Pictures of Anti-War Protests from around the World
Compiled by the Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
Feb. 15, 2003: 11 Million Rally Against War
March 20, 2003: Millions, Again!
San Francisco, March 19, 2005
Rome, Italy, March 19, 2005
Bombay, India, March 19, 2005
London, UK, March 19, 2005
Mexico City, March 19, 2005
Ankara, Turkey, March 19, 2005
Halifax, Canada, November 2004
Memorial for the Dead at New York's Union Square: The father of Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar tells a young boy that he sheds tears every night for his son.. Photo: Joshua Weiner, 9/1/04
A group carrying what was described as 1,000 coffins representing U.S. dead in Iraq marches past Madison Square Garden during the anti-Bush march organized by United for Peace and Justice in New York Sunday, August 29, 2004, on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
DNC2RNC March from Boston to New York is completed on August 26, 2004, with their ranks swollen to over 1,500 marchers in mid-town Manhattan. The reason for the march, according to the DNC2RNC, is that, "rather than representing the interests of the people, both Democrats and Republicans choose to build systems of violent exploitation." The march bridged the DNC protests in July with the upcoming RNC protests, and called attention to the overwhelming similarities between the Democrats and the Republicans.
Shiite Men enroute from Baghdad to Najaf joining thousands of civilians seeking to nonviolently end the U.S. attack on Najaf. (74 Killed as Iraq's Sistani Tries to 'Save' Najaf -- Agence France Presse, 8/26/04)
Protesters throw fake money around during a demonstration outside the Houston hotel where Halliburton Co. was holding its annual stockholders meeting Wednesday, May 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
US troops watch Iraqis marching towards the flashpoint town of Fallujah. Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslim sympathizers [nonviolently] forced their way through US military roadblocks in a bid to bring aid from the capital to the besieged Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah, April 8, 2004. (AFP/Karim Sahib)
March 20, 2004. Again, a year after the start of the war, millions worldwide take to the streets against the occupation of Iraq. In Rome, more than 300,000 people.
People bearing torches form a giant peace sign on Budapest's Hero's Square on Saturday March 20, 2004. 30 civil organizations planned the peace event to protest against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Baghdad, Occupied Iraq, March 20, 2004
Barcelona, Spain, March 20, 2004
Thousands of anti-war protesters march up Sixth Avenue in New York, March 20, 2004. Anti-war protests are taking place in many cities around the world on the anniversary of U.S.-led war in Iraq. REUTERS/Chip East
The scene at St Stephen's Tower, known as Big Ben, at London's House of Commons Saturday March 20, 2004, where two Greenpeace antiwar demonstrators scaled the tower. A large antiwar march in London was scheduled for later in the day. (Photo/ Michael Stephens/PA)
2000+ Iraq war protesters in downtown Denver on Saturday, March 20, 2004, included Vietnam veteran Charles Ellison, center, who placed a flower at the Tomb of the Unknown at 19th and California streets. Photo: Post / Hyoung Chang
Marchers line up outside the north gate of Dover Air Force Base, Sunday, March 14, 2004, in Dover, Del. Marchers gathered to honor those killed and wounded in Iraq. The group planned to form a funeral procession to Baltimore on Sunday night, then march from Walter Reed Hospital in Washington to the White House on Monday.
Billionaires for Bush Makes an 'Appearance' in NYC -- Michael Slackman & Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 2/19/04
Anti-globalisation activists stage a huge march through the streets of Bombay at the end of the 2004 World Social Forum (January 21, 2004). Punching their fists in the air, the screaming protesters vented their fury against the war in Iraq with slogans such as "No war, George Bush terrorist" and placards saying "US/UK troops out of Iraq now" and "Bush, Blair Butchers". (AFP/Sebastian D'Souza)
Anti-Bush protesters topple a statue of US President George W. Bush during a protest organized by the 'Stop the War' coalition in London. The coalition is protesting the state visit of Bush to Britain and the war in Iraq. (AFP/Eva-Lotta Jansson)
Trafalgar affair : Anti-Bush protesters cheer after a statue of US President George W. Bush was toppled during a 'Stop Bush' protest organized by the Stop the War coalition in Trafalgar Square, London. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
A protester wearing a mask of President Bush, left, points a toy rifle at another demonstrator depicting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during a demonstration in central Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday Nov.19, 2003, against the state visit to Britain of President Bush. (Photo/Maurice McDonald-pa)
Thousands rallied in Washington on Saturday to protest against U.S. policy in Iraq, October 25, 2003.
