Solidarity protests with Sydney students

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BY CHRISTINA SNOWDON & GRANT COLEMAN

On April 2, students in Wollongong and Brisbane held protest actions in solidarity with anti-war students defending their right to protest in Sydney.

One-hundred people gathered in Brisbane. Speakers discussed the real situation in Iraq as well as how to take the anti-war movement forward. Ewan Saunders from Books Not Bombs told the crowd, "The US has turned the butcher of Baghdad into the hero of the Arab world".

Protesters took the open microphone to continue the movement. One protester who had attended the March 26 student strike in Sydney condemned police violence in "an overwhelmingly peaceful protest".

In Wollongong, 250 students from Smiths Hill High School formed a giant human peace sign, and chanted "Peace is Possible! War is not the answer!". They also lay down and spelled out the word "peace" on the school oval. The students were joined by many teachers and received support from the

school principal.

The protest was organised by students from Wollongong Books Not Bombs, which will be repeating the action on other Illawarra high schools.

From Green Left Weekly, April 9, 2003.
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