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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 ...
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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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WORLD: High school students lead the way
students. All day long, sometimes roving, sit-ins in city streets took place in Cardiff, Oxford, Cambridge, ... Penzance. Ilkley Grammar in West Yorkshire had to close for the day after 500 students left. Four-hundred ... politicians who are going to support the invasion of a country with bombs and missiles”, Sheridan said as the ...
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Write On: Letters to the Editor
655 November 17, 1993 Flag burning As the author of the article "Invasion Day focuses on ... Invasion Day in Brisbane would have noted that the article did not contain mention of the burning of the ... Courier-Mail had coverage of it the next day. This sparked off a debate, with the RSL chiming in with their ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan: Bring the troops home by Christmas!
President George Bush on November 25, the day after the election, was a reminder about the incoming Labor ... Howard's Coalition government. One million people, across Australia, marched against the pending invasion ... start organising for big nationwide protests to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq next ...
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Join Resistance to change the world
in the NT. On January 26, Resistance will take part in Invasion Day protests around the country to ... Against Warming rallies in November. In 2008, Resistance will continue to campaign for real action on ... invasion of Iraq. More and more people are coming to the conclusion that the war is fundamentally wrong. ...
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Ritter exposes Washington's weapon of mass deception
August 1991 invasion of Kuwait. "Never before in the history of the United Nations had one country ... attempted to subsume another", he argues, seemingly unaware of Indonesia's brutal 1975 invasion ... A few days before this scathing editorial, Ritter travelled to Iraq to address the Arab and Foreign ...
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The antiwar movement and social change
the anti-war movement that despite its unprecedented scale it failed to prevent the invasion. But the ... to get UN approval; and it denied the invasion the legitimacy the rulers sought. If we ask ourselves ... the only way we'll achieve lasting social change. Rallies are just one manifestation of this. ...
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Whatever happened to reconciliation?
to wage "war on terrorism", little has been said about another war: the invasion ... , dispossession and attempted genocide of indigenous people in this country. At a community rally and march in ... a necessary step towards real justice for Aborigines. "[A] treaty has been an issue since day one of the ...
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WORLD: 'A peace movement that is growing hour by hour'
City. The demonstration was so big that as the first contingents arrived at the rallying point, people ... Francisco, thousands upon thousands of demonstrators started to assemble at noon for a rally at City Hall ... strode through the streets and rallied in front of the White House. Their pink and orange signs read ...
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WORLD: Another huge wave of anti-war protests
protests) took to the streets to oppose any US-led invasion of Iraq. In Italy, 400,000 people descended on ... Milan from all corners of the country for a rally organised by Italy's biggest trade union ... Germany, 10,000 people rallied in Karslruhe and 4000 held hands to form a "chain for peace" in ...
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The significance of the mass anti-war protests
invasion of Kuwait. However, this time the US and its allies are launching an invasion without any state ... floundering. The fact that ALP leader Simon Crean manoeuvred to get a spot on one of the rally platforms ... national rallies against any war — with or without UN backing. Largely in response to this, the Greens and ...
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Bradley Manning: Political prisoner and hero
lesbian rights spokesperson Rachel Evans spoke in Sydney on April 24 at a rally calling to free accused ... confinement. The protest was part of an international day of protest for Manning, who faces a court martial and ... people all over the global South. Accessing these files for up to 14 hours a day, he questioned the role ...
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Write on
thanked from the podium for sponsoring the day. So I went back to the EYA rally. Not knowing the march ... Recently I attended a rally in Brisbane's City Mall to mark this year's International Day of ... mess up his "even-handed" line. Michael Karadjis Leichhardt, Sydney World Environment Day ...
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Students confront racism
rally “for the express purpose of fighting the police”. The following day, the Australian ran a story ... tabloid rag the Daily Telegraph declared, the day after the March 26 10,000-strong student anti-war ... protest. The newspaper argued that the rally was “ambushed” by a “mob of violent troublemakers” who led ...
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A different approach to change
On polling day, the Socialist Alliance will be building public support for the November 30 rallies on ... for us to profile the issues and campaigns that our members are involved in every day." Because ... said, "it is part of the process of identifying the key issues of the day, and helping people ...
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Andrew Wilkie: Afghan military intervention justified by a 'great lie'
organising a rally on the anniversary of the invasion, October 8, at Sydney Town Hall. Visit Stop the War ... killed in Afghanistan in four days. Defence minister Senator John Faulkner defensively admitted at ... a media conference the same day that Australians are increasingly questioning the near nine-year old war. ...
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Trade union solidarity with East Timor
meeting was attended by around 50 people and was part of the national day of solidarity with the people of ... Lantz reports, more than 300 workers, activists and migrant groups attended a rally in the city centre ... to mark the trade union day of solidarity. Leigh Hubbard, secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall ...
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More troops: echoes of Vietnam
organising "troops out" rallies and actions to mark this day, and send a clear message to the ... have influenced his decision. Anti-war movement Australians were overwhelmingly opposed to the invasion ... of the Iraq, but, when the huge February 14-16, 2003, demonstrations failed to stop the invasion ...
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Police attempt to silence Cheney protesters
Order and Riot Squad (PORS) tried to stop peaceful rallies on February 22 and 23 when US vice-president ... Stop the War Coalition (STWC) for the evening Cheney arrived in Sydney and the following day as he ... Union of Australia, Greens NSW MLC Lee Rhiannon and Jean Parker from STWC addressed the rally at Town ...