brussels &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:brussels News and Views from the People's Struggle Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:43:40 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png brussels &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:brussels Belgium Protest Slams Bush on War, Katrina https://fightbacknews.org/hurricane_belgium?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[More than 250 activists formed a ‘Shame on Bush’ human chain in front of the U.S. embassy in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 23 to protest the Bush’s handling of the Katrina disaster and the war on Iraq. A statement from the organizers, the coalition StopUSA, said the demonstrators, “Wanted to symbolically encircle the U.S. embassy - as the peace movement in the United States is preparing to encircle the White House on Saturday, Sept. 24 - in protest against the war on Iraq and against the Bush administration’s attitude in the Katrina disaster.” !--more-- A ‘giant’ depicting Bush in full battle gear was the favorite target of the protesters. Messages of solidarity and thanks from the U.S. anti-war movements were read to protesters, to loud applause. Among the speakers at the rally were Professor Lieven De Cauter (Brussells Tribunal), with an Open Letter to Bush; Pol De Vos (StopUSA); Carla Goffy (Christian Movement for Peace) and Katrien Demuynck (Iniciativa Cuba Socialista). Among the co-organizers of the rally was Vrede/Peace, while people from other third world solidarity, social and migrant organizations attended as well. #BrusselsBelgium #Brussels #News #Europe #HurricaneKatrina #VredePeace div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> More than 250 activists formed a ‘Shame on Bush’ human chain in front of the U.S. embassy in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 23 to protest the Bush’s handling of the Katrina disaster and the war on Iraq. A statement from the organizers, the coalition StopUSA, said the demonstrators, “Wanted to symbolically encircle the U.S. embassy – as the peace movement in the United States is preparing to encircle the White House on Saturday, Sept. 24 – in protest against the war on Iraq and against the Bush administration’s attitude in the Katrina disaster.”

A ‘giant’ depicting Bush in full battle gear was the favorite target of the protesters. Messages of solidarity and thanks from the U.S. anti-war movements were read to protesters, to loud applause. Among the speakers at the rally were Professor Lieven De Cauter (Brussells Tribunal), with an Open Letter to Bush; Pol De Vos (StopUSA); Carla Goffy (Christian Movement for Peace) and Katrien Demuynck (Iniciativa Cuba Socialista). Among the co-organizers of the rally was Vrede/Peace, while people from other third world solidarity, social and migrant organizations attended as well.

#BrusselsBelgium #Brussels #News #Europe #HurricaneKatrina #VredePeace

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/hurricane_belgium Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:59:56 +0000 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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