BY EMMA MURPHY
ADELAIDE — The massive turn-out here for the February 16 anti-war march astounded everybody. The organisers of the rally, the NO WAR coalition, estimate that 100,000 people took part. Even the police reckon 70,000 were there.
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Wollongong council votes against war
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — Following the 5000-strong anti-war rally on February 8, the local council voted to reaffirm Wollongong as a "city of peace", opposing war on Iraq and supporting the return of
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA — "In my opinion, it doesn't matter if the UN is arm-twisted into a war with Iraq, it's still immoral" — these blunt words set the tone for federal Labor MP Carmen Lawrence's talk to a meeting organised by the Canberra
BY
ALISON THORNE
The Socialist Alliance sought to identify areas of broad agreement
in order to unite socialists from eight diverse socialist organisations,
as well as many individual activists, around limited but shared goals.
The
BY DOUG LORIMER
As the United States makes final preparations to launch its military conquest of Iraq, the long-simmering diplomatic dispute over the future of Iraq between Washington and Paris broke into the open.
On February 9, German officials
BY
SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE Victorias unions have joined those in Western Australia,
calling for organised labour to play a stronger role in building mass opposition
to the threat of a war against the Iraqi people.
Victorian Trades Hall
Support the Baxter protest
I wish to make a comment on the article in GLW #525, "Inside Baxter Detention Centre". Firstly I would like to say thanks for illustrating the horrifying conditions inside Australia's newest "state of the art" detention
BY
TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON Around 600 central Queensland residents protested here
on February 15 as part of the global weekend of action against war on Iraq.
It was the largest rally held in some years in this rural town, known for
January 22, 2003, marked 30 years since the historic Roe vs Wade decision that gave women in the US access to legal abortions. However, under the presidency of George Bush, that ruling seems increasingly precarious.
In addition to an anti-choice
BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — The retirement of the incumbent Labor member for the state seat of Charlestown, Richard Face, has prompted ALP head office intervention in the pre-selection ballot for his old seat.
Despite the protests of a 140
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