BY RAY FULCHER
MELBOURNE — Shortly after the bombing of Iraq began people started to gather at the State Library to protest against the start of the war. The protesters, organised by the Victorian Peace Network, heard from a range of speakers
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's ROHAN PEARCE examines the main justifications used by US President George Bush and Prime Minister John Howard to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq.
1. Iraq possesses chemical and biological weapons
The UN inspections have so
BY ALISON DELLIT
It didn't take long for the corporate media to fall even further behind backing Washington's war on Iraq. On March 19, the day after Prime Minister John Howard announced his government had officially committed Australian troops to
NEW YORK CITY — More than 250,000
people marched through the streets of New York City on March 22. The demonstration
was so big that as the first contingents arrived at the rallying point,
people were still leaving the start point 38 blocks
BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE — “There are now two superpowers in the world — the imperial
mafia [in Washington] and the anti-war and global justice movements worldwide”,
William Blum, US author, journalist and radical commentator and former
US
As soon as the war began on March 20, more than one hundred people gathered spontaneously in Civic for a speakout, led by Resistance activist Erin Killion. This included many public servants, and over 20 high school students who immediately left
BY EMMA MURPHY
ADELAIDE — On hearing US President George Bush's declaration of imminent war on March 18, 500 people flocked to Parliament House at 5pm. The spontaneous crowd was passionate, loud, and articulate in its outright rejection of the
BY SUSAN AUSTIN
On March 20, 200 people attended a protest and march the local navy base, where a mock "die-in" was held. This was very powerful, and organised by local group Peace by Peace. On the following day, at lunchtime, there was a rally in
BY DOUG LORIMER
In a final public relations ploy before ordering a blitzkrieg-style invasion of Iraq on March 19, US President George Bush issued a prime-time ultimatum on March 17: "Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
BY SHANE HOPKINSON
About 300 attended a protest in Mackay on March 22, and listened
to a range of speakers from the community including Laurie Horgan (secretary
of the Mackay
Branch of QCTU) and Tim Mulherin the state labour member, Green
Brother
By Liam Gerner
Order at <http://www.freshtrackproductions.com.au>
REVIEW BY JO ELLIS
ADELAIDE — Liam Gerner wrote his first song at the age of 12. Since
then, 19-year-old Gerner has developed into an accomplished
BY
ALISON DELLIT
As the bombs rained down on Baghdad, the Socialist Alliance stepped
up its campaign against the war. The alliance is proposing a four-point
plan to undermine Australian participation in the war effort and to throw
out the
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