BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — At dawn on March 6, police raided the camp protesting against the Narangba irradiation plant in an attempt to suppress opposition to the controversial project. Up to 50 police were involved in the attack, which included
529
BY ALISON
DELLIT
Across Australia on March 8, women, men and children took to the
streets, using annual International WomenÂ’s Day marches as an opportunity
to say “no” to US President George Bush and Prime Minister John Howard’s
war on
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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