BY KAMALA EMANUEL
LAUNCESTON — A defiant 300-400 people rallied and marched in Launceston on March 22 against war on Iraq, despite media attempts to portray protesting now the war has begun as futile. United Nations Association President Margaret
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On March 20, Australian fighter planes assisted in a US air strike on Baghdad,
marking the beginning of the war against the Iraqi people.
Prime Minister John Howards decision to send Australians overseas to
kill Iraqis is unjustifiable. No
BY ALISON DELLIT
It didn't take long for the corporate media to fall even further behind backing Washington's war on Iraq. On March 19, the day after Prime Minister John Howard announced his government had officially committed Australian troops to
BY
PIP HINMAN
As the US-led war on Iraq began in earnest on March 20, the mass
outpouring of anger across the world surprised even some seasoned campaigners.
In Australia, around 90,000 people took their protest to the streets in
all the
Green Left Weekly's ROHAN PEARCE examines the main justifications used by US President George Bush and Prime Minister John Howard to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq.
1. Iraq possesses chemical and biological weapons
The UN inspections have so
BY DOUG LORIMER
In a final public relations ploy before ordering a blitzkrieg-style invasion of Iraq on March 19, US President George Bush issued a prime-time ultimatum on March 17: "Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours.
BY MATT EGAN
In Lismore, with two hours notice, five hundred people rallied against the attack on Baghdad on March 20. Sister Margaret Mazzer began the event by singing a prayer for peace.
Rally chairperson Tom Flanagan observed that if the
BY SUSAN AUSTIN
On March 20, 200 people attended a protest and march the local navy base, where a mock "die-in" was held. This was very powerful, and organised by local group Peace by Peace. On the following day, at lunchtime, there was a rally in
Blockies for peace
BY KAMALA EMANUEL
LAUNCESTON — When the war started, like many others, I just had to protest. I joined around 100 other furious people on the side of one of Launceston's busiest roads, calling on motorists to honk for peace.
BY MARCE CAMERON
For the second time in two days, up to 10,000 people marched through the streets of Brisbane on March 22. The noon rally at King George Square drew a crowd of 5000 but people kept pouring in from all sides of the square even as the
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