From: Paul Bullock (paulbullock@ebms-ltd.co.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 15:35:59 EST
The demonstration in London today was very large. At the entrance to Hyde Park Corner stewards were announcing that 2 million people had walked through them today. On the 'news' the official line is 1 to 2 million. It began from 2 locations and merged at Piccadilly to go direct to Hyde park. The march took about 5+ hours from 12.30, for the tail to reach the Park. A very different type of demo to say the Vietnam marches in 1967, which were essentially younger people. A real mix of ages from 6 to 70. Good cool weather. Paul B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gerald_a_levy" <gerald_a_levy@msn.com> To: <ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:37 PM Subject: [OPE-L:8465] Re: Socialism and War > Re Chris's [8464]: > > > It would have to be short - and fast because the war starts in a couple of > > weeks, resolution or no. > > Agreed. Any volunteers? > > Solidarity, Jerry > > > PS: > > Incidentally there is a good bit of inter-imperialist rivalry at the > > UN. > Inter-imperialist rivalry is what this conflict is all (or at least, mostly) > about, > isn't it? > > > >I've often thought of raising the following question in recent months, so > > >here goes: *DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US > > >TO WRITE A STATEMENT AGAINST THE WAR, GET CONSENSUS > > >BY LISTMEMBERS, AND RELEASE IT IN THE NAME OF THE LIST?* > > >We are not, of course, a political party but as a collaborative group it > > >does seem to me to be appropriate and desirable occasionally to make > public > > >statements. A little OPE-L praxis, anyone? > >
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