US warplanes dropped cluster bombs on the Iraqi town of Hilla. The deadly anti-personnel weapons are also believed to have been used in assaults on Najaf, Nasiriya and Basra by US-led invasion forces. Cluster munitions
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BY
GRANT COLEMAN
The National Union of Students (NUS) has organised a national day
of action against funding cuts and student fee increases for April 10.
Kylie Moon, a leader of the student anti-war group Books Not Bombs, has
called on all
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — On March 30, at least 100,000 people marched through this city's streets to protest against the invasion of Iraq by the United States and its British and Australian appendages. In the wake of the mass anti-war march, there
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BY PETER BOYLE
SYDNEY — The April 2 Books Not Bombs student anti-war protest in Sydney is the latest of several peaceful political demonstrations to be declared "unlawful" in the last six months by the NSW Labor government, led by Premier Bob
BY
NICK EVERETT
As the war in Iraq passed its first fortnight, thousands of Iraqis
have been killed by US, Australian and British troops. Unlike many of the
US dead and injured, we will never know most of the IraqisÂ’ names, what
their lives
Following the
police brutality at the March 26 Books Not Bombs student anti-war protest
in Sydney, and threats of more prior to the BNB protest on April 2, the
corporate media and NSW Labor government ran a campaign of slander and
red-baiting
BY GLORIA LA RIVA
Olga Salanueva is the wife of Rene Gonzalez, one of five Cubans imprisoned by the US for trying to stop terrorism against their country. She hasn't heard a word from her husband since he and his four comrades were locked down on
BY
PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — A concerted campaign by the NSW Labor Council has not yet
succeeded in splitting the peace movement in Sydney. The campaign, which
was applauded by the pro-war Murdoch press, shifted into high gear in the
lead-up to
MANILA — "War against poverty, not war against Iraq and Mindanao!" chanted 12,000 workers — members of the workers' party, Partido ng Manggagawa, and the socialist labour group, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) — as they marched down
On March 26, the Sindicato de Estudiantes (Spanish School Student's Union), together with other student organisations, called a highly successful student general strike against the war in Iraq. More than 90% of high school and university students
Preston anti-war protest
BY KATYA GOODALL
MELBOURNE — On April 5, 80 people gathered at the Preston Town Hall for an anti-war rally called by the Darebin Anti-War Group. After hearing from Alex Bhatal from the Greens, Reihana Mohideen from the
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