Did anyone march when they were young?

All of those. And I was in Grosvenor Square - very scary. And a few trips to Greenham. My last ones were against the Iraq war. Did any of it make a difference?

Yes many times as a young student in the 70s (Maggie Thatcher Milk Snatcher - if only she had stopped there). And many times when no longer young over the last few years against local government cuts. I shall probably march even more when I finally retire and have more time. At the moment I content myself by harassing my MP with letters on everything that concerns me.

Funny you should ask this because we are off to a March and Rally in Edinburgh this Saturday (YES Campaign) - DH, 2DDs and for the first time 2DGC - takes me back nearly 40 years to when I used to take the pushchair all decked out with flags or banners. As a veteran of many marches and protests from ban the bomb, anti poll tax, It's Scotland's Water
to the annual Bannockburn March, I was most upset that we would be away on holiday and miss the Iraq protest March. I had not realised that the protest was world wide but was delighted to be able to join in on the same day in Spain.

I am also reminded of a fairly small, but highly emotional march in Falkirk, in protest against the proposed closure of the Women's Aid refuge there. We dressed in Green, White and Violet and sang feminist songs. The press were out in force and the general population clapped and cheered. As we approached the Council HQ we were joined by two pipers, all the opposition (SNP) Councillors, the Chief of Police and many of his officers and some of the Social Workers. The leader of the Council remained indoors and sent a minion out to collect the petition but we won! Refuge saved and a message sent to all the local councils who had been planning to save money by axing refuges.

Yes, with CND and a sit-down protest in Manchester city centre against the war in Vietnam in the 60s. I was removed by two lovely police officers!

i would have marched against the Vietnam war, had I not been out of the country - I did go out with a draft-dodger in Kenya. Does that count?

No but I wish I had. In Nov 2006 I took part in a march in London to protest about the fate of ex racing greyhounds who are often inhumanely killed or unecessarily euthanased once they stop earning on the race track.

I thought that Mandela was a saboteur rather than a terrorist, aiming to disable the infrastructure rather than take human lives.

whitewave He was a bomb maker – and rather proud of his skills according to The Long Walk to Freedom. As they say, one man's [woman's] terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Oh yes I remember -"Free Nelson Mandela" and Maggie calling him a terrorist.

Dear Maggie

CND (anti-nuclear weapons); South African Embassy (anti-apartheid); American embassy (anti-Vietnam War). I also had draft dodgers sleeping on my floor. Marched on 15 February 2003 (and in the previous October) to protest against invading Iraq – but I wasn't young then.