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Subject: protesters
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Asked by: madcoweater-ga
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Posted: 22 Mar 2003 12:47 PST
Expires: 21 Apr 2003 13:47 PDT
Question ID: 179648
What are the attendance numbers during the protests this past week.
Like the one in NYC today, San Fransisco and other protests.
Thanks, Joe
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Subject: Re: protesters
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 22 Mar 2003 13:17 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Joe,

March 22, 2003 Protests
 
- 150,000 protesters in Barcelona, Spain; 
- more than 100,000 protesters in London, United Kingdom; 
- 100,000 protesters in Paris, France; 
- at least 150,000 protesters alltogether in many German cities;
- 10,000 to 20,000 in Greece, Denmark, Switzerland and Finland. 
- Over 10,000 protesters demonstrated on the Broadway in New York, 
- a march of over a thousand protesters in Atlanta, Georgia 


March 20, 2003 protests 

“Approximately 300 protesters demonstrated outside of the Federal
Building in San Francisco, California.

“Over 100 protesters were arrested in Philadelphia after blocking the
enterances to the federal office buildings.”

“In the morning of March 20, 2003, school pupils all over Germany
organized spontaneous marches.”
- Berlin 20,000 
- Stuttgart 15,000 
- Freiburg 10,000 
- Kassel 5,000  

- In Switzerland 40.000 students and pupils demonstrated. 
- In Cairo, Egypt, 4.000 people protested. 

“In the afternoon, in many cities in Europe protest marchs and actions
were held.”
- Berlin, Germany, 60.000 people protested. 

March 19
 
A "Walkout" happened in many schools in the United Kingdom where
students walked out of school, some risking exclusion and detentions
to protest up at Westminster.

March 18
- 200.000 Germany. 
- 20.000 Paris 
- 150.000 Greece 


March 15

- 200,000 Montreal 
- 400,000 Milan
- 300,000 Barcelona
- 120,000 Madrid 
- 15,000 Quebec City
- 55,000 Paris
- 4,500 to 10,000 in Marseille 
- 100,000 Berlin
- 20,000 Athens
- 10,000 Tokyo
- tens of thousands in Washington DC

Encyclopedia Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_protests_against_war_on_Iraq


February 15 Protest Attendance 
 
Barcelona 1,300,000  
Rome 1,000,000  
London =750,000  
Madrid =660,000  
Berlin =500,000  
Sydney 250,000†  
Seville =200,000  
Damascus 200,000  
Montreal 150,000  
San Francisco 150,000†  
Melbourne 150,000†  
Paris 100,000  
New York =100,000  
Oviedo 100,000  
Dublin 100,000  
Glasgow 80,000  
Oslo 60,000  
Brussels 50,000  
Bern 40,000  
Stockholm 35,000  
Copenhagen 25,000  
Vancouver 20,000  
Helsinki 15,000  
Vienna 15,000  
Toronto 10,000  
Amsterdam 10,000  
Austin 10,000  
Tokyo 5,000  
Cape Town 5,000  
Johannesburg 4,000  
Quebec City 3,000  
Dhaka 2,000  
Ottawa 2,000  
Kiev 2,000  
Chicoutimi 1,500  
†: 14th or 16th February  
Source: The Globe and Mail and others 

History SearchBot: Antiwar Protests
http://history.searchbeat.com/anti-war-protests-2003.htm


Photos Of The Crowds At The Anti-War Protests
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/protestphotos.html


Search Criteria:

protest attendance March 22
March 22, 2003 protests
anti-war protests

I hope you find this helpful and if you need any clarification of the
information I have provided, please post a clarification before rating
my answer.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga
madcoweater-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
Just what I wsa looking for.
Thanks for the good work.
Joe

Comments  
Subject: Re: protesters
From: majesteit-ga on 13 Apr 2003 09:53 PDT
 
The amount of people in Amsterdam at february 15 is not right. It was
not 10.000 people. It was about 70.000 people.

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