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The global protest over the capitalist invasion of Iraq (2002– )
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- The history in general of legal mass struggle
- Particular states torn between popular and imperial demands mass struggle
- From Korea to Germany, Protests tell Bush: Don't attack Iraq
- By John Catalinotto, Workers World, 14 November 2002. The huge anti-war protests in the U.S. on Oct. 26 organized by the ANSWER coalition have added momentum to the worldwide movement against a U.S. attack on Iraq. Seoul. Berlin Conference. Civil disobedience in London. Demonstrations in India.
- Asian Peace Alliance Against US Plans to Attack Iraq
- APA Statement, 21 November 2003. The Asian Peace Alliance welcomes Saddam Hussein's acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 1441, which postpones the threat of the United States waging a war against Iraq. We condemn the US Government's intentions to start a war against Iraq and its attempt to use the Security Council to provide a cover for this war.
- In Europe and America, peace gets a chance
- By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Terri Judd, The Independent , 18 January 2003. The drift towards conflict may seem inexorable, but a celebrity-packed anti-war movement is finally gaining momentum. With the Iraq crisis throwing up so many different issues at once the burgeoning anti-war movement is setting itself no limits and throwing itself open to all-comers.
- A world against the war; Washington leads demos across globe; Blix heads for Iraq as threat of conflict grows; Blair tries to calm rebels
- By Andy McSmith, Political Editor, The Independent, 19 January 2003. In the biggest day of protest the world has yet seen against a war in Iraq, from Washington to Tokyo, Liverpool to Damascus. Tens of thousands joined protests in Washington, San Francisco and other cities, despite the near-unanimous support for war on Capitol Hill and in the US media.
- Far from fizzling out, the global justice movement is growing in numbers and maturity
- By George Monbiot, The Guardian, 28 January 2003. Mr Bush and Mr Blair might have a tougher fight than they anticipated. Not from Saddam Hussein perhaps, but from an anti-war movement that is beginning to look like nothing the world has seen before.