BY JODY BEITZEN
MELBOURNE — A March 18 forum co-sponsored by the Age newspaper and the Press Club entitled, "Iraq: Midnight or Dawn", at Melbourne's Town Hall attracted around 800 people.
While the audience was largely anti-war, most of the
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BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — On March 20, 250 local high school, TAFE and university students joined an emergency student walkout in response to the beginning of the war on Iraq. The walkout was called by Wollongong Books not Bombs just two days
Prior to the war against Iraq, Americans heard very little from the corporate media about the most basic fact of war: people will be killed and civilian infrastructure will be destroyed, with devastating consequences long after the fighting stops.
BY KYLIE MOON
"Stop school to stop the war!" This was a call put out by Books Not Bombs (BNB) following US President George Bush's March 17 48-hour ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. It was met on March 20 by thousands of students putting
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — Within hours of Bush's declaration of war on March 18, people in Perth were protesting in their thousands. Protests continued throughout the week, culminating in a massive rally and march through central Perth on March
BY DENISE
AUKES
BRISBANE The March 5 student strike demonstrated that young people
in Australia refuse to be silent about the criminal US war against Iraq.
More than 30,000 people, mostly high school students who had walked out
of school,
NEW MEXICO, USA On March 17, the day of US President George Bush's
televised announcement of the imminent US military attack on Iraq, Green
Left Weekly writer Bill Nevins was suspended from his teaching job
at Rio Rancho New Mexico public
BY LEIGH HUGHES
The official beginning of the US-led war on Iraq was the catalyst for the abandonment of classrooms and the closure of several schools on March 20, as hundreds of students walked out in protest. In the following days, not only did
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
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
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