BY
JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA On February 24, hundreds of demonstrators from
the People's Democratic Party (PRD) took action against US plans to attack
Iraq.
The demonstration began at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in central
Jakarta then
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BY DAVID BACON
SAN FRANCISCO In the wake of the massive global anti-war protests
on February 14-16, opposition to a US war on Iraq among trade unions in
many countries may take a much more tangible form.
More than 200 unions and 550 union
BRISBANE On March 1, 200 anti-war protesters marched from the inner-city
suburb of West End to King George Square in the city, where a rally was
being held to greet the newly established Peace Embassy. The march and
rally were initiated by
BY
PETER BOYLE
GLASGOW The Scottish Socialist Party may win up to eight candidates
in the May 1 elections for the Scottish parliament. At the very least,
sole SSP parliamentarian Tommy Sheridan told the annual SSP conference
on February
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — February 15 marked the Canadian anti-war movement's impressive growth. In Toronto, Canada's largest city, between 30,000 and 50,000 people braved bitter cold and icy winds to assert their unconditional opposition to war
BY
LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
SYDNEY I believe that young people will be especially affected
by the war, and that is one of the reasons why opposition to the war among
youth and students is so strong, Karol Florek told Green Left Weekly.
In a revelation that "raises questions about whether the [weapons of mass destruction] stockpiles attributed to Iraq still exist", Newsweek's March 3 issue reported that the Iraqi weapons chief who defected from the regime in 1995 told UN inspectors
University shuts down anti-war stalls
BY SAM KING
BRISBANE — Queensland University of Technology (QUT) used police to shut down an "unauthorised" anti-war campaigning stall on its Kelvin Grove campus on February 19. Police threatened activists
BY
TAMARA PEARSON
HARARE At 8am, people here wait in long queues for the shops and
banks to open. Milk is scarce, and salt and oil can only be obtained at
ridiculous prices on the black market. Cars form 1-kilometre-long queues
for
Already this year,
dozens of groups have been formed on high schools, organising students
to protest against war on Iraq and the accompanying slaughter of the Iraqi
people. The socialist youth organisation Resistance has put together some