A dozen protesters gathered at the Magistrate's Court in Melbourne on March 11 in support of Women for Peace activist Reta Kaur. She has been charged with $9000 in criminal damages for writing slogans against the Iraq war outside the US consulate
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Twenty members and supporters of the Newcastle Socialist Alliance branch launched the alliance's campaign for the Newcastle City Council with a rally at Civic Railway Station on March 12. Alliance candidates Peter Robson, Geoff Payne and Judy
HOBART — More than 10,000 people marched to save Tasmania's forests on March 13. It was the largest pro-environment mobilisation in Tasmania for more than 15 years. A full report will appear in the next issue of Green Left Weekly.
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Norman Brewer, Sydney
Aboriginal activists from the Redfern Block have called on "Aboriginal communities and their supporters to unite and support the demand for a national royal commission to examine police mistreatment of Aboriginal youth" by
Nick Fredman, Bangkok
Marching behind a banner reading "Thailand is not a company Thaksin", tens of thousands of Thai workers protested in the Thai capital on March 9 against the plans of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinauatra's government to privatise
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Julie Webb-Pullman
El Salvador's presidential election will take place on March 21. For the first time since the peace accord was signed in 1991, the leftist Farabundo Mart¡ National Liberation Front (FMLN) has a good chance of winning.
However,
Jon Lamb, Darwin
While the federal Coalition government remains tight-lipped about the likelyhood of a new United States military base in Australia, opposition to such a facility continues to grow. Darwin has been earmarked as a suitable site for a
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