Anti-war protesters march down Jones Street in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003.
Protesters hang a large banner from the window of a downtown office building, during an anti-war demonstration in Washington, October 25, 2003. Thousands rallied in Washington on Saturday to protest against U.S. policy in Iraq, the first major demonstration since President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat in the war on Iraq. REUTERS/Gregg Newton
Australian police officers carry away a protestor as others try to control a crowd of hundreds as they were protesting against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit outside the United States embassy in the capital of Canberra on October 23, 2003. Bush earlier met with Prime Minister John Howard and addressed a joint sitting of the two houses in parliament. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
London: 27 September 2003 - National Demonstration calling for No More War Lies, End the Occupation of Iraq, Freedom for Palestine (Photo: Andy Laithwaite, 2003)
More than 10,000 anti-war protesters march through the streets of London, Saturday Sept. 27, 2003, as part of the first major demonstration against the Iraq conflict since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.
A protester holds a photo of a woman and a child of Iraq during a march through Tokyo streets, demanding withdrawal of the U.S.-led coalition forces from Iraq and opposing planned dispatch of Japanese troops to the country Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003 as a part of world-wide peace demonstrations scheduled for the day. About 2,000 people took part in the Tokyo demonstration, the organizer said.
Turkish protesters shout slogans against U.S. and Israel as they march through central Ankara September 27, 2003. Nearly five thousand protesters including Islamists and leftists gathered to rally in Istanbul and Ankara on Saturday to protest against government's possible decision to send troops in Iraq, and they shouted slogans in support of Palestinians against Israel. Banners read in Turkish as ' Long Live Global Intifada.'
Protesters hold parts of a fake wall, symbolizing the apartheid wall built by Israel, as they march in Paris to support Palestinians, to condemn the U.S-led occupation in Iraq and for peace in Middle East, Saturday Sept. 27, 2003.
A group of Filipino children holds placards while shouting 'We want Peace, not war' during a protest at a Manila park September 21, 2003. The group protested against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush on October 18 en route to the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in Thailand.
Protesters interrupt during a speech given by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, September 10, 2003.
Maine Protesters Blockade General Dynamics in Tax Day Protest, 4/16/03.
10,000+ protest US War/Occupation of Iraq, Washington DC, 4/12/03.
1/2 million protest US War, Rome, Italy, 4/12/03.
Barcelona, Spain, 4/12/03.
Seville, Spain, 4/12/03.
Virginia senators' offices taken over by activists, nine arrested, 4/10/03.
Spanish journalists stand behind their cameras as they stage a protest April 9, 2003, in front of Madrid's U.S. embassy against the killing of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, 37, from Spain's Telecinco television network. A U.S. tank fired on a Baghdad hotel packed with foreign journalists, killing two cameramen, and prompting an outcry from media watchdog groups demanding an investigation. Cameramen from Reuters and Spanish television died and three other Reuters staff were wounded in the shelling on Tuesday, soon after a journalist from al-Jazeera was killed in what the Arab television channel called a U.S. air strike on its office. Banner reads 'Couso, they hit us all.' REUTERS/Andrea Comas
A rally of at least 1,500 Colombians, including schoolchildren, ended with police firing teargas and rubber bullets, 3/27/03.
The depth of feeling is reflected by an anti-war and anti-US placard during a demonstration in Iran, 3/28/03.
