GLW issue 531, published 2003-03-26.

The reliability of our news media during war

BY ROBERT ALCOCK Now war is declared, the ball game of news reporting will change. All material gathered in and around the conflict will be subject to US scrutiny and if you don't sign the Pentagon agreements, then pack your bags quickly.

Student poets victimised for anti-war stance

NEW MEXICO, USA � On March 17, the day of US President George Bush's televised announcement of the imminent US military attack on Iraq, Green Left Weekly writer Bill Nevins was suspended from his teaching job at Rio Rancho New Mexico public

Iranian asylum seekers may face forced return

BY SARAH STEPHEN On March 12, an immigration department media release announced that the Australian and Iranian governments had signed a memorandum of understanding to "promote the legal and mutually beneficial movement of people between the two

Students stop school to stop the war

BY KYLIE MOON "Stop school to stop the war!" This was a call put out by Books Not Bombs (BNB) following US President George Bush's March 17 48-hour ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. It was met on March 20 by thousands of students putting

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Australian News

Australia's troop commitment protested

BY ALISON DELLIT Protesters in many cities reacted to the events of March 18 — the announcement by PM John Howard that Australian troops had been committed to a war against Iraq, and US President George Bush's designed-to-fail ultimatum to Saddam

Kurds rally against occupation of Northern Iraq

BY AMY MCDONELL ADELAIDE — On March 5, Adelaide's Kurdish community protested plans by Turkey to join the US in invading and occupying Northern Iraq (South Kurdistan). More than 100 people gathered at Victoria Square for a march to state

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International News

PALESTINE: The murder of Rachel Corrie

RAFAH, Gaza Strip � On March 16, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old US volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), was murdered by the Israeli occupation army. Wearing a fluorescent orange jacket, Corrie was standing in the path

IRAQ: US aggression to benefit US oil companies

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.

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UNITED STATES: Protests erupt as Washington's war of conquest begins

BY DANI BARLEY DETROIT — As word of the commencement of mis-named Operation Iraqi Freedom spread across the world, activists in the belly of the beast also took to the streets to voice their intense opposition to what they labelled an "unjust and

Melbourne March 20 anti-war rally

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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Cultural Dissent

V-Day play for asylum seekers

MELBOURNE — A benefit production of Eve Ensler's groundbreaking, award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues — hailed as funny, poignant, intelligent and courageous — will dive into the mystery, humour, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement

Inside Out for peace

WOLLONGONG — As the US, Britain and Australia attack Iraq, the band Inside Out have rallied for peace. They are a few of the voices that Prime Minister John Howard refers to as the "unconvinced mob". "A Song of Peace", written by music teacher

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