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Media Alert: Global Day of Action against Wars & Occupations

Issued by the Anti-War Coalition, Johannesburg

The 20th March 2004 will mark a year since the United States of America and its allies declared war on Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world will be demonstrating on this day against the continued exploitation and harassment of peoples by the United States of America and big corporations, in whose interests the USA works.

In South Africa, this war is felt not only in solidarity with the people of Iraq, but also in the everyday lives of poor people struggling to live decent lives in the wake of privatisation, as well as in solidarity with those struggling against injustices all over the world, especially in Africa, where the struggle over control of various resources has resulted in wars that have wiped out entire communities and made the lives of ordinary people increasingly difficult. Furthermore, a number of South Africans have been fuelling these wars in Africa by acting as soldiers of fortune in these conflicts.

In Johannesburg, the Anti-War Coalition (AWC) will be joining masses of people across the world by holding a march against wars and occupations and a "Festival of life against wars and occupation".

March Against Wars & Occupations
Saturday, 20th March 2004
Assembling at 11am
Library Gardens, Johannesburg city centre
To march to the Workers Library and Museum Complex, Newtown

The march will be followed by a festival, including an exhibition of photographs and representations of wars and occupations; film screenings; poetry and live music. Two new video documentaries will be launched: Fourth World War (made in New York), and Life & Debt (made in Jamaica).

Festival of Life Against Wars & Occupations
20th March 2004
Starting at 2pm, after the march
Workers' Library Complex, Newtown

For further information or interviews, contact:
Prishani - 073 541 8172
Makhoma - 082 682 9177