Anti-war activists around the world have been inspired by two train drivers who, on January 8, refused to drive a freight train from Glasgow to the Glen Douglas NATO base on Scotland's west coast. The drivers believed the train was carrying
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Leichhardt activists organise against war
BY LACHLAN MALLOCH
SYDNEY - The recently formed Leichhardt Stop the War Group is demonstrating the breadth of local opposition to the waging of war on the people of Iraq. Its members include the mayor of
BY
ALEX BAINBRIDGE
CYGNET The Cygnet Folk Festival held in Tasmania on January 10-12
has become one of the most progressive festivals in Australia today
according to one of the festival organisers, Geoff Francis. Notable progressive
BY SALLY BROWN
APOLLO BAY — "With around 400 women, men and children marching along the Great Ocean Road in solidarity chanting 'No blood for oil' and 'Australia does not want this war', this rally is not only the first rural town to have a no
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — In the lead up to the February 16 "Walk Against the War" in Sydney, the Illawarra NoWar collective is organising a February 8 protest against war on Iraq.
Advertised with the slogan "No blood for oil", the rally
Since November 17, Code Pink: Women's Pre-emptive Strike for Peace has maintained a vigil in front of the White House in Washington to protest against US President George Bush's planned war on Iraq. Women at the site have been fasting for days or
Freedom of information?
On December 16, [ABC journalist] Geraldine Doogue interviewed an Australian National University lecturer about the situation in Aceh. Though Geraldine's questions were incisive and to the point, the answers were evasive
BY ALISON DELLIT
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to be the only person in Australia prepared to argue that the government has not yet decided to participate in a war on Iraq.
While Howard keeps right on claiming that "no decision has
BY
MICK BULL
MELBOURNE Victorian state secretary of the Construction, Forestry,
Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Martin Kingham, has urged all trade unions
to participate in an afternoon rally on the day that the US launches its
war
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE — "Bring all the warships home!" was the rally cry on February 18 at the National Maritime Festival where the HMAS Newcastle was on show to the public.
The Newcastle No War Collective organised a snap protest, because
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