Democracy Now!
Mon, Feb 17, 2003
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9:00-9:01:30 Billboard:
Headlines: The World Says No to War! Rome2 million
people; London, Madrid, Barcelonaover a million each;
Berlin and New York City half a million; Melbourne, Sydney
and Francehundreds of thousands; and hundreds of other
protests around the world
“Listen to the voice of the people, for many times
the voice of the people is the voice of God!” South
African Archbishop Desmond Tutu entreats George Bush before
hundreds of thousands in New York City
“We stand here because our right to dissent and our
right to be participants in a true democracy has been hijacked
by an administration of liars and murderers, who curse us
because we stand in the way of their tyranny, who curse us
because we stand in the way of their unholy and brutal agenda,
an administration whose villainy and greed is insatiable.
We stand at this threshold of history, and say to them, not
in our names, not in our names!” Actor Danny Glover;
Harry Belafonte and Angela Davis also addressed the crowd
UN breaks into unprecedented applause for French Foreign
Minister’s anti-war address: We hear Dominique de Villepin
and chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix
9:01:30-9:08 Headlines: THE WORLD SAYS NO TO WAR! ROME2
MILLION PEOPLE; LONDON, MADRID, BARCELONAOVER 1 MILLION
EACH; BERLIN AND NEW YORK CITY HALF A MILLION; MELBOURNE,
SYDNEY AND FRANCE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS; AND HUNDREDS
OF OTHER PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD
Tens of millions of people took to the streets over the
weekend in some 600 cities around the world. They marched
and rallied and demonstrated to protest the Bush Administration’s
plans to attack on Iraq.
In New York City, organizers say half a million rallied.
In San Francisco, a quarter of a million marched.
London, Madrid, and Barcelona each saw over a million people
march; organizers say over three million marched in Rome.
The London Guardian is reporting Italian state television
did not broadcast the protest live because it would put "undue
pressure on politicians."
Hundreds of other protests were held spread across every
continent in the world. Sites included Australia, Johannesburg,
Tel Aviv, Syria, Tokyo, Bangladesh, South Korea, Hong Kong,
Thailand, Puerto Rico, Brazil, East Timor, India, and even
the South Pole.
We recorded these live reports from around the world:
Tape: The World Says No To War! reports from around the
globe, Feb. 15-16, 2003: London, Melbourne, Rome, Berlin,
Paris, Madrid, and Arundhati Roy in India
9:08-9:09 One-Minute Music Break: Richie Havens singing
‘Freedom.’ Havens opened the massive anti-war
rally in New York City on Feb. 15, 2003 with this song.
9:09-9:20 “LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, FOR
MANY TIMES THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF GOD!”
SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU ENTREATS GEORGE BUSH
BEFORE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN NEW YORK CITY
Hundreds of thousands of people protested here in New York
City on Saturday.
It is impossible to know the exact number. The city denied
organizers a permit to march all together, and police pinned
demonstrators along side streets, preventing them from coming
together at the stationary rally site near the United Nations.
So unknown hundreds of thousands stretched north from the
stage along First Avenue, and hundreds of thousands more were
forced to march along Second and Third Avenues.
New York ‘Newsday’ columnist Jimmy Breslin writes:“Looking
down Third Avenue and Second Avenue, as the crowds came up
to try to get to the rear of the great crowd on First Avenue,
and then peering as far down First Avenue as you could see,
the size of throngs caused you to tell yourself, "maybe
a million.” Whatever it was, out on the street it felt
like a million, and it was glorious. A news photographer I
know came along. "I've been everyplace. I have to say
a million.” Because of the Police Department's reprehensible
pens, the crowd was separated so that there was not one clear
picture of an enormous group that would cause politicians
here to faint.”
(The Police Department is currently estimating only a hundred
thousand turned out. But protest organizers say the police
told them throughout the rally that the numbers were at least
half a million. Organizers say there were between half a million
and a million people there.)
Throughout the day, people broke through the barricades
and took over the streets. Police arrested at least 250.
We’ll now go to the voices from Saturday’s protest.
We begin with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is internationally renowned for
his non-violent campaign against the apartheid government
of South Africa.
The son of a schoolteacher and a domestic worker, Tutu became
the first black General Secretary of the South African Council
of Churches in 1978. In the 1980s, he was one of the leading
spokesmen for non-violent resistance to apartheid. Archbishop
Tutu led a campaign for an international boycott on South
African goods, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the
divestment campaign in 1984.
Tutu was elected Bishop of Johannesburg in 1985 and the
Archbishop of Cape Town a year later. He retired from that
office in 1996, but was immediately named Archbishop Emeritus.
In 1995, then-President Nelson Mandela appointed Tutu to
chair South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Archbishop Tutu is the author of ‘Crying in the Wilderness’
and ‘The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful
Revolution’
Tape: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former archbishop of Cape
Town, speaking in New York City on February 15, 2003.
9:20-9:21 One Minute Music Break: Holly Near sings to the
crowd in NYC
9:21-9:40 SINGER HARRY BELAFONTE , DANNY GLOVER ,AND ACTIVIST
ANGELA DAVIS SPEAK TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN NYC
Singer Harry Belafonte and actor Danny Glover also addressed
the crowd, as well as activist Angela Davis.
Tape: Harry Belafonte, singer, speaking in New York City
on February 15, 2003.
Tape: Harry Belafonte, singer, talking about Secretary of
State General Colin Powell, in an interview with Amy Goodman
and Pacifica Radio’s Verna Avery Brown
Tape: Angela Davis, speaking in New York City on February
15, 2003.
Tape: Danny Glover, actor and activist, speaking in New
York City on February 15, 2003
9:40-9:41 One Minute Music Break: the group ‘Betty’
sings to the crowd in NYC
9:41-9:58 UN BREAKS INTO UNPRECEDENTED APPLAUSE FOR FRENCH
FOREIGN MINISTER’S ANTI-WAR ADDRESS: WE HEAR DOMINIQUE
DE VILLEPIN AND CHIEF UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR HANS BLIX
On the day before the worldwide protests, chief UN weapons
inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei went before the
United Nations Security Council to announce no weapons of
mass destruction had been found in Iraq. Blix cast doubt on
evidence provided to the UN by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
And ElBaradei called for increased inspections. Their report
was followed by an impassioned anti-war address by French
Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. When Villepin finished
his remarks before the Security Council, the gallery burst
into spontaneous applause, an unprecedented event at the UN.
Tape: Hans Blix, chief UN inspector for biological and chemical
weapons, recorded at the United Nations on Feb. 14, 2003
Tape: Dominique de Villepin, French Foreign Minister, recorded
at the United Nations on Feb. 14, 2003
Tape: Phyllis Bennis, senior analyst at the Institute for
Policy Studies, recorded at the New York anti-war rally on
Feb. 15, 2003
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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