Women of the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, March 22, 2003. Hundreds of demonstrators participated in a rally against the war in Iraq in front of the U.S.Embassy. REUTERS/Jamil Bittar
250,000 March in New York City Against US Invasion of Iraq, March 23, 2003. Mourning Palestinians killed by Israeli Military. photo by Diane Greene Lent, New York City IndyMedia
250,000 March in New York City Against US Invasion of Iraq, March 23, 2003. First Aid administered after Police Pepper Spray. photo by: leica@safe-mail.net. New York City IndyMedia
250,000 March in New York City Against US Invasion of Iraq, March 23, 2003.Photo by Fred Askew, New York City IndyMedia
Director Michael Moore is seen wearing an anti-Iraqi war pin at the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, March 22, 2003. Moore accepted the award for best documentary for the film 'Bowling for Columbine.' Hollywood launched a another strike against the Iraqi war during Saturday's politically awards ceremony that could serve as a prelude for even more fireworks at the Academy Awards the next evening. In a star-studded luncheon at the Independent Spirit Awards, the arthouse movie industry's version of the Oscars, celebrities blasted President George W. Bush and the American-led war against Iraq. Photo by Molly Riley/Reuters
Corbin Harney, a Western Shoshone tribal leader, right, with drum, leads a sunrise prayer for peace in the California desert near Tecopa, Calif., about 90 miles SW of Las Vegas, Sunday, March 23, 2003. About 70 people opposed to the war in Iraq, gathered at the remote site to pray for peace.
San Francisco shut down by massive direct action, March 22, 2003
Anti-war demonstators stop traffic as they march down Market Street in downtown San Francisco, March 21, 2003. Arrests of protesters continued on the second day of widespred protests against the war on Iraq. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis
Anti-war protesters lie down in the intersection of H and 16th Streets, northwest, and block traffic before being arrested by police during a demonstration near the White House in Washington, March 21, 2003. Police made several dozen arrests as protesters disrupted traffic in Washington while major U.S. led airstrikes hit downtown Baghdad in Iraq. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
German police carry away an anti-war protester in front of the U.S. airbase near Frankfurt March 15, 2003. Police said a few hundred protesters had blocked the entry of the airbase for several hours to protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler
Actor Martin Sheen (C) is joined by anti-war activists Fr. William O'Donnell (third from left) and Dr. Davida Coady (second from right) as they head a march of demonstrators protesting the Bush Administration's threatened war on Iraq (news - web sites) in San Francisco on March 15, 2003. Tens of thousands of protestors joined the anti-war march and rally. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis
Spanish girls shout and hold protest banners during a march against a U.S.-led war against Iraq in Malaga, March 15, 2003. Hundreds of thousands of protesters worldwide took to the streets to say 'No' to any U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the biggest anti-war demonstration since millions joined a global march for peace last month. (Rafael Marchante/Reuters)
Iraqi Mothers Grieve. Protesters Shut Down Stock Exchange, Blockade Bush & Market -- San Francisco IndyMedia , March 14, 2003
Protesters Shut Down Stock Exchange, Blockade Bush & Market -- San Francisco IndyMedia , March 14, 2003
CodePink Women's Peace Vigil has several thousand marching down 16th Street near Scott Circle Saturday, March 8, 2003 in Washington to protest the Bush administration's war plan on Iraq. The surprisingly balmy weather had several thousand people chanting and cheering at a rally before their planned march to the Ellipse just south of the White House. The event was organized by the group calling itself CodePink, the name a protest against the governments color-coded terror alert system
Chilean women dressed in black protest against a possible war on Iraq while they hold a poster that reads 'NO TO WAR' in downtown Santiago, Chile, Friday, March 7, 2003. Chile is a non-permanent member of the United Nations' Security Council (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)
On March 1, 2003, in the capital of Turkey, Ankara, a hundred thousand peace demonstrators protested against the US Iraq attack plans and the sympathetic position of the Turkish government. At the same hours the Turkish parliament was holding a closed meeting on a decision that would permit US soldiers to attack Iraq from Turkey. Photo: IndyMedia Turkey
Anti-war demonstrators block tracks in the station of Monselice, northern Italy, Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, trying to stop a train allegedly full of U.S. war material believed to be on its way to the U.S. military base of Camp Darby.
Copenhagen, 18 February, 2003 - Greenpeace activists hung a 5-metre square banner bearing a satirical cartoon from the roof of the Danish house of parliament, Christiansborg. "The banner is a serious request to Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to ensure that Denmark resigns from the small group of countries that unconditionally supports Bush's policy of applying war as soon as possible to get Iraq to fulfill Resolution 1441," says Mads Christensen of the Greenpeace disarmament campaign.
