2/14 25,000 Rally in Japan for Peace

by Peacenik

Fri, Feb 14, 2003 8:47PM

On 2/14/03, 25,000 marched for peace in Japan, including victims of US weapons of mass destruction, the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, when the US committed this racist and unnecessary act as Japan was already suing for peace, to warn the Russians, who were poised to attack Japan, that the 20th Century was to be the American Century. It never was and no century every will be. We do not need an American Century; we need international peace.

Labor unions were also major participants in this peace march. Labor Net Japan has an excellent story with photos at:
http://www.labornetjp.org/fj

See also:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030214/ap_wo_en_ge/as_gen_japan_anti_war_protest_2

For more information: http://www.labornetjp.org/fj

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§Up to five thousand march on Feb. 15

by Richard Wilcox (rwilcox [at] interlink.or.jp)

Mon, Feb 17, 2003 6:39PM

There was a peace march on the evening of Feb. in Shibuya of Central Tokyo. Well over a thousand people, young and old, Japanese and foreigners were in attendance. The Communist party newspaper reported 5,000 participants. The mood was jovial despite the impending catastrophe of war and onlookers seemed sympathetic (smiles and thumbs up) to the NO WAR message!

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§movie report at shibuya

by Kohji Setoh (alban [at] anet.ne.jp)

Tue, Feb 18, 2003 7:12AM

my short movie reports are available at
http://anzu.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~setoh/030215/
other sound files including sounds of the demonstration are available at
cosmosmile.com

hoping you can feel the atmosphere :-)

For more information: http://anzu.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~setoh/030215/

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