators while dozens of Turkish soldiers
> > reinforced the entrance to the port.
> >
> > ``If the U.S. is so intent on disarmament, it should start at home,''
said
> > Banu Dokmecibasi, a spokesman for the environmental group Greenpeace.
``It
> > is the United States that possesses the world's most sophisticated
> weaponry
> > and it is the United States that holds the world's largest arsenal of
> > weapons of mass destruction.''
> >
> > In Russia, Greenpeace climbers hung a large poster that read ``Veto
War''
> on
> > a span of a bridge across the Moscow river against the background of St.
> > Basil's Cathedral and the golden-domed Kremlin.
> >
> > About 350 people in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan marched in
> the
> > capital, Bishkek, with banners reading, ``Do not draw us into war'' and
> > ``The peaceful sky over Kyrgyzstan is not for war.''
> >
> > Kyrgyzstan has been hosting hundreds of U.S.-led anti-terror coalition
> > troops from several Western countries at a civilian airport outside
> Bishkek.
> > The Kyrgyz government insists the conditions for using the facilities
only
> > allow operations in Afghanistan - not in Iraq.
> >
> > In Egypt, about 4,000 demonstrators gathered at Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque,
> the
> > highest authority in the Sunni Islamic world, chanting anti-American
> slogans
> > and calling on Arab leaders to form a common front to avert a war.
> >
> > More demonstrations were planned worldwide on Saturday.
> >
> > ------
> > Distributed by ICPJ
> > FOR MORE ON WORLDWIDE LABOR ACTIONS VISIT OUR WEBSITE  http://icpj.org
> > icpj@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
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