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Liberation I "You'll be fighting not to conquer anybody but to liberate people." — George "The Crusader" Bush addressing US troops, January 3. Liberation II "Under the [Bush administration's] plan a US military governor would rule post-war

BRITAIN: February 15 was 'something remarkable and beautiful'

BY DEBRA PAYNE LONDON — Many people on the February 15 London anti-war march peace march hadn't been on a march before. But I had and let me tell you it was terrific. I was on one of 25 buses that left Nottingham for London, along with 300

SPAIN: Four million marchers shake Aznar

BY ED GEORGE LEON — The February 15 anti-war mobilisations were huge all over the world; in the Spanish state they were truly enormous. If one tots up the 1.5 million who marched in Madrid with the 1 million plus in Barcelona, and then add

ITALY: Millions of people flood Rome

BY STEPHEN BENNETTS ROME — At least 2 million people (organisers estimate 3 million) from all over Italy converged on Rome on February 15, one of the largest peace rallies held in the world on that day. An entire section of the historic

March 5 student strike: 'activating society' against the war

BY EMMA CLANCY The March 5 student strike appears is set to become the next big, nationally coordinated anti-war protest across Australia. Hundreds of students attended meetings to organise the strike on the February 14-16 weekend, after

Anti-war organising in Mackay

BY SHANE HOPKINSON MACKAY, north Queensland — A week after moving to Mackay from Rockhampton, where I had been involved in anti-war organising, I received a phone call asking if any Mackay actions were planned. A quick phone call to the local

Police destroy part of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

BY PAUL OBOOHOV CANBERRA — Seventy police, 30 in riot gear, raided the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at 6am on February 19. They dismantled a recently erected A-frame tin goonji. Most of those sleeping on-site at the time of the raid were women and

Student speaks: 'The people of Iraq have suffered enough'

BY ZOE KENNY MELBOURNE — Maryan al-Talebi is a seemingly average 17-year-old high school student living in Footscray. She has a part-time job and is undertaking her final year of the Victorian Certificate of Education. But behind al-Talebi’s

UNITED STATES: Anti-war protests gain strength, breadth

BY ALEX CHIS SAN FRANCISCO — Sunday February 16 was the largest anti-war protest in this city's history, with the march organisers estimating that 250,000 people took part. Even the police department said about 200,000 marched — double that

Labor divisions over war deepen

BY ALISON DELLIT The February 14-16 world-wide peace protests starkly exposed the gulf between the warmongering governments and media of Australia, the United States and Britain on the one hand, and the populations of those countries on the

FRANCE: 500,000 say 'Non a la guerre! Oui, a la paix!'

BY GERALD LENOIR PARIS — Despite intense pressure from the US government, French President Jacques Chirac continues to maintain that France will veto a United Nations Security Council resolution authorising a war in Iraq. On February 15, I

5 reasons to join the March 5 student strike

BY GRANT COLEMAN On March 5, high school, campus and TAFE students across Australia will act together with US students in refusing to attend classes. We will be calling for “books not bombs” and demanding that Australian troops be brought