A-Infos (en) Freedom 6404 22 Feb, 2003 - Making the point

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Worthing
Around 320 people marched through the town centre 
on 8th February to protest against the prospect of war 
on Iraq. The event was organised by Worthing Against 
War, a new group that was only set up in January. The 
turnout vastly exceeded the group's expectations. A 
representative said, "the response has been 
phenomenal. We realised that opinion in Worthing was 
thoroughly against the war, but we didn't realise just 
how strongly felt the opposition was. We spoke to 
several people who said they'd never taken part in a 
demonstration in their lives before this."

Local people from all walks of life and of all ages 
joined the colourful protest, which began with a rally in 
Montague Place. Shoppers gathered to listen as 
speakers from the group dismissed the case for war put 
forward by Tony Blair and George Bush. Worthing 
people were urged to travel to London for the anti-war 
march on 15th February, and in the event many of 
them did so. But they were also urged to continue the 
struggle against war in whatever way they could in 
their everyday lives.

Following forty minutes of speeches and songs, the 
protesters headed along Montague Street and South 
Street to the War Memorial in Chapel Road, with 
chants of 'peace, not war' ringing out. At the memorial, 
a wreath was laid in honour of all those who've died in 
past wars and of those who'll die in future wars - 
including the half million men, women and children 
the United Nations has estimated will die if Iraq is 
attacked.

Worthing Against War
The next group meeting is at 7.45pm on Tuesday 4th 
March at the Downview pub in Tarring Road.

London
Six activists chained themselves to the gates of 
Downing Street on a Valentine's Day protest. After 
they'd put their arms through the railings, they locked 
themselves on to a pink metal heart. Firefighters who 
were called to cut them free insisted they weren't a 
danger to anyone and went away again. One protester, 
Kathryn Tulip, said "we're trying to send a message to 
Tony Blair. He should stop his love affair with George 
Bush".


West Sussex
There was also a Valentine's Day protest in Brighton, 
when activists from Sussex Action for Peace gathered 
outside the Churchill Square shopping centre to give 
out hand-made hearts with the message, 'make love 
not war'.

Manchester
An impromptu peace vigil in the city centre attracted 
over 2,000 people.

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