More than 10,000 demonstrated in the streets of Brussels last Sunday against Bush’s war plans. This was an important success given the fact the trade union organisations did not really mobilise for the event and given the fact that some on the Left had boycotted the demo.

The demonstrators opposed the war for oil. This was generally accepted. A banner of the Christian trade union federation ACV-CSC read: "No war for oil". Some traditional politicians from the Greens and social democrats who were present could not answer the question asked by the television teams: "No war in Iraq, but you did agree on delivering arms to Nepal?"

LSP/MAS (Belgian CWI section) intervened with a big group of members and supporters. We had a loudly delegation of 260 mainly youth and our placards and stickers were present in the whole demo. We had the loudest contingent, shouting slogans such as: "Bush, Blair, CIA, How many kids did you kill today? Stop Bush and Blair", “No war for oil, stop Bush and Blair”, "Bush killer, Blair his poodle", “International resistance against capitalist war”, "George Bush, we know you, your daddy was a killer too",…

On the demo we sold over 200 papers and collected for over 500 euro fighting fund. At least one joined our party.

This demo has to be used to build the anti-war resistance on a local level. Therefore we called for the building of anti-war committees in the schools, factories and universities.