Peter Boyle
Whichever major party wins the August 21 elections, the real job of fighting for progressive change will remain. Not just because Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition have made this election campaign an ugly race to the right, but also because real change never comes simply through a vote. Even an election that registered real victory, such as the defeat of the hated John Howard Coalition government in November 2007, came on the back of sustained political action by millions of ordinary people focused primarily around the campaign against Work Choices.
Wil Anderson from ABC TV's Gruen Transfer emceed the rally and had the crowd of 3000 in stitches before and after the march from Sydney Town Hall to Taylor Square.
Speech by Paul Benedek at Sydney Refugee Action Coalition march and rally on August 7, 2010.
The Sydney Stop The War Coalition has been collecting signatures on giant petitions calling on new PM Julia Gillard to withdraw Australian troops from Afghanistan.
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