Thursday, March 17, 2005

March 19th and 20th protests

Posted by Sima Shakhsari*

Here is the list of actions for March 19th and 20th (anniversay of the U.S. military attack on Iraq). If you have other information, please post it in the comments section.

1. Reza Nasri has suggested that on March 19th, the anniversary of the nationalization of Iran's Oil industry, we change our blog names to "Hands OFF Iran". See his post here.

2. I have listed almost all the protests in the U.S.

3. Sibestaanak has posted information about the protests in the U.K.

4. Iranians Against Military Intervention And Occupation will gather at Dolores Park in San Francisco at 11 am on Saturday. Look for their signs if you want to join the Iranian-American contingent.

5. Join Action Iran at the Stop The War Coalition national demo on March 19th in London. They are meeting at Midday on speaker’s corner in Hyde Park under the Action Iran banner. Or contact them at actioniran@hotmail.co.uk.

* Sima Shakhsari is a Ph.D. Candidate at Stanford University and teaches at SFSU.