JOHANNESBURG — On April 5, more than 12,000 people marched behind about 15 "human shields", who have recently returned from Iraq, to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. The protest, organised by the Anti-War Coalition (AWC), marched through the
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Preston anti-war protest
BY KATYA GOODALL
MELBOURNE — On April 5, 80 people gathered at the Preston Town Hall for an anti-war rally called by the Darebin Anti-War Group. After hearing from Alex Bhatal from the Greens, Reihana Mohideen from the
This open letter to Bob Carr was issued by Books Not Bombs on April 2.
You call us violent demonstrators but we are for peace.
We want the bloody, unjust and illegal war in Iraq to stop.
We want the bombing to stop.
We want the troops to be
BY LEIGH HUGHES
ADELAIDE Everywhere you go, there are indications that young people
oppose this war on Iraq. Anti-war badges pinned to school uniforms, discussions
about Iraq on the 3.30pm buses, huge Books Not Bombs meetings and massive
Scotland: Socialism
in the Making
A film by Jill Hickson
Actively Radical TV
Screening 9pm, Sunday, April 16, on Channel 31, Sydney.
REVIEW BY LEAH GANLEY
Scotland: Socialism in the Making is a short film about the
Scottish Socialist
Know who they're fighting for
"My first reaction when I saw it was this was not a political statement in any way by the men and women of 101st. I think the 101st was being pretty creative and naming things after what reminds them of home. And I
BY
SUE BOLTON
The building industry royal commission's final 23-volume report (except
for one volume which is being kept secret) was made public on March 26-27.
By the time of federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott's speech
to the
COMMENT BY LYNNETTE LITTLE
PORT AUGUSTA — Recently, teenagers at the Baxter detention centre started classes at Port Augusta's high school. I want to write a positive story, as there are so many tragic events in the world at the moment. I have
BY CHRISTINA SNOWDON & GRANT COLEMAN
On April 2, students in Wollongong and Brisbane held protest actions in solidarity with anti-war students defending their right to protest in Sydney.
One-hundred people gathered in Brisbane. Speakers discussed
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On March 31, soldiers from the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division stationed
at a roadblock near the Iraqi towns of Najaf and Karbala opened fire on
a car, killing 11 of the civilians inside. According to an embedded Washington
Why Iraqis are not welcoming US 'liberators'
I really do believe we will be greeted as liberators, US vice-president
Dick Cheney said on March 16, three days before US-led military forces
began their invasion of Iraq.
The real
BY
MARTIN ILTIS
LONDON Australians Against the War (AATW) held its first formal
meeting on March 30, attended by about 20 Australians living in London.
The meeting flowed from the group's prominent participation in the 500,000-strong
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