Lots happening today in response to the War on Gaza.
Pardon my French. Subtlety Has Never Been My Forte.
Sweden, Milan, Tel Aviv, Norway, Canada, Turkey,London, Germany, France, Australia.. more below the fold..
look what's up inNorway:
Norway has been the site of a flurry of Palestine solidarity activism and BDS initiatives over the past week, as tens of thousand of people have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Oslo, and major trade unions are mobilizing in support of a comprehensive boycott and divestment campaign.
Demonstrations have now been held in at least 28 cities:
Oslo, Stavanger, Sandnes, Fredrikstad, Trondheim, Hamar, Sortland, Namsos,
Arendal, Norheimsund, Mosjøen, Bergen, Sarpsborg, Tønsberg, Harstad, Tromsø,
Kristiansand, Notodden, Vadsø, Mo i Rana, Alta, Kirkenes, Røros, Volda,
Halden, Gjøvik, Lillehammer, Selbu.
The numbers of participants have never been bigger.
Union activities:
POLITICAL STRIKE: Thursday ALL trains in the whole of Norway, and all trams
and subways in Oslo, will stand still for two minutes as a result of a
political strike organized by the Norwegian Locomotive Union and the Oslo
Tram Workers Union in protest of the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
A large selection of Norwegian trade unions and organizations has endorsed a
new campaign for the withdrawal of all State investments in Israel. The call
is endorsed by so far 6 of the largest national trade unions.
as an aside, Norway has been on my radar for awhile since the UN humanitarian wing doctors were the first to report the signs of white phosphorus on victims ..but that's another story..
Sweden!
12 000 (minst) demonstrerade i Stockholm
(IOW, it is in Swedish BUT THE 10 PHOTOS ARE AWESOME!)
Tel-Aviv! :
http://zope.gush-shalom.org/...
(this link opened for me one hr ago when i linked it to several other sites, now it won't..hmm)
Gush Shalom in Action Tel-Aviv MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE WAR + continuing protest
At the same time as Ehud Barak was ordering the army to start the bloody ground offensive against Gaza, some ten thousand protesters from all over Israel marched in Tel-Aviv in a massive demonstration against the war. All four lanes of Ibn Gvirol St., one of the city's main throughfares, were packed full of demonstrators who marched the two kilometres from the Rabin Square to the Cinemateque, chanting and waving banners all the way.
"One does not build an election campaign over the dead bodies of children!" shouted the protesters in Hebrew rhymes. "Orphans and widows are not election propaganda!", "Olmert, Livni and Barak – war is no game!"’ "All cabinet ministers are war criminals!!" Barak, Barak, don’t worry – we shall meet you in The Hague!", "Enough, enough – speak with Hamas!"
VOA
In London, protesters massed outside the Israeli Embassy, waving Palestinian flags and calling for an immediate end to Israel's military strikes on Gaza. The demonstrators - British Muslims, members of left-leaning political groups, and students, among others - held up huge banners condemning the attacks as a crime against humanity.
In France, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Paris. Protests were also held in smaller cities around the country.
In the German city of Duisburg, an estimated 10-thousand people marched through the streets to call for a lifting of the blockade and for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza. The protest was peaceful, although several demonstrators did throw snowballs at an Israeli flag.
Protests were also held in the German capital, Berlin.
Turkey (via LAtimes)
Thousands protested in Ankara, the capital, outside an arena where visiting the Israeli basketball team, Bnei Hasharon, was warming up to play Turk Telekom.
Indoors, the mood was red-hot with crowds chanting slogans against Israel and supporting Hamas.
Although police were present, things didn't cool down, and when fans threatened to charge the court, the Israeli team retreated and took cover in the locker rooms for three hours before being safely extricated.
At 3 a.m., the team was escorted by armed policemen from its hotel to the airport, where police continued to chaperon the players until boarding. Upon returning to Israel, the team said that the general mood had been less than friendly from the start, but that protesters in the arena had "murder in their eyes" and that they feared for their lives. They called the event "a Turkish nightmare." The Union of European Leagues of Basketball intends to penalize the Israeli team with a technical loss for refusing to play after the mess had been contained.
Australia
"The shame in all this is that the world community stands idly by watching," he said.
"Now when you see that and you reflect on that, are we not part of this world community?
Milan!
Over 10,000 people demonstrated in Milan, Italy, against the attacks on Gaza by Israel army.
Gaza protests draw thousands across Canada
TORONTO — Thousands of people, some using stark visual images to illustrate their outrage, demanded that Canada not take sides in the ongoing Middle East conflict in pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country Saturday.
signing off for the night. i heard 100,000 protested in barcelona.
hat tip to bea..