WORLD WIDE PROTESTS

check: Indymedia

AP: By Associated Press, 3/21/2003 00:47

MONTREAL (AP) Fans booed during the playing of the U.S. national anthem before the New York Islanders' 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

The sellout crowd of 21,273 at Bell Centre was asked to ''show your support and respect for two great nations'' before the singing of the American and Canadian national anthems.

But a significant portion of the crowd booed throughout ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' in an apparent display of their displeasure with the U.S.-led war against Iraq. More than 200,000 people turned out for an anti-war demonstration in Montreal last Saturday.

''I'm sure there are a lot of people against the war, but some things people can't control,'' said New York's Alexei Yashin, who is from Russia. ''They were probably showing what they feel about it.''


SF:
the sf.indymedia.org website is down while over 1000 people there have been arrested.
A crackdown on dissent results in over 1000 arrests, the most in the city in 22 years.
The San Francisco Indymedia website is offline at 10:10 PM Pacific Time, March 20th.
Other actions and arrests occur throughout the world.

Los Angeles:
Use of Force Against Anti-War Protest Investigated
Larry Wheeler
KTLA-TV Newswriter

March 20, 2003, 7:00 AM PST
WESTWOOD -- About 40 demonstrators have been taken into custody for blocking Wilshire Boulevard.
According to Los Angeles Police, 500 people took part in the protest at one point.
The protestors were mainly high school and college students, who marched along Wilshire Boulevard from Brentwood about 1:00 p.m. (PST) Wednesday.
Officers had to use batons on a few people to keep the street clear, near the Federal Building. The police department has launched an investigation to see if excessive force was used, a claim made by some of the students.
By 10:00 p.m. (PST) Wednesday about 180 protestors, remained and no further arrests had been made.

Tagesanzeiger: Empörung über den Irak-Krieg
Die Kommentatoren der Schweizer Zeitungen kritisieren den von der Uno nicht mandatierten US-Angriff auf Irak mit teilweise scharfen Formulierungen. Die Hegemonialmacht schaffe mehr Unsicherheit in der Welt, lautet der Tenor.

Tagesanzeiger: US-Polizei verhaftet Kriegsgegner
Bei Anti-Kriegs-Protesten hat die Polizei in der US-Metropole San Francisco mehr als 1300 Menschen festgenommen

Guardian: Thousands take to the streets in protest as war begins

Ny Times: Protesters Across the Nation Try to 'Stop Business as Usual'