The last major demonstration called by the working class in the capital city goes way back two decades ago.

But the organizers said the demonstrations would go on as planned.

The weekly demonstrations have been going on since the early 1980's.

Some politicians also said that public demonstrations, which have become almost a daily event here, had gone too far.

In the West, what did we think the demonstrations were going to lead to, compared to what has really happened?

As demonstrations go it was very good about its litter.

As angry demonstrations go, it was on the feeble side.

Until Tuesday, the demonstrations of sometimes more than 100,000 people had gone ahead peacefully.

Peaceful demonstration went on, but people showed markedly less interest.

"To let the demonstrations go on would be to drive the society into chaos," he said.