Over 200,000 protesters marched in San Francisco on Sunday, February 16, 2003
Anti-war protesters gathered in Times Square, 2/15/03. Photo by Lina Pallotta.
Actor Danny Glover speaks to 500,000+ Anti-War Protestors in NYC, 2/15/03. Photo by Diane Greene Lent
Anti-War Protestor in New York City's Grand Central Station, 2/15/03. Photo by Lourdes Delgado.
1 million+ march in London, UK, 2/15/03
1.5 million+ protest in Rome, Italy, 2/15/03.
NYC Police Attack Anti-War Protestors. 311 Arrested, Many Hospitalized, 2/15/03.
Feb. 14, 2003: At Least 150,000 Protest in Melbourne, Australia, Against Possible War with Iraq (AP)
Students display a placard during a rally against a possible war in Iraq at the Friedensplatz, or Peace Square, in the western German city of Dortmund on Friday, Feb. 14, 2003. A hundred thousands are expected in Berlin on Feb. 15 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Children shout slogans during an anti-war march which ended at the Foreign Office in Madrid, Spain Thursday Feb. 13, 2003. Sticker on banner reads 'No to the imperialist Aggression in Iraq'. Tens of thousands rallied in Madrid and Barcelona. (AP Photo/Paul White).
Anti-War Activists Block NYC Holland Tunnel, Form Human Chain During am Rush Hour -- Feb. 11th action of the Shirts Off Coalition
750 nude women form a heart around the words 'No War' on a hillside near the town of Byron bay, 700 kilometers (435 miles) north of Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003. The women said they wanted to send Prime Minister John Howard a message to recall Australian troops from the middle east. (AP Photo/Icon Images)
About 30 naked women lay down in the snow in Central Park forming the words 'No Bush' in an event described as a 'nude political action photo shoot' in New York on February 7, 2003. The protestors are opposed to U.S. President George Bush's policies and possible U.S. led war against Iraq. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
A Filipino woman clenches her fist while shouting anti-government slogans during a rally in Manila February 7, 2003. The protesters demanded that the United States resolve its dispute with Iraq through diplomacy instead of resorting to military action. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Irish Army Called in to Defend US War Planes from Protestors.
Another 5 go airside in Ploughshares action at Shannon Airport.
IndyMedia Ireland, February 3, 2003.
SPANISH ACTIVISTS TARGET GAS STATIONS
A group of peace activists tied together surround a British Petroleum (BP) petrol station in Barcelona, Spain to protest against the possible war and invasion of Iraq by the United States and Britain, February 4, 2003. 100 cities in the US participated in the action. REUTERS/Miquel Perales
Greenpeace members inflate a balloon emblazoned with a peace message outside Australia's Parliament House in Canberra February 4, 2003. Hundreds of anti-war protesters gathered in Canberra as Prime Minister John Howard began an emotional debate over the government's staunch support for the tough U.S. stance on Iraq. With a fresh opinion poll showing overwhelming opposition to Australian participation in a U.S.-led war on Iraq, Howard canceled regular debate as parliament returned from summer recess to explain his backing for Washington. (Graham Tidy, Canberra Times/Reuters)
Fifteen members of the American organization Women for Peace demonstrate in Baghdad against the war in Iraq, February 3, 2003 (Marwan Noamani, AFP).
