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Israel: Will Olmert's government fall?
days later, it appeared that Olmert would hang on. Olmert has suffered single-digit approval ratings ... invasion of Lebanon. The commission didn't focus on the war crimes that Israel committed in launching ... Uri Avnery wrote of the rally. "At one point, I passed [Israeli parliament member] Effi Eitam, ...
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Young people plan resistance
Hancock. Opposition to Australian imperialism wasn't limited to discussions. On the first day of the ... conference, delegates attended a rally in solidarity with Aceh, organised jointly by Action in Solidarity with ... Rosemary Gillespie, a "human shield" during the invasion of Iraq, US anti-war activist Dani ...
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Angry protests over Timor massacre
were actions at Garuda Airlines or the Indonesian consulate every day from November 13-16, culminating ... Council for Overseas Aid. In Brisbane, a hastily called rally in King George Square drew more than 200, ... 7, the anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. For more information about Aksi Brisbane ...
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US groups step up solidarity with Cuba
example of the increased activism was New York City rally on January 25. Initiated by former attorney ... postcard campaigns, lobbying and a national phone-in day are all pieces of the congressional work. Several ... 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion to attempts to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro. One new development ...
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The week that was
their invasion of East Timor", the nation pleaded with a determined Paul, and the oil companies ... culture, because some of them wanted to have a pro-democracy, pro-human-rights rally while Paul was there. ... Martin Cliché said, "at the end of the day, when the sun sets, after dinner and after supper, at ...
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WORLD: High school students lead the way
students. All day long, sometimes roving, sit-ins in city streets took place in Cardiff, Oxford, Cambridge, ... Penzance. Ilkley Grammar in West Yorkshire had to close for the day after 500 students left. Four-hundred ... politicians who are going to support the invasion of a country with bombs and missiles”, Sheridan said as the ...
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Write On: Letters to the Editor
Flag burning As the author of the article "Invasion Day focuses on stolen wages" in GLW ... #654, I would like to admit to a glaring omission. GLW readers who attended Invasion Day in Brisbane ... it the next day. This sparked off a debate, with the RSL chiming in with their usual call to ban flag ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan: Bring the troops home by Christmas!
November 25, the day after the election, was a reminder about the incoming Labor government's ... Coalition government. One million people, across Australia, marched against the pending invasion of Iraq in ... start organising for big nationwide protests to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq next ...
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Join Resistance to change the world
in the NT. On January 26, Resistance will take part in Invasion Day protests around the country to ... Against Warming rallies in November. In 2008, Resistance will continue to campaign for real action on ... invasion of Iraq. More and more people are coming to the conclusion that the war is fundamentally wrong. ...
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Ritter exposes Washington's weapon of mass deception
1991 (Operation Desert Storm) as a legitimate response to Iraq's August 1991 invasion of Kuwait. ... argues, seemingly unaware of Indonesia's brutal 1975 invasion and 24-year-long annexation of East ... and that his assertions are "a sad turn of events for a once admirable Marine". A few days ...
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The antiwar movement and social change
that despite its unprecedented scale it failed to prevent the invasion. But the movement — and its ... approval; and it denied the invasion the legitimacy the rulers sought. If we ask ourselves what the ... the only way we'll achieve lasting social change. Rallies are just one manifestation of this. ...
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Whatever happened to reconciliation?
real justice for Aborigines. "[A] treaty has been an issue since day one of the white invasion. If ... on terrorism", little has been said about another war: the invasion, dispossession and attempted ... genocide of indigenous people in this country. At a community rally and march in Brisbane's West End ...
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WORLD: 'A peace movement that is growing hour by hour'
demonstration was so big that as the first contingents arrived at the rallying point, people were still leaving ... thousands upon thousands of demonstrators started to assemble at noon for a rally at City Hall followed by ... the streets and rallied in front of the White House. Their pink and orange signs read "No war ...
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WORLD: Another huge wave of anti-war protests
the streets to oppose any US-led invasion of Iraq. In Italy, 400,000 people descended on Milan from ... all corners of the country for a rally organised by Italy's biggest trade union confederation, ... Germany, 10,000 people rallied in Karslruhe and 4000 held hands to form a "chain for peace" in ...
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The significance of the mass anti-war protests
invasion of Kuwait. However, this time the US and its allies are launching an invasion without any state ... floundering. The fact that ALP leader Simon Crean manoeuvred to get a spot on one of the rally platforms ... national rallies against any war — with or without UN backing. Largely in response to this, the Greens and ...
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Bradley Manning: Political prisoner and hero
Rachel Evans spoke in Sydney on April 24 at a rally calling to free accused WikiLeaks’ source Private ... part of an international day of protest for Manning, who faces a court martial and possible life in ... people all over the global South. Accessing these files for up to 14 hours a day, he questioned the role ...
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Students confront racism
anti-war rallies. Hannah told GLW of her disgust at the war in Iraq, where the invasion forces kill Iraqi ... Telegraph declared, the day after the March 26 10,000-strong student anti-war protest. The newspaper argued ... that the rally was “ambushed” by a “mob of violent troublemakers” who led a “vicious rampage through ...
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Write on
thanked from the podium for sponsoring the day. So I went back to the EYA rally. Not knowing the march ... Recently I attended a rally in Brisbane's City Mall to mark this year's International Day of ... mess up his "even-handed" line. Michael Karadjis Leichhardt, Sydney World Environment Day ...
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A different approach to change
Alliance will be building public support for the November 30 rallies on the ACTU-called national day of ... issues and campaigns that our members are involved in every day." Because the alliance seeks to ... the process of identifying the key issues of the day, and helping people become active in those ...
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Andrew Wilkie: Afghan military intervention justified by a 'great lie'
organising a rally on the anniversary of the invasion, October 8, at Sydney Town Hall. Visit Stop the War ... killed in Afghanistan in four days. Defence minister Senator John Faulkner defensively admitted at ... a media conference the same day that Australians are increasingly questioning the near nine-year old war. ...
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Trade union solidarity with East Timor
meeting was attended by around 50 people and was part of the national day of solidarity with the people of ... Lantz reports, more than 300 workers, activists and migrant groups attended a rally in the city centre ... to mark the trade union day of solidarity. Leigh Hubbard, secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall ...
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More troops: echoes of Vietnam
organising "troops out" rallies and actions to mark this day, and send a clear message to the ... have influenced his decision. Anti-war movement Australians were overwhelmingly opposed to the invasion ... of the Iraq, but, when the huge February 14-16, 2003, demonstrations failed to stop the invasion ...
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Police attempt to silence Cheney protesters
NSW Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) tried to stop peaceful rallies on February 22 and 23 when US ... Stop the War Coalition (STWC) for the evening Cheney arrived in Sydney and the following day as he ... Union of Australia, Greens NSW MLC Lee Rhiannon and Jean Parker from STWC addressed the rally at Town ...
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Write on
organise a rally, march and festival on Sunday June 4 for World Environment Day. Some members of the ... part of a pre-arranged plan? Why were the Army bomb sniffer dogs called off just a few days before? Was ... him for his behaviour at the time of the '75 Indonesian invasion of East Timor. She berated him ...
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Write On: Letters to the Editor
reasons for the invasion of Iraq, the detention of refugees and their children, and the torture of ... an envelope containing 50 leaflets for the June 28 Workers & Community National Day of Protest ... distributing posters and leaflets two months before the day of protest. This is one reason why they were able ...