Where Were YOU On February 15, 2003

Where Were YOU On February 15, 2003

By Mike Ferner

12 February, 2013
Countercurrents.org

On that day, for the first time in human history , people of every nation on earth said “NO” to a war before it began .

By the 10's of millions, starting in New Zealand and Australia and sweeping westward over the globe for 24 hours, people poured into streets and public places to shout with one voice, “NO WAR ON IRAQ!”

In the face of this overwhelming, universal cry for peace, the US and UK repeatedly lied and invaded Iraq, which says all that needs saying about the supposed “democracies” we live in. Even the staid New York Times was moved to admit that “there may still be two superpowers on the planet : the United States and world public opinion.”

If you were part of that earth-shaking cry for peace, you can remember the exquisite, breathtaking feeling of being part of something our species had never done before.

As long as we remember the power we exercised on that day it will be ours to use whenever we call it forward, as the Occupy movement did most recently.

Here are some images to remind us of what we accomplished when we united on February 15, 2003 . see more images from around the world