[Peace-discuss] Fwd: cape town antiwar march report back

[Alfred Kagan]

The ant-war News from Cape Town.

>From: "William G. Martin" <wgmartin at mweb.co.za>
>To: "Jim Cason" <jcason at mindspring.com>
>Subject: cape town antiwar march report back
>Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 21:20:04 +0200
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>Anti-War Coalition March, 5 April 2000 Cape Town
>
>This week’s march started as last week:  at 10 am. in District Six, headed
>for the US consulate in the central business district.  The march’s route
>was different, however, stopping at the locked and guarded doors of
>Parliament, where speeches against the war by the Anti-War Coalition’s main
>partners took place.  Prominently missing was COSATU, which refused to
>endorse and participate in a march whose main demand, this week, was the
>stopping  of South African arms sales to US and UK military forces.  While
>AWC spokespersons have been careful to state that the march is not
>anti-government, as its detractors claim, clearly these demands were too
>harsh for the ANC and Alliance supporters.  The march closed in front of the
>US consulate, with short speeches from a wider group of sponsors, including
>the Anti-Privatisation Forum.  Estimates of the crowd ranged from 5,000 to
>7,000 persons (larger than the Johannesburg march apparently, if one
>believes press reports of about 2-3,000 for Johannesburg).
>
>The demands this week mirrored those of last week as i reported then. The 24
>hour, 7 days a week vigil outside the consulate has been maintained this
>past week.  pictures are coming soon, if you want them let me know.
>
>Bill
>
>ps: i did a couple of radio interviews during the march, i haven't heard if
>they made the airwaves.  i'll probably schedule something formal soon on
>local progressive stations (labor/bush radio services).


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