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9月23日(土)、何万という反戦抗議者が反戦平和を訴えるため、マンチェスターにやってきた。労働党が大会を開くのに先だって、ブレアの退陣とブッシュ・ブレア共作の戦争終結を求めるための大集会だ。
参加者は警察発表で２万人となっているが、優に６万人を越えている。行進はブレアとその妻チェリーが到着するのと同時刻の午後２時頃に出発した。約２時間の行進の模様を9月23日付マンチェスター・イヴニング・ニューズ紙が次のように報じている。
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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/223/223863_antiwar_protest_fills_the_streets.html
Saturday, 23rd September 2006
Anti-war protest fills the streets
David Ottewell
The crowds in Albert SquareTENS of thousands of anti war protesters gathered in Manchester this afternoon for a massive peace march through the city.
They came from around the country to make their feelings about the Government clear ahead of the Labour Party conference, which starts a few hundred yards away tomorrow.
The march - estimated by organisers to be 60,000-strong, although police claimed 20,000 - set off at around 2pm. At the same time, Tony Blair and his wife Cherie arrived at the Radisson Hotel to enthusiastic applause from party activists.
But it was the protestors who were filling the city centre with the sound of whistles and drumming and the sight of colourful banners proclaiming such slogans as "Blair Must Go" and "War Not Peace".
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The two-hour march took them down Princess Street and past the G-MEX - the centre of the conference - where boos and chants of "Blair out" reached a crescendo. The protestors winded their way on to Deansgate, where they staged a mass "die in" before looping up past Market Street and back to Albert Square.
More than 1,000 police officers formed solid lines around the town hall and at the front and back of the procession.
The GMP helicopter monitored events from above and dozens of mounted officers were also out on the street.
Lindsey German, national convenor of the Stop the War Coalition said "around 50,000" had taken part in the march - the biggest protest since the 1860s.
"We have written a page in Manchester's history," she said. "I don't think this is a message Labour can ignore."
Lauren Booth, Cherie Blair's sister, said: "I am here in solidarity with 50,000 people to call for the troops to come home from Afghanistan and Iraq and for Tony Blair to stand down as Prime Minister for his calamitous foreign policy.
"This is absolutely not a personal thing. It is a political judgement that I share with about 80 per cent of the population of this country."
Other speakers included Respect leader George Galloway and left-wing Labour veteran Tony Benn.
Human rights campaigner, Bianca Jagger, who travelled to Manchester on a special "peace train" from London, said the protest proved that most of the British people were against the war in Iraq.
"You cannot export democracy through the barrel of a gun."
Protester Jack Carter, 68, a retired lecturer from Wigan, said: "We are here because of the lies of this New Labour government. It's time for a change."
Rami Almousa, 26, from Loughborough, said: "There are a lot of people here so hopefully they [the Government] will hear what we are saying."
GMP confirmed no one was arresting during the march.
Superintendent John O'Hare said: "On behalf of GMP, I would like to extend my thanks to the organisers and those who took part in today's protest, for cooperating with us and behaving peacefully and lawfully."
- マンチェスター反戦抗議集会のビデオがここにありました（Stop the War Coalition） gataro 2006/9/25 19:27:19
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- ブレア即時退陣へデモ／イラク参戦・格差拡大批判 英で６万人／与党大会が開幕（しんぶん赤旗） gataro 2006/9/25 17:50:55
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