Over ten million people protested worldwide against the 2003 Iraq war invasion

Evidence

In 2003 she attended her first protest, on the city’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista. They were trying to stop George Bush’s war against Iraq. … This may have been one of the largest street actions in human history. Over ten million people protested, from Berlin to Tokyo to Cairo to California. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 123

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The February 15, 2003 protests comprised the largest antiwar rally in world history — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 723; The 2003 anti-war protests were the last worldwide mass street mobilization — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 49; A global protest wave crested between 2009 and 2013 — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization…, 167 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The February 15, 2003 protests comprised the largest antiwar rally in world history #expands (0.90) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 723
• Global protest activity surged sharply after 2010 following decades of decline #complicates (0.76) — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 172
• A global protest wave crested between 2009 and 2013 #complicates (0.75) — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 167
• The 2010s exceeded the 1960s as the largest protest decade in history #complicates (0.74) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 45
• The 2010s saw more mass protest than any prior decade #complicates (0.74) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 45
• The 2003 anti-war protests were the last worldwide mass street mobilization #qualifies (0.72) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 49
• The American public absorbed antiwar protests with bemused tolerance rather than hostility #qualifies (0.70) — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1049