Brighton protests gain in support
Joel Kenrick | 29.09.2001 18:44
This follows a packed special meeting where speakers from countries including Palestine, Pakistan, and the USA almost unanimously spoke of their horror at the attacks in the states but also their total rejection of a military 'solution' to the crisis. During the discussions speakers spoke passionately about not just the terrorist attacks in the States but also the attacks by the Israeli state on Palestinians and the continued bombing of Iraq. Almost all speakers felt that US foreign policy had to change yet few had faith in the Bush administration to make the right decisions.
Opening the debate was a speaker with an apartment just minutes away from the WTC who had known people killed by the attack. Yet he spoke of his horror of what the American Government might now do in his name and said that the world had not changed - that would only come when the USA bombs Afghanistan not with bombs but with food and medical parcels.
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