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15 years on from the mass protest against the Iraq war
LINDSEY GERMAN looks back to when millions hit the streets of Britain and around the world to say no to imperialist invasion

THERE had never been a moment like it in protest history. Millions of people around the world joined in public demonstrations on every continent.

Across different time zones, protests were taking place over two days around February 15 2003, involving an estimated 30 million.

In Britain, the Stop the War Coalition, with its partners in CND and the Muslim Association of Britain, organised the biggest protest in British history.

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