Chicago labor, clergy lead rally for peace
CHICAGO – More than 10,000 Chicagoans jammed Daley Center Plaza on March 16 in the largest peace demonstration here since the Vietnam War, to demand that the Bush administration allow United Nations weapons inspectors to complete the job of disarming Iraq rather than resorting to war.
European unions stop work to oppose war
Heeding a call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), millions stopped work at midday March 14, in a 15-minute protest against a possible attack on Iraq. Similar actions took place on other continents.
