Sydney rally marks UN ceasefire day

SYDNEY — One hundred and twenty people attended a rally at against Australia's participation in the US-led wars on Iraq and Afghanistan on September 21 — the UN's Global Ceasefire and Non-violence Day. Held outside the Sydney Town Hall and organised by the Sydney Stop the War Coalition, the rally featured a performance by Tim Freedman from The Whitlams, and was addressed by Donna Mulhearn, a "human shield" during the March 2003 invasion of Iraq; Marlene Obeid, a member of the Canterbury Bankstown Peace Group; and speakers from the Greens, Friends of the Earth, the Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network and the Socialist Alliance. Rallies were held around the country.

Photo by Alex Bainbridge.

From GLW issue 685