WOLLONGONG — As the US, Britain and Australia attack Iraq, the band Inside Out have rallied for peace. They are a few of the voices that Prime Minister John Howard refers to as the "unconvinced mob".
"A Song of Peace", written by music teacher
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BY
GRAHAM MATTHEWS
& ANTHONY BENBOW
Militant unionists in Melbourne and Perth have offered a lead to
others by walking off the job to protest the war at union-organised rallies
following the beginning of the war.
In Perth,
BY TUONG VI PHAM
The Vietnamese government condemned the US-British attack on Iraq in a statement released on March 20. It stated: "The action constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law, including the United
BY MARCEL CAMERON
Hearing news that war had begun, more than 10,000 people jammed into Brisbane's King George Square in a 5pm emergency rally called by the Queensland Peace Network on March 20. At first the mood was sombre and reflective, but this
BY KAREN FLETCHER
30,000 people shut down the centre of Melbourne three hours after
the first cruise missiles were launched on Baghdad on Thursday. Victorian
Peace Network (VPN) volunteers told Green Left Weekly that many
of the peace
BY
ALISON DELLIT
After a week of emergency anti-war actions, tens of thousands of
Australians continued to protest on the March 22-23 weekend. Protests in
eight cities mobilised around 120,000 people. This included a whopping
30,000 on
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — On March 21, 450 people turned out for an anti-war rally in the city mall. Speakers included, Michael Organ (Greens MP for Cunningham), Jennie George (Labor MP, Throsby), Terry Fox (ex-Catholic priest and activist for
Those in the US, British and Australian governments and their mainstream media toadies who hoped the anti-war movement in the US and around the world would collapse following the launch of Washington's barbaric blitzkrieg against Iraq would be
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On March 12, an immigration department media release announced that the Australian and Iranian governments had signed a memorandum of understanding to "promote the legal and mutually beneficial movement of people between the two
NEW YORK CITY More than 250,000
people marched through the streets of New York City on March 22. The demonstration
was so big that as the first contingents arrived at the rallying point,
people were still leaving the start point 38 blocks
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