BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA — "In my opinion, it doesn't matter if the UN is arm-twisted into a war with Iraq, it's still immoral" — these blunt words set the tone for federal Labor MP Carmen Lawrence's talk to a meeting organised by the Canberra
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BY
LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — In one of the most amazing displays of political passion
in SydneyÂ’s history, up to 500,000 rallied on February 16 against war in
Iraq. Many protesters did not march, but stayed in the rally in Hyde Park
because
According to radical Latin American journalist MARTA HARNECKER, "the process of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution" is little understood by much of the left. One of Harnecker's latest books is Hugo Chavez: One Man, One People, an interview with the
BY TRISHA REIMERS & SUE BULL
GEELONG — Amid huge local controversy, more than 200 people protested against a war on Iraq outside the Avalon International Airshow on February 15. The protest was organised by the Geelong Anti-War Coalition.
The
BY
SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Victoria’s unions have joined those in Western Australia,
calling for organised labour to play a stronger role in building mass opposition
to the threat of a war against the Iraqi people.
Victorian Trades Hall
BY GILLIAN DAVY
MELBOURNE — At a civic ceremony held February 12 in support of East Timorese asylum seekers was attended by 200 people including local government councillors and state parliamentarians, the message was loud and clear: "Let them
BY MARIA VICTORIA VALDES-RODDA
After two months of trying to bring down President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's right-wing opposition on February 2 announced the end to its "general strike". The opposition alliance, the Coordinadora Democratica (CD),
BY PIP HINMAN
The Socialist Alliance has made stopping the war on Iraq and bringing back the troops the centrepiece of our NSW election campaign. The fact that this is a state election doesn't make our focus any less relevant.
Both major parties
January 22, 2003, marked 30 years since the historic Roe vs Wade decision that gave women in the US access to legal abortions. However, under the presidency of George Bush, that ruling seems increasingly precarious.
In addition to an anti-choice
BY
KATHY NEWNAM
NEWCASTLE — Police estimated that 15,000 people took to the city's
streets on February 15 to oppose a war against Iraq.
Many of those participating commented to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly sellers
that it was the first time they had
BY
TOM FLANAGAN
LISMORE — In what many participants described as the biggest political
event in this town's history, 5000 people — about a ninth of the town's
total population — overflowed Spinks Park to say no to any war on Iraq.
Lisa
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