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Remembering the world's biggest peace protest

February 15th, 2003, saw the largest peace demonstration the world had ever witnessed. 14 million people stood up against the Iraq war. Twenty years on, Phyllis Bennis shares her personal memories of the protest. What were the successes and struggles of the organisers, and what can today’s peace movement learn from them? 

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