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Afghans rebel against decade of pointless slaughter
the 10th anniversary the next day of the US-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. For three ... Imperialism & war Tony Iltis Crowds burned a US flag in Kabul on October 6 at a rally to mark ... occupation’s anniversary, she said: “I hope Afghanistan one day will see a glorious uprising like in the Middle ...
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Why the US imperialists hate socialist Cuba
Castro Ruz to a rally of 1 million people in Havana's Jose Marti Revolution Square on May 1, 2003.] ... a day like today, this glorious international workers' day, which commemorates the death of the ... Cuban nation. In less than 72 hours, fighting ceaselessly, day and night, Cuba crushed the [1961] Bay of ...
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Max Brenner 19 defiant on support for Palestine as court case starts
Apartheid state of Israel. We note that today and in the days to follow, strikes and mass rallies are being ... application and their limits, may be tested over the coming days. In particular, in this court, what will be ... tested is the legality of actions taken on July 1 2011. On that evening, at one of a series of rallies ...
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Letters to the Editor
Women's day Happy Women's Day, health minister Abbott. Just a reminder that undermining ... thank you — for nothing. Jane Salmon Donovan Lindfield, NSW 2070 Afghanistan The invasion of Afghanistan ... anti-al-Qaeda operations. However, soon after the invasion, we started to hear of the "enemy", and any ...
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Stop work to stop the war!
the ACTU were to organise a general strike in conjunction with a national day of anti-war rallies ... GTLC-called lunchtime rallies on the day after the war begins. With the current level of opposition to the ... anti-war demonstration called by CGIL on that day in Milan. At its March 6-7 meeting in Athens, the ...
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A new tide in the Aboriginal rights movement
Â鶹´«Ã½ Sam Watson The second national day of action against the WA government’s policy of ... right to march during the dark days of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government, and more recently campaigned ... numbers for protests and rallies. What do you say about Abbott's offensive comments about so-called ...
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A chronicle of genocide and hypocrisy
contains footage of mass Fretilin rallies prior to the invasion, as well as more recent film of the freedom ... Ten days later, Indonesian paratroopers invaded the former Portuguese colony. Since then, an estimated ... Australian government. Two days later, Shackleton and four other Australian reporters were murdered by ...
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IRAQ: Bush bullies Latham
the illegal US-British-Australian invasion and occupation of Iraq. Resolution 1546 mandates the US-led ... opposed the war because there was no UN resolution mandating the US-led invasion. But after the illegal ... invasion and a May 2003 UN Security Council resolution recognising the US and Britain as the occupying ...
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Nationwide actions for freedom for East Timor
for those who died as a result of the Indonesian invasion and occupation. Street theatre led the march ... rallied outside St Mary's Church on August 25. St Mary's parish priest, Father Peter Kennedy, ... Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) also spoke. Around 100 people attended a rally in Canberra on August 24, ...
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Misguided nationalism in island row
ownership over the Diaoyus. Within days of the rally, 20,000 staged a similar protest in Macao (a Portuguese ... Kong protest was to commemorate Japan's invasion of Manchuria on September 18, 1931. That invasion ... of the Hong Kong protesters took the rally as anything less than a public assertion of Chinese ...
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Queensland goes to polls on January 31
January 25, as part of a nationwide day of action, there will be rallies for the Great Barrier Reef in ... Parliament House marching to Musgrave Park to mark Invasion Day. Socialist Alliance will not be standing ... the state. On January 24, a rally and march against Newman has been organised in Brisbane to protest ...
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Reflections on the ‘war machine’
Iraq. Appalled by what appeared to be happening, I was delighted to discover, following a rally in ... campaigning for peace which I continue to this day. On February 15, 2003, I was blown away by the sheer scale ... that the old, colonial way of doing things still prevails. Might is right, evidently. The invasion of ...
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Far-right and government compete to persecute refugees
community group that supports the "refugee invasion" and that there should be no communication ... United Nations Treaty on refugees". It also pledged, "that the day will come when — by force if ... www.rethinkrefugees.com.au. November 26, 2010 863 Refugee rights rally. Sydney, October 23. Photo: Peter Boyle Analysis ...
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Double standards in case against Lex Wotton
death, senior sergeant Chris Hurley, was charged with manslaughter in 2007. However, after a seven-day ... Wotton but for the whole country". Activists are organising a rally and march on October 4, which ... European invasion more than 200 years ago, Wotton told the public meeting that, "A great wrong has ...
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G20 protests planned
where the G20 will be meeting. The rally be will co-chaired by the Stop-G20 collective and the Melbourne ... Doughney told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly: "While more than 30 people are dying every day in Iraq, as a direct ... result of the invasion and occupation by key G20 members, they will be talking about improving financial ...
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Israel: Will Olmert's government fall?
days later, it appeared that Olmert would hang on. Olmert has suffered single-digit approval ratings ... invasion of Lebanon. The commission didn't focus on the war crimes that Israel committed in launching ... Uri Avnery wrote of the rally. "At one point, I passed [Israeli parliament member] Effi Eitam, ...
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Young people plan resistance
Hancock. Opposition to Australian imperialism wasn't limited to discussions. On the first day of the ... conference, delegates attended a rally in solidarity with Aceh, organised jointly by Action in Solidarity with ... Rosemary Gillespie, a "human shield" during the invasion of Iraq, US anti-war activist Dani ...
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Angry protests over Timor massacre
were actions at Garuda Airlines or the Indonesian consulate every day from November 13-16, culminating ... Council for Overseas Aid. In Brisbane, a hastily called rally in King George Square drew more than 200, ... 7, the anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. For more information about Aksi Brisbane ...
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US groups step up solidarity with Cuba
example of the increased activism was New York City rally on January 25. Initiated by former attorney ... postcard campaigns, lobbying and a national phone-in day are all pieces of the congressional work. Several ... 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion to attempts to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro. One new development ...
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The week that was
their invasion of East Timor", the nation pleaded with a determined Paul, and the oil companies ... culture, because some of them wanted to have a pro-democracy, pro-human-rights rally while Paul was there. ... Martin Cliché said, "at the end of the day, when the sun sets, after dinner and after supper, at ...