Skip Navigation | HOME | UK Indymedia | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

West Country Features | UK Features | West Country Newswire | UK Newswire |

Swindon Peace Folks demonstrate in Paris

Andy | 25.11.2003 20:45 | Bush 2003 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation

A Delegation from Swindon Stop the War Colaition travelled to Paris for the Anti-war demo on 15th NOvember

Swindon banner on the march
Swindon banner on the march


We took the banner of the Swindon Stop the War Coalition to Paris so that people from all over Europe could see that there is opposition in Swindon to the war in Iraq.
This was the first time that the anti-war movement in Swindon sent a formal delegation abroad and we hope that these links will increase international understanding. We are a bit mad, because we travelled to Paris and back in one day, and didn't get any sleep! However, we do think it is important to do everything we can to end the occupation of Iraq as soon as possible, so we don’t mind a little discomfort.
“The clear message from the demonstration was that George Bush is not welcome in Europe”, said Andy Newman, secretary of Swindon Stop the war Coalition. “We went because the campaign against the war is an international one and we needs to build friendships between peoples of different countries. A lot of people came to talk to us because they had never heard of Swindon and wanted to know about us”
Roy North, a warehouse manager from Pinehurst said: “I found it inspirational that there were so many thousands of young people, they are the hope for the future. I came back even more determined that we have to make George Bush feel very unwelcome in Britain”.
Joanne Clothier, a Carecentre worker from Brinkworth, said: “I was surprised it was so big, thousands and thousands of people just kept arriving. It was amazing that there were huge numbers from different countries, like Greece, Poland and even from outside Europe like Columbia. We were all united against war.”

Andy
- e-mail: Swindon@stopwar.org.uk
- Homepage: http://freespace.virgin.net/swindon.stopwar/

Download this article in pdf format >>

Email this article to someone >>

Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>

Comments

Display the following comment

  1. proud of swindon — Pearl

Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Server Appeal

West Country Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
Indymedia
Migration
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

West Country Actions 2007

West Country Actions 2006

April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
Art and Activism Caravan 2006
Climate Camp 2006
French CPE uprising 2006
G8 Russia 2006
Lebanon War 2006
March 18 Anti War Protest
Mayday 2006
Oaxaca Uprising
Refugee Week 2006
Rossport Solidarity
Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
WSF 2006

West Country Actions 2005

DSEi 2005
G8 2005
WTO Hong Kong 2005

West Country Actions 2004

European Social Forum
FBI Server Seizure
May Day 2004
Venezuela

West Country Actions 2003

Bush 2003
DSEi 2003
Evian G8
May Day 2003
No War F15
Saloniki Prisoner Support
Thessaloniki EU
WSIS 2003

Languages

english

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech