Pynchon's foreward to 1984

[pynchonoid]

Rich, pay no attention to that "sad Internet troll"
who's trying to start a fight about the news that
Pynchon has written a foreward for a new edition of
1984.  I'm confident that you didn't fabricate the
announcement.
-Doug


>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:27:57 -0800 (PST)
>From: Richard Romeo <romeocheeseburger at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Pynchon Writes Foreward to New Edition of
>1984

>to be released in May

>see here, foax:

>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1AZCPGIJNV&isbn=0452284236&itm=3

>Rich


P.S. It's good to know so many people around the world
want to stop this war and avoid punishing Iraq with
the sort of civilian-slaughtering, chaos-inducing,
rubble-pounding assault that the US inflicted on
Afghanistan. 


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2765215.stm

Saturday, 15 February, 2003, 14:06 GMT 
Millions join anti-war protests worldwide

Millions of people worldwide are joining in
demonstrations against a possible US-led war against
Iraq. 

Hundreds of rallies and marches are taking place in up
to 60 countries this weekend. 

Crowds have been gathering in London, where a rally
culminating in Hyde Park is expected to draw more than
half a million protesters. 

Massive demonstrations - a day after UN chief weapons
inspector Hans Blix issued a largely positive
assessment of the UN's disarmament process in Iraq -
are also being organised in Rome, Berlin and New York.


Tens of thousands of people braved bitter weather to
converge on the German capital from the east and west
of the city. 

Along with France, Germany has been one of the most
vociferous opponents of war with Iraq. 

The BBC's Ray Furlong in Berlin says a real
cross-section of people are taking part in the
demonstration - young students, families with
children, as well as pensioners - reflecting the
strong anti-war feeling that runs right through German
society. 

And demonstrators in Paris are preparing to march on
the city's traditional rallying point - the Place de
la Bastille. 

Some of the first protests on Saturday were seen in
New Zealand, as environmental pressure group
Greenpeace flew a plane over Auckland harbour trailing
a banner reading "No War, Peace Now". 

About 5,000 marched through Auckland and a similar
number in the capital Wellington. 

Rallies are being held in several cities in Australia,
where a protest in Melbourne on Friday drew a crowd
estimated by organisers at 150,000 - the largest there
since anti-Vietnam War marches 30 years ago. 

In Seoul - capital of South Korea, one of the
staunchest US allies in Asia - hundreds of
demonstrators rallied, shouting chants such as "Bush,
Terrorist!" and carrying banners urging "Drop Bush,
not bombs". 

In London, organisers are confidently predicting the
country's largest anti-war protest. 

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered a fall in
popularity following his staunch support of US plans
to launch military action against Saddam Hussein. 


"We believe that the London demonstration will be one
of the biggest and the most pivotal because the
British Government is actively involved in the build
up to war and the British people definitely do not
want war," said Stop The War UK leader Andrew Murray. 

Speakers at the rally in Hyde Park include Charles
Kennedy, leader of Britain's second-biggest opposition
party and US activist Jesse Jackson. 

In New York a protest is scheduled to start at 1200
local time (1700GMT) near UN headquarters - the
currently scene of intense diplomatic discussions
following Friday's report by Hans Blix. 

Celebrities and activists such as Susan Sarandon,
Danny Glover, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu
and black activist Angela Davis will be attending the
demonstration. 

And they be joined by some families of the victims of
the attack on the World Trade Center, marching as
"9/11 Families for Peace." 

Anti-war activists in Turkey are calling on fellow
citizens to simultaneously turn off all lights at 2000
local time (2200 GMT) as a novel sign of support for
anti-war sentiment. 

In Malaysia - a predominantly Muslim state - hundreds
demonstrated outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur
bearing banners and placards with slogans such as: "No
war. Stop US aggression" and "No more blood for oil". 

And in Thailand about 2,000 people - mostly Muslims -
rallied in front of the US and UK embassies in the
capital on Saturday. 

Protests of varying sizes were also reported in:
Japan, Nepal, India, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain,
Syria, Egypt and Iraq. 

The tiny South Pacific island nation of Fiji also saw
its share of anti-war sentiment, with an anti-war
group sending floral messages to foreign embassies
urging them to put pressure on the US and its allies
to avoid war. 


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