BY PATRICIA SADLEIR
SYDNEY — Despite near 40-degree heat, more than 100 people gathered in Bicentennial Park in Glebe on January 26 for a "picnic for peace", the first public event of the recently formed Leichhardt Stop the War Group.
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BY BERNIE BRIAN
The first thing you noticed when you visited Bill Donnelly's house in suburban Darwin was the small bust of Lenin on his bookshelf. The second thing you discovered was that Bill was very proud of the fact that he was born in 1917,
Peace Not WarVarious artistsStop the War Coalition (UK)Order at <http://www.stopwar.org.uk/#cd>
REVIEW BY LUKE SMITH
With the world music industry becoming more commercialised everyday, and with most major record labels being reluctant
Women of TroyWritten by Euripides, translated by Jenny GreenDirected by Jenny Green and Robert KennedyA Hoi Barbaroi productionPlayed by Jeanette Cronin and Zoe HoughtonBelvoir St Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, SydneyUntil February 16Tuesdays, 7pm;
BY JOHN MORRIS
SYDNEY — With the commencement of the secondary school year, an imminent teachers' salaries and conditions dispute and school-support staffing levels in review, the lead-up to the NSW election on March 22 will be a period of
BY LIAM MITCHELL
SYDNEY — Corporate warmonger Sikorsky was the target on February 1 of a spirited demonstration against war on Iraq. Sikorsky manufacturers helicopters used by armed forces in many imperialist countries.
The rally, which drew
Terrorists
According to George Bush not all terrorists are equal even though their crimes are. Real terrorists, it seems, are those identified in some way with Islam, but those who hate Fidel Castro and smoke Cuban cigars are "good old boys".
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE — At a public meeting, entitled "Counting the Cost of War", held by the Victorian Peace Network on January 29 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's Storey Hall, a number of speakers highlighted what war
BY KYLIE MOON
Support for the March 5 national student strike against the war on Iraq is quickly gathering momentum. Federal Labor MP for Fremantle Carmen Lawrence has endorsed the strike.
Lawrence declared her support for the March 5 strike at
BY FEDERICO FUENTES
PORTO ALEGRE This year's World Social Forum (WSF), a countersummit to the corporate elite's World Economic Forum, held in this southern Brazilian city, January 23-28, attracted 100,000 participants, including 20,763
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