antiimperialistleague &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:antiimperialistleague News and Views from the People's Struggle Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:46:56 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png antiimperialistleague &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:antiimperialistleague Protest Shakes Belgium https://fightbacknews.org/yugo_bel?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Brussels, Belgium - Hundreds of people defied police in Brussels, Belgium on April 3, and demonstrated against the U.S./NATO war against Yugoslavia. Authorities had banned the demonstration and attacked with helicopters, water cannons, and tear gas. Michael Colon, a journalist with the newspaper of the Workers Party of Belgium was severely beaten, along with others. A bus from a nearby town was surrounded by police who arrested all passengers. !--more-- NATO is headquartered in Belgium. The demonstration was called by the Anti-Imperialist League. A statement from the League noted, "While NATO claims to be defending 'democracy' by bombing the so-called dictator Milosevic, anyone raising their voice against war is confronted with a downright state of siege. There is more democracy in Belgrade than in Brussels at the present moment." #BrusselsBelgium #Brussels #AntiwarMovement #Yugoslavia #NATO #WorkersPartyOfBelgium #AntiImperialistLeague #Belgium #Europe div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Brussels, Belgium – Hundreds of people defied police in Brussels, Belgium on April 3, and demonstrated against the U.S./NATO war against Yugoslavia. Authorities had banned the demonstration and attacked with helicopters, water cannons, and tear gas. Michael Colon, a journalist with the newspaper of the Workers Party of Belgium was severely beaten, along with others. A bus from a nearby town was surrounded by police who arrested all passengers.

NATO is headquartered in Belgium.

The demonstration was called by the Anti-Imperialist League. A statement from the League noted, “While NATO claims to be defending 'democracy' by bombing the so-called dictator Milosevic, anyone raising their voice against war is confronted with a downright state of siege. There is more democracy in Belgrade than in Brussels at the present moment.”

#BrusselsBelgium #Brussels #AntiwarMovement #Yugoslavia #NATO #WorkersPartyOfBelgium #AntiImperialistLeague #Belgium #Europe

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