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AA wrote:

It was one of the most memorable days of my life, being with people from so many walks of life.

adamnewby wrote:

In February 2003 I was living in London. I remember September 11th 2001 because I was working at the same company I work for now, NewsNow.co.uk. We watched events unfold on an old TV in the office while trying to keep the web site up and running...

i did not march, but in my heart i was marching...i was praying instead!
i went to syria on an interfaith peace pilgrimage,
flying through a wall of media created fear,
as Bush threatened to bomb Syria.
arriving in a...

Amir Amirani wrote:

I was in Berlin in the week before 15th February 2003, at the film festival. When it ended, many of us took to the march in Berlin. It was the biggest gathering I had ever participated in.

When I returned to London, I heard about the...

Amy Crane wrote:

I got the train down from St Neots (Cambridgeshire) with my first child who was three and a half months old at the time.  Without the use of a mobile phone (yes, really) I managed to meet up with my parents who had come down on a coach from...

Andrea wrote:

Marched for hours with the Sheffield Samba Band, carrying a big base drum amongst the huge crowd was exhilerating to say the least. We never made it to Hyde Park to hear the speeches, there were just to many people in front and behind us. More...

Anna Baba wrote:

    I was living on a small Scottish Island at the time. The prospect of a war so many did not want, made me want to
join those trying to avert it. First, I wrote an article published in The New Statesman, then I wrote a...

annikenhoel wrote:

In Baghdad, together with hundreds of people from the peace movement. It was an extraordinary atmosphere in the streets of Baghdad.

awbMaven wrote:

I joined the March of Saturday 15 February 2003.  I was the only one from my group of peers that I know that did.  They all believe the hyperbolic drivel the government was giving out.  Most of them came over to my side of the...

DaisyB52 wrote:

I caught the bus from Kensal Rise to Oxford Street. There were coach loads of people going to the march. As I looked out of the bus window, an old guy wearing a turban on one of the coaches looked up and caught my eye We smiled at one another. I...

Danablett wrote:

I was there, I marched, and I missed Leeds Utd at home. Now that was commitment to the cause as anyone who knows me can say.

Travelled down from Scotland. Abiding memory is the vast amount of people on the Embankment and a sea of people as far as you could see in Hyde Park.

Dawn Joyce wrote:

The largest Brisbane anti-war rally was on Sunday 16 February 2003. Three of us, Helen Grant-Taylor, Ann Darvall and Dawn Joyce, took the train into the city for an 11 am start. There was standing room only on the train and at each station, more...

deniceszafran wrote:

It was bitterly cold on that day in Northern New York, but that didn't stop the hundreds who gathered in the Chapel of St Lawrence University to hear speakers before we set out to march. Bundled to our eyeballs we walked out en masse through...

electricia wrote:

I went with three friends to the London march. We were picked up at around 6am by coaches going from Sunderland, North East England. I remember I wrote in a journal that day because I found it recently having forgotten about it, I will dig it out...

Enid Gordon wrote:

I am a Methodist Minister and had to dedicate a tree in the village of Bozeat in memory of a member who had died.  Then I dashed home and went with my husband by train from Wellinborough to London to march against the Iraq invasion....

GelWHU wrote:

I was working until 4.30 that day and was unable to get the day off. Rather than not take part in what was clearly going to be a historic day I got a map of the route and decided to walk it on my own. I reached the starting point at 5.45 that...

In the early weeks of 2003 I was becoming ever angrier that the Labour Government that I had helped to elect were seriously contemplating embarking on a war that would inevitably result in the death of tens of thousands of people.  Not being...

grnthe wrote:

The largest Brisbane anti-war rally was on Sunday 16 February 2003. Three of us, Helen Grant-Taylor, Ann Darvall and Dawn Joyce, took the train into the city for an 11 am start. There was standing room only on the train and at each station, more...

HarryWebb wrote:

I had attended the march the previous autumn - very much better weather! I had also helped set up a local StW group in Thanet, Kent during the interim. A mate and I travelled up by train and got to the front of the march. The numbers involved...

hilaryjoyh wrote:

I marched in London - there were so many people it was incredible.  I remember trying to arrnage to meet up with a friend - no chance!

Idris wrote:

I marched in London. It was bitter cold but we felt the warmth of solidarity with each other & all those around the world who were opposing the war for oil. Bush & Blair were determined on war at any cost, but who knows what they would...

