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The World Front Against U.s. Aggression in Vietnam

· The Week Vol. 3, No. 7, 18 February 1965 · pp. 1-2 of the scan · 851 words

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The following is a list - but is by no means complete - of actions reported by the press, country by country, against the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. It shows that the people in Britain opposing the Labour Governnent's de facto support of the U.S, action are not alone. In fact they are on the same side of the fence as the overwhelming majority of the ordinary people of the vorld. Labour ought to be on this list, Aden: protests by the People's Socielist Party and Aden TUC, Alobsnia: Government denounce , mass demonstrations. Algeria: Governnent denounce , all papers, all mass organisations, mass protests

denonstrations in large towns. Argentina: demonstrations. ené@ing in burning of U.S. flag outside embassy, all trade

unions and left wing parties protesting U.S. action. Australia: demonstrations in Melbourne and Sydney, 20 Victoria trade unions signed

protest and sent delegates to U.S. consul. Belgium: Committe of solidarity with Vietnam set up, demonstration in Brussels,

protest by Socislist Workers! Party. Basutoland: protest by Basutoland Congress Party (ain party). Bechuanaland: protest by Bechuanaland People's Party. Bolivia: demonstrations, protests by left parties and trade unionse Bulgaria: Government protest, demonstrations by Bulgzrians and foreign students. Burma: Government prpers denounced action, mass organisations protested. Canbodia: Government protest, esis eek ch grad, protests by mass organisationse Cameroons: Union of the Peoples of the Cameroons Party protested. Canada: demonstration several hundred strong in Montreal outside U.S. Consulate. Ceylon: Government papers denounce , mass organisations protested, demonstrations. Chile: Main trade union federation denounced action, demonstrations in Valparaiso «nd

Santiago, Miners! union denounced, China: Over 11 million people take part in demonstrations. Colombia: demonstrations in Bogota against U.S. Umbassy. Congo (Brazzaville): Government protest, Trade Union Federation denounced U.S. Costa Rica: Demonstration against U.S. Embassy, Newspapers and the radio staticn,

Costa Rica al Dia, denounced U.S. bombings. Cuba: Government denounced action, all mass organisations have organised demonstrat-—

ions in main towns, Cyprus: Trade juniors denounced U.S. over bombings, Czechoslovakia: Government protest, demonstrations by Czechs and foreign students. Denmark: daily demonstrations outside U.S. Enbassy, PSP and unions protest, France: demonstrations including one 10,000-strong on 12th, most capitalist papers,

including Le Monde, Le Combat, Paris-Jour, etc, very critical of U.S. Finland demonstrations against U.S. Embassy, left wing perties and trade unions protest. Egypt: Government denounced action, all mass organisations protest.

TTT world front continued/ ee ER Ghana: Government denounced action, mass organisations protest. Guinea: Government protests U.S. action, mass organisations call demonstrations, Honduras: slogans painted on U.S. Embassy denouncing bombings. Hungary: Government denounced action, demonstrations by Hungarians and foreign

students. Iceland: protests by trade unions and left wing organisations. India: U.S. action criticised by capitalist papers, left wing parties and trade

unions protest, demonstrations in Calcutta and Bombay. Indonesia: Government denounces U.S., huge demonstrations all over country on many

occasions, every mass organisation protests against U.S. Poa oene Irag: Government papers denounce U.S. Italy: Demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Trieste, Venice, Forbi, Turin,

Genoa, Verona, Matera, Florence, Pistoria, Pisa, Correggio, Rezzio Calabra,

and many other places. Demonstrators in Rome took advantage of snow (the -

first for some years) to snowball all U.S. Embassy windows, Huge volume of

protests from workers organisations. Japan: Committee of solidarity with Vietnam set up supported by Socialist Party,

Communist Party and 44 other groups, even Liberal Democrat MPs in support,

demonstrations imnlude 28,000-strong one in Tokyo (15th), 12,000-strong in

Osaka, 5,000 in Tokyo (10¢n) 2,000-strong in Fukuoka, Laos: Neo Lao Haksat Party denounced u ede action. Lebanon: Kanal Jumblatt, M.P., and other leading figures denounced action. Kenya: Government papers and leading members of KANU protested. Malaya: Malayan Labour Party denounced U.S. bombings. Malis Government denounced U.S. massorganisations protested. Mexico: Demonstration agsind U.S. Embassy, capitalist papers critical of U.S. Morocco: Government papers denounced U.S. action. Mozambigues Mozambique National Democratic Union, Mozambique Liberation Front protested. Nepal: Government newspapers denounced bombings. New Zealand: demonstrations in Auckland and Wellington (supported by trade unions). Nicaragua: Slogans painted on U.S. Embassy. Norway: PSP denounced action, demonstration against U.S. Embassy, capitalist

newspapers critical of U.S, Okinawa: Okinawa People's Party denounced U.S. action. Pakistan: Government newspapers, main political party and mass organisations denounced

U.S., demonstration against U.S. Embassy. Panama: demonstration against U.S. embassy. Philippines: mass demonstration against American action. Poland: Government protested, demonstrations by Poles and foreign students. Somalia: Government denounced U.S. action, mass organisations protested. South Africas Pan African Congress, African National Congress denounced U.S. action. South West Africa: 5.W. African National Unior and S.W. African People's Organisation

denounced U.S. bombings. Roumanias Government protested, Roumanians and foreign students denounced bombings. Saazilands Swaziland Ngwane National Liberation Congress and Swaziland Progressive

Party denounced U.S. bombings, Sweden: capitalist news papers, Ce.Zoe, ckholms-Tidningen, denounced U.S. actione Switzerland: National Zeitung & Le Journal de Geneve criticised U.S. action. Uruguay: Huge demonstration in Montevideo on 9th att:cked U.S. Emhassye U.S.A.t 2,000 Berkeley students demonstrated on 8th, demonstrations in New York,

dan Francisco, Yale University, outside UNO building, outside White House,

and in many universities (organised by YSA) Venezuela: demonstrations in Caracas and other towns, FLN denounced US action. Yemen: Government denounced US action. Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe African Nationd Union & Zimbabwe African People's Union protested.

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