Anti-war protest in Taree
Two-hundred-and-fifty protesters marched from Johnny Martin Oval to the Queen Elizabeth Park in Taree on Saturday February 14, where they listened to speakers from across the board. All spoke against the war in Iraq. As
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BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Factional opposition to outspoken anti-war parliamentarian Harry Quick was publicly revealed on March 1. The Saturday Mercury reported that the ALP "Left" faction was trying to replace Quick — who is not aligned with
BY
ALISON DELLIT
The stunning success of the March 5 student strike for peace, which
mobilised a whopping 30,000 mostly high school students, took even the
corporate media by surprise.
Although mixed, much of the coverage was favourable.
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — Picket lines went up at Canada's third-largest university, York University, on March 5 as students went on strike as part of a day of international student actions against the war.
In one of winter's heaviest snowfalls,
Student strike sets example to unions
In a magnificent display of conscience, irreverence and determination,
more than 30,000 students — largely from state and private high schools
— took to the streets around the country on March 5
Bankstown against the war
BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS
SYDNEY — On March 2, 70 people gathered in the Bankstown City Gardens for a "Peace Picnic". Local anti-war activists used the get-together to form the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group.
Following a
BY JAMES PETRAS
According to UN estimates, more than 10 million Iraqis will be injured, displaced, traumatised or killed by the planned US war of aggression. It is highly likely that US military intelligence figures coincide with these estimates.
HAVANA — On March 3, performers in the Cuban capital contributed their talents, along with others in more than 1000 cities around the world (including in all 50 US states), to the Lysistrata Project. The project was a worldwide, simultaneous
BY SUE
BOLTON
Over the weekend of February 14-16, millions of people protested
against Washington's impending war on Iraq. The huge size of the anti-war
protests, and the fact that the big majority of people around the world
are opposed to
HOBART — On February 12, forest activists showed what they think of
Premier Jim Bacon allowing Forestry Tasmania to use carrots laced with
1080 poison as bait to kill native animals. The poison causes a painful
death, and is not monitored
Black Paradise: 'Kami menyanyi untuk hidup' (We sing for life)
BY JASON MacLEOD
"Nanen babe nanen babe, Kwin matreuban maska teufyar deiwa teimwa, Aram usker ma enap aram enap (The morning star appears in the east and will soon be followed by the
BY
DANI BARLEY
DETROIT — With chants such as “Hell no, we won't go, we won't fight
for Texaco”, students across the United States protested on March 5 in
record numbers. Far exceeding the expectation of protest organisers, up
to 50,000
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