Vesna Manojlovic on Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:27:12 +0200 (CEST) |
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Syndicate: Candle vigils Amsterdam |
Dear friends On 29 March 1999, on Dam square (main square in Amsterdam), about 30 people came to the candle vigil organised by ABC Basisgroep Amsterdam. The protest had four demands: - stop to NATO bombings - stop the violence against the inhabitants of Kosov@ - introduction of International Peace Brigades in the region - peace on the Balkans Copies of WRI statement were distributed. People who attended the demonstration were mostly activists or friends from several different countries (the Netherlands, UK, France, Norway, etc) Unfortunatelly, on the first day we only had banners in Dutch, but it was agreed to translate them in English and few other languages. Dam is in the very centre of Amsterdam, so many tourists pass there and it is easy to get their attention. It could happen that after we translate them to English, we attract more negative comments as well, since the general atmosphere in Netherlands is that "if you do not support strikes, then you support the violence in Kosov@". <STRONG> The vigils will continue daily from 19:00 - 20:00, as long as the war goes on. </STRONG> Vigils are also held in Entschede, and a small action was held in Sittard, in the south of the Netherlands this weekend. Two people climbed the roof of a summer stage in the main square, pasting posters all over it. An article appeared in the local newspaper. Lots of love Vesna http://www.xs4all.nl/~becha War Resisters International: http://www.gn.apc.org/warresisters/ ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- information: http://www.v2.nl/east/ mail archive: http://www.v2.nl/mail/v2east/current/ to unsubscribe send a message to <syndicate-request@aec.at> with the message in the body: unsubscribe your@email.adress