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March 19th 2005: Anti-war actions in two places in Iceland
by Open-Publishing - Monday 21 March 2005Edito Demos-Actions Wars and conflicts International
There were 50-60 people on a meeting in the small town of Akureyri in the
northern part of Iceland.
In Reykjavik, the capital, some 800 people were in the demonstration. First
there was a meeting were the people got a peace of paper with the name of a
victim of the war, in all 730 names, one for each day since the invasion,
and then they nailed it on a black banner that was brought to the government
building (Iceland is one of the willing states) were some young people had
an symbolic performance.
We were quite satisfied with the demonstrations. There were not as many
people as in Januray 18th and February 15th 2003, but of course the
situation was different then. Then we got the support of some trade unions
and had small demonstrations every week so people were more prepared to go
out to the streets.
Photos from Reykjavik:
http://flickr.com/photos/einarolafsson