According to an Associated Press report, 200,000 people took to the streets of the capital of Yemen, Sana, on March 1 to protest against a US attack against Iraq and demand that Arab leaders to take steps to avert war.
Protesters carried banners
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BY
SARAH STEPHEN
The decline in bulk-billing by doctors has been making headlines
for weeks. In February, it was revealed that the percentage of doctors
who bill Medicare directly and do not bill patients has dropped dramatically
under the
BY DAVE MILSOM
SHEFFIELD — Up to 1000 students took part in the international March 5 student strike against war here. Around 150 came from King Edward school and at least 10 other schools in the city participated.
There was a lively march
In the article "An anti-war activist stands for parliament" in last week's Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, Margaret Perrott was mistakenly as the Socialist Alliance candidate for the Wollongong seat of Throsby in the March 22 NSW election. She is actually a
BY EVA CHENG
US President George Bush's administration estimates that the US federal budget deficit will balloon to US$304 billion this fiscal year, but has not yet given any forecast of the financial costs of its planned invasion and occupation of
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — "The Murdoch-owned Sunday Telegraph's attack on the NSW Greens on March 2 reveals how nervous some are about the Greens likely successes in the NSW elections", said Sam Wainwright, Socialist Alliance candidate for
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
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
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 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
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,
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