extracted from I.P.A. Reports
America- Big parades and marches in Washington, New York and Chicago, violent outbreaks and sit-downs in Massachusetts and California, demonstrations in 120 cities on March 25th, hore than 1,000 people denonstrated against the war; torchlight procession in Iowa; hungerstrike by 50 in New York;draft-cards burned in New York; servicedischarge papers burned by veterans of World War 11 .in lanhattan; 1,000 students ‘at California University protested in Los Angeles; medical college students in New York formed a comuittee calling for an enquiry into U.S. crime of chemical warfare; anti-war organisations in the states of Oregon, California, Washington and Arizona have appealed to people not to pay taxes for the war; 200 demonstrated in Boston, a youth tore his draft-card; demonstrations also in Cambridge, Ann Arbor, etc. France- Several thousand people demonstrated in Paris on March 25th, in front of U.S. Embassy. Some carried NLF flags. Demonstrations and meetings held in other towns, including Bordeaux, West Germany- About 400 students in Cologne demonstrated in the rain on March 26th. Police and patrol cars sent-out. Placards reading "Yankees Go Home" snatched away by police. Hanover- about 200 people attended a protest rally held in front of the Opera House, Other demos, rallies and pictorial exhibitions held in other cities, Norway~ Over 400 people demonstrated in Oslo on march 25th, and marched to the U.S. Embassy. Latin America- Several thousand students in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demonstrated on March 25th against U.S. aggression and attempt to coerce the Argentinian Government into sending troops. Tear gas and fire-hoses used on demonstrators. Demonstrators set fjre to a police car and a water truck, also belonging to the police. On March 23rd in San Juan, capital of U.S.-occupied Puerto Rico, a demonstration was held in front ofa — U.S. military establishment. Demonstrations held also in Panama and San Jose, Costa Rica. Australia- 2,000 young people demonstrated outside Victoria Barracks, helbourne on March 26th. The police tore posters and arrested two people. N.B, There will be a full report of various activities in London in connect= ion with the solidarity week end in our next issue,