Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 02:49:56 +0000
From: bush_stole_election@fastmail.fm ("Mr.Liberal")
Subject: [azpeace] Fwd: [studentsnowar] Berlin greets Bush
To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com
On Tue, 21 May 2002 18:46:55 -0400, "Barry Stoller"
<bstoller@utopia2000.org> said:
>
> CNN (with additional material by Reuters and BBC). 21 May 2002. Germany
> braces for Bush protests.
>
> BERLIN, Germany -- Tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully
> through eastern Berlin on Tuesday, the eve of Bush's visit, chanting
> "Yankee go home" and waving banners reading "No blood for oil" and "Axis
> of Evil runs through the Pentagon."
>
> Up to 100 protests are planned across the country during Bush's 20-hour
> visit which begins on Wednesday evening, marking a turnaround in
> European public opinion from shocked sympathy after the September 11
> attacks to anger over perceived U.S. warmongering and protectionism.
>
> In what could be a taste of more to come, the ecologist Greens, junior
> partners in government, were forced to break off a rally in the city
> center Tuesday after one demonstrator stormed the stage and others
> heckled those on the podium.
>
> The rally was intended to criticize U.S. policies, but protesters
> accused Greens leaders of selling out their principles in government,
> shouting "You are traitors," "Green is War" and "Hypocrites." Greens
> co-leader Claudia Roth was doused with lemonade.
>
> Issues that have sparked European criticism of Washington have included
> perceived U.S. indulgence for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
> military crackdown on the Palestinians, despite calls by Bush for Sharon
> to pull back.
>
> Other issues are U.S. talk of military action to overthrow Iraqi
> President Saddam Hussein, regardless of allied fears, and the imposition
> of punitive tariffs on imported steel in March despite European
> protests.
>
> Protesters carried placards reading "Pretzels instead of bombs" and "War
> is terror" and "Stop th global Bush fire."
>
> "We're not against America -- I have many friends there. We're against
> the warmonger Bush," protester Ralf Rippel told Reuters news agency.
>
> His colleague Gerhard Kreissig said: "Bush should be put in front of a
> war crimes tribunal."
>
> Calling themselves an "Axis of Peace," the protesters say their
> demonstration will be non-violent and include about 200 organisations,
> including peace activists, anti-globalisation protesters, and human
> rights groups.
>
> The "Axis of Peace" said in a statement: "The right to self-defence that
> the U.S. government claimed after Sept. 11 has long turned into a
> pretext for waging war."
>
> Police said tens of thousands took part, while organizers claimed a
> turnout of more than 100,000.
>
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> Barry Stoller
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews
> with photos of the demo
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