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joabbess wrote:

In London, it was bitterly cold. The Stop the War march moved forward so slowly, people around me were losing body heat rapidly, despite dancing on the spot to the rhythm of the nearest band in the crowd. People had to leave the route and shiver...

josquin farge wrote:

I didn't march :( but I want to march with you !

KDelphi wrote:

I marched in February, 2003, over the course of three days, in Dayton, Ohio

kiritunks wrote:

Can I do it later

larochelleuk wrote:

I was on holiday in Australia on the day of the protests.  My family there thought that I was insane for wanting to join the anti-war march on the only day I would have in Sydney.  It was a special and very memorable day.  I...

LindaSwanson wrote:

My husband Neil and I were alarmed at the ever increasing calls for war in late 2002 and early 2003. When we learned that there would be a march in New York on February 15 to demand that our country not attack Iraq, we were determined to be there...

Loki English wrote:

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Mark C wrote:

Marched in Dublin.

Mark Taylor wrote:

I marched in Brisbane, Australia.

It was the largest protest ever held in Brisbane.

I am proud that at least some of us carry on resisting permanent war and Australia's role.

Martin Cooper wrote:

As I walked south through central London towards the main body of the march with my friend, we were both struck by the never-ending stream of people on every single street .It was as if there were literally thousands of tributaries flowing into...

Mary Finnigan wrote:

 I'd done my share of protesting in the 60s and 70s and felt that younger people should be doing it in the 0ties. But  this was one march I could not ignore. Travelled from home in Bristol and sstayed with BBC news producer daughter...

Matt wrote:

Just thinking about the size of the February 15 protests is overwhelming.  Not only the number of people, but also the atmosphere of the day.... I can only imagine that joining up with hundreds of thousands of other people, each with a...

I didn't march on February 15 2003. On that day I was in my office trying to help the MEPs belonging to the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty. Bush and Blair used to repeat that "doing nothing is not an option...

nat wrote:

I was 13 years old, and at secondary school. I remember vividly, not really understanding the dynamics of the protest, but being avidly against creating more war. At the break between lessons, we were discussing how disgusted we were about the...

I saw in my local paper that a coach was leaving for the protest in London, Organised by the Quakers (i think).  I felt i had to do something but had no means of getting myself to London so despite being an Atheist, i kept quiet as i have no...

Rachael wrote:

Our bus started at the Central Mosque in Birmingham.  We joined with thousands of others to try to influence Blair.  How naive we were!

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I vividly remember taking a call on my mobile during the Anti War protests. It was from my sister, finishing her training at Sandhurst. The contrast between our life experiences couldn't have been any greater.

The marches meant a lot...

I was only about 11, I went with my Dad, after he'd told me all about what was going on and what this protest was all about. It was really exciting, seeing everyone's passion and drive. It's still left an impression on me to...

samlittlebear wrote:

feb 2003 my whole family travelled to london to join the march before the war on Iraq. iwould like to do the same as drum of war are beating against Iran and syria

I went with a friend from Christchurch Dorset, we got the train to London Waterloo and made our way to Great Russell Street. I can remember walking form Tottenham Court Road tube station and as we got closer to the start of the march...

Sitara wrote:

I was 13 at the time. I had been on one demonstration before in September of the previous year and I had really enjoyed it! I actually felt like I was making a difference! I went along with my mother, father, sister and local stop the war group....

susioneill wrote:

I attended the march in Hyde Park, London.

I remember a lot of people, political group and rousing speeches, and muslims praying in the afternoon.
 

People of all ages, races and backgrounds came together.  It...

TMS13 wrote:

I was part of the 20,000-30,000 people who marched in Seattle. It was powerful to be part of such an important day and to see so many people passionately speaking out against tyranny and aggression. I look forward to seeing the whole story of...

Uwe Kadritzke wrote:

Right after 9/11, some kind of military action was inevitable. The Bush administration decided to attack the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Wether or not they were involved in the planning of the attacks, from what I knew of the Taliban, if the...

Womac23 wrote:

We took the tube from Finsbury Park to Covent Garden then walked down to the Embankment.  We were surrounded by people all walking down to Embankment - people with whistles, horns, drummers - it felt like carnival.  By the time we...

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