BY
ANGELA LUVERA
CANBERRA In the largest peace protest yet in Canberra, 20,000 people
converged on the lawns outside federal parliament on March 23 and 24. Although
most were from Canberra, protesters arrived from 22 cities and towns
532
BY
NIKKI ULASOWSKI
PERTH Students have been undeterred by the increased police attacks
on anti-war protesters, vowing to demonstrate again on April 4.
There have been many reports of police assaulting students and other
demonstrators in
Around 35 high-school students, mainly from one high school, met outside a public library in Causarina and went on a vibrant, loud and fast paced march to the only university in Darwin chanting "Howard, Tony, USA — how many kids did you kill
BY LEIGH HUGHES
Adelaide's student strike on March 26 saw thousands of high school students walk out of school to protest against war on Iraq. The following protest march, led by a huge banner demanding 'books not bombs', swelled to 7000 at its
BY
MARTIN ILTIS
LONDON On March 22, up to 500,000 people demonstrated in central
London against the US-British-Australian invasion of Iraq. Among those
hundreds of thousands of concerned people were a vocal contingent of Australians
As if to prove — yet again — the shallowness and absurdity of the "beauty" industry, the Sydney Morning Herald on March 4 announced that "designer pubic hair is in". The latest Gucci advertising campaign features a woman with her pubes waxed into
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — At lunchtime on March 25, 400 workers walked off the job to oppose the war on Iraq. They gathered outside Geelong Trades Hall to hear speakers from many unions condemn the US-led slaughter.
Andrea Maksimovic from the
BY WILL WILLIAMS
WOLLONGONG — Participants in a 300-strong anti-war march and rally voted unanimously to support the students' strike planned for April 2. Many pledged to travel to Sydney to defend the right to protest against the war.
Although
BY BRAVE BEAR
ONTARIO — The US-led invasion of Iraq has raised huge questions and created deep confusion within both the population and the political and economic elite in Canada. The government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien has repeatedly
BY ALISON DELLIT
On March 26, around 25,000 students skipped classes to hit the streets and protest against the horrendously unjust war on Iraq. Students braved police violence, and threats of it, parental disapproval and school repression to get
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