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1. Dili under siege

   university rallied in the city centre protesting the increased military presence in the territory. In an ... unprecedented move, the authorities released Xavier in exchange for the hostages. Unrest continued the next day ... held that day, Soares, flanked by military and police commanders, said "I appeal to the security ...

2. Socialist Alliance prepares for new challenges

   after a union rally is the day that rally has been a success." Taylor described how the UCWA ... trade union movement to take the fight for workers' rights up to the government of the day- Liberal ... found at.) The discussion about fighting Work Choices continued from the previous day's union ...

3. 'Sydney riots' less about religion more about democracy

   think of the rally should be irrelevant when it comes to the question of whether it is repressed or not. ... these days." But it is probably accurate to say it will be “harder” to be an anti-racist. Those who ... violence, but I propose we start by condemning the multiple invasions of countries under the guise of the ...

4. Condemn Israel’s violence, not Palestinian resistance

   Israel’s war on Palestine. At a Palestine rally in Melbourne on July 26, Victorian Greens Senator Janet ... Rice was booed for calling for an arms embargo on both Israel and Palestine. At a Palestine rally in ... Brisbane on the same day, Greens candidate Jake Schoermer had a shoe thrown at him for condemning violence ...

5. Democracy protests hit Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

   organising protests last year. Rallies against the decision the next day were violently dispersed by police, ... tactic to maintain control. Since the Saudi invasion, authorities have used violent harassment of ... holding regular rallies against the regime. As-Safir said on September 11 opposition groups hit back at ...

6. Eritrea: 'Our people need support'

   in neighbouring Somalia. Eritrean government supporters abroad rallied to protest against the ... sanctions, with co-ordinated rallies in Australia, Switzerland and the US. However, not all Eritreans abroad ... al-Shabaab islamist militia who resisted Ethiopia's 2006 invasion of Somalia. "Afewerki says every ...

7. The battle continues: join the Resistance!

   Environment Network, we have called a National Day of Action for April 1. It will be an important way to give ... to send more troops in. March 16 will mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of ... Iraq. Resistance believes that rallies to mark this occasion must also demand an immediate troop ...

8. UNITED STATES: Green mayoral candidate almost wins

   voting on election day, the percentages were reversed, with Gonzalez winning. The margin of difference ... there was a sharp contrast between the candidates. Gonzalez opposed the invasion of Iraq and the US ... occupation of that country. He spoke at the October 25 anti-war rally in San Francisco. Newsom supports ...

9. Kylie Moon: 'Young people can make a difference'

   against the federal government's support for the US-led invasion of Iraq. The spectacle of tens of ... with a 'Save the forests' cover; with it I got a leaflet for an anti-pollution rally. I was ... rally, it was my first. But I had a great time! "After the protest, we had a meeting of the ...

10. Anti-war notebook

    and rally on April 13. Around 150 people marched later that day in a Reclaim the Streets action, which ... NEWCASTLE- About 400 people took to the streets here on April 5 to protest against the US-led invasion of ... Iraq. Organised by the Hunter Peace Forum, the rally included contingents from trade unions, the ALP, ...

11. 'If there is a war, students will not behave'

    unanimously at the March 5 rallies to join this next strike as the next step in the rapidly developing student ... can make up our own minds.” Boland also believes that a US-led invasion will begin sooner rather than ... meetings. Mason organised another meeting two days later which attracted 30 people. Mason argues that ...

12. Victory for the refugee-rights movement

    Afghan refugee and Free the Refugees Campaign activist Riz Wakil spoke to a 3000-strong rally in ... Sydney on June 20, World Refugee Day. The following is an abridged version of his speech. This year, the ... commitment and active campaigning — the public meetings, the many rallies and marches, the organising in ...

13. How solidarity saves lives

    Indonesian democracy movement. From the day Dita was arrested, Resistance waged a campaign demanding that ... Vietnamese people and against the United States (and Australian) invasion of South Vietnam. The Vietnamese ... the May 19 anti-VSU rally in Adelaide, for example, when Resistance activist Jo Ellis spoke about the ...

14. Venezuela: Why the opposition's name is mud

    event in Venezuela. There are rallies to attend, public statements and press releases by the candidates, ... invasion in Afghanistan and Iraq looks to be on course for yet another election victory on October 7. But ... Similarly large mobilisations have taken place in the cities of Merida and Trujillo in recent days ...

15. Eyewitness account of police riot against peaceful Muslim protest in Australia

    a small but engaging rally against internet spying on September 15, organised by the Pirate Party and ... the Muslim rally. This rally of 300-400 people included women and children, older men and young ... one woman at the rally described as “disgusting”. I spoke to three young women who were sitting calmly ...

16. IRAQ: Arab masses' anger disrupts US countdown to war

    launched its vicious military invasion of the West Bank on March 29, on the pretext of fighting ... his first statement on the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) invasion of Palestinian towns, on March 30, US ... stronger by the day. The street is boiling. We are being forced to take steps that we don't want to ...

17. John Pilger: War, circus and injustice down under

    "Domestic policy one day," says the caption, "focus on war the next." Reminiscent of ... invasions acknowledged in that great emporium of White nationalism — except, of course, the colonial ... invasion of Australia during which the beheading of the Aboriginal Australian defenders was not considered ...

18. Israel's bloody assault on Gaza continues

    Israel has been bombing Gaza continuously since December 27 and began its ground invasion on January 3. ... Six Day War when Israel seized control of Gaza from Egypt. Israel has attempted to present its ... Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, who told a January 1 Beirut rally that the ...

19. Write On: Letters to 91������̳ Weekly

    January 17, 1991, the first day of the Gulf War, Iraq was hit by the explosive equivalent of one Hiroshima ... country that one of the largest invasion forces in history is now poised to pulverise with the Howard ... be an invasion, a missile attack or an air raid from an aircraft carrier or from a foreign country, ...

20. Fireworks versus truth, reconciliation and justice

    was the Invasion Day rally, one of the biggest protests in Sydney since the Vietnam Moratoriums. This ... to drop its annual Australia Day fireworks on August 24 in recognition of how sensitive this date is ... dispossession of its Indigenous peoples. But Australia is the only one to hold its national day on the very date ...

21. Anti-choice terrorism in the US

    founder of Operation Rescue, at an anti-abortion rally held in Melbourne, Florida, on the weekend before ... harassed outside the clinics at which they work. Just days before the murder, Gunn's son, David Gunn ... photograph and home phone number were distributed at an Operation Rescue rally in Montgomery, Alabama, last ...

22. US-led war can only worsen Middle East violence

    This article is an abridged September 10 editorial from US Socialist Worker. That day, US ... a direct consequence of imperialism — in particular, the US invasion and occupation of Iraq and ... This makes it the perfect enemy to help US imperialism rally support, domestically and internationally. ...

23. Behind the rise of Obama

    power. The invasion of Iraq was part of a plan to bring about a modern day version of colonial rule in ... invasion and occupation of Iraq as provoking more nationalist resistance and thus undermines that strategic ... thousands attend his rallies. Left forces who oppose his neoliberal policies should identify with the ...

24. Unity and the anti-war movement

    launched. Some 30 million people took part in the February 14-16 international day of action against the war ... than 1 million took to the streets that weekend. After the invasion, the war seemed to gain more ... three months after the invasion, this unravelling of the justification for the war — combined with the ...

25. We are all Muslim — Defend civil liberties

    marches, such as the March in August, refugee rights rallies and trade union mass meetings, show that the ... well when committing Australian troops to the invasion of Iraq a decade ago is set for a re-run. The ... attacks on identifiable Muslim women, whose right to go about in public without fear is reduced. The day ...

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