Dozens of people block Fifth Avenue at Craig with a "Die-In," a human representation of the potential casualties in a U.S.-Iraq war. The Regional Convergence Against the War drew several thousand people to Oakland [PITTSBURGH] in sub-freezing weather to protest against a possible U.S.-Iraq conflict -- the largest anti-war crowd in Pittsburgh since the Vietnam War. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Anti-war protesters climb over a fence in Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington, January 19, 2003, as part of a march against the U.S. going to war with Iraq. Sixteen protesters were arrested for breaking through police lines. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
A Muslim Turkish woman joins some 2,000 Turks protesting a possible U.S. military operation against neighboring Iraq, in Ankara on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, hours before Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the U. S. Joint Chief of Staff, arrives for a meeting Monday with the head of Turkey's army, Gen. Hilmi Ozkok. The polls show that 80 percent of Turks are against a war in Iraq. The banner reads: 'No to war for freedom.'.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A woman carries a poster with a 'Bush wanted' slogan in an anti-war demonstration in central Brussels, January 19, 2003. Thousands of people around the world took part this week-end in protests to try to prevent a possible U.S conflict against Iraq. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Irish anti-war protesters occupy the roof of a building during an anti-war rally at Shannon Airport in southwest Ireland, January 18, 2003. Protesters opposed to a possibe war in Iraq took part in a demonstration at the airport today against the use of the civilian airport by U.S. military. REUTERS/Paul McErlane
Egyptian riot police and anti-war demonstrators face off Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters held banners reading, at top, 'Iraq .. Another war for oil and American supremacy,' and beneath it, one calling for the lifting of unjust U.N. sanctions against Iraq. The anti-war demonstration was one of many being held around the world Saturday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Pakistani peace activists hold a rally in Karachi, January 18, 2003. The anti-war committee, a group of various NGO's, organized the rally to protest against possible U.S. action against Iraq. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled San Francisco's Civic Center Park Saturday, January 18, 2003 Chronicle photo by Michael Macor
More pictures of San Francisco that day
Over 200 people from Colorado marched in Washington DC on January 18, 2003, under this banner from activists in Telluride, Colorado.
An estimated crowd of 500,000 marched in Washington DC on January 18, 2003 (ANSWER photo).
Crowds estimated at 80,000 fill the civic center of San Francisco, California on in an anti-war protest, January 18, 2003. Thousands marched on Washington and San Francisco and at smaller protests in Chicago and Tampa, Florida, in what organizers said was the largest showing of U.S. anti-war sentiment since President George W. Bush started making his case for attacking Iraq last year. REUTERS/Susan Ragan. More pictures of San Francisco that day
Dutch civil inspectors search for nuclear weapons at US Base, January 18, 2003
Left to right, Native American Floyd Red Crow Westerman, famed protest singer Joan Baez, actor Martin Sheen and Reverend Cecil Williams of the Glide Church join the anti-war protest in San Franciso on January 18, 2003. Hundreds of thousands of Americans opposed to waging war in Iraq rallied on Saturday in several cities demanding the White House back down and give U.N. weapons inspectors a chance. REUTERS/David Paul Morris
Anti-war protest in Scotland, as a British Army ship leaves to the Gulf sea (Reuters, Jan.13, 2003).
A protestor dressed in camouflage holds a sign reading 'Human Blood $1.09 per gallon' as he joins others during a march against a possible war with Iraq Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003, in Los Angeles. (Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Hundreds Are Detained After Visits to INS: Thousands protest arrests of Mideast boys and men who complied with order to register. Kami Fallan wears handcuffs during a demonstration that drew an estimated 3,000 to the Federal Building in Westwood. December 19, 2002.
UK Peace Campaigners Stage 'Non-violent Die-in' Against Iraq War, December 2, 2002
Peace marchers walk through downtown Sydney on November 30. About 15,000 demonstrators marched through Australia's largest city to protest possible pre-emptive military strikes against Iraq. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Anti-globalization activists shout slogans as they take part in a massive demonstration during the first European Social Forum in Florence, November 9, 2002. Tens of thousands of flag-waving, whistle-blowing protesters march through the streets of Florence to denounce a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq. Fired with anti-Americanism and angered by a tough new United Nations resolution on Iraq, well over 400,000 people from across Europe joined the demonstration, holding aloft a sea of rainbow-colored, multi-lingual banners. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Pakistan: Pakistanis are protesting against possible U.S. attacks on Iraq in Multan, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002. They chanted anti-US slogans and asked United Nations to intervene.
(Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
Filipino Muslims pray outside the U.S. embassy in Manila, November 6, 2002 during a protest rally to denounce a possible U.S. strike on Iraq. The protest marks the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines, the scene of recent bomb attacks blamed on Islamic radicals, which killed 14 people. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
October 26, 2002, 5000 people demonstrate in Zaragoza, Spain.
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