MELBOURNE — Thousands of people cheered, chanted along, clapped and urged on the Peace Not War/Socialist Alliance contingent at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transexual Pride 2003 march on February 2.
Although crowds were down
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Meeting discusses crisis in Venezuela SYDNEY — On January 31, 120 people gathered at Trades Hall to hear Socialist Alliance activist Jorge Jorquera speak on the political situation in Venezuela. The meeting was organised by Committees in
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MELBOURNE — Ten-thousand building workers marched from Trades Hall to the Melbourne Magistrates Court on February 6 in support of Martin Kingham, Victorian state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
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MELBOURNE — On February 4, 150 apprentices who are members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) in Victoria went on strike for 24 hours as part of their campaign to put an end to unpaid downtime in the construction, maintenance
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WOLLONGONG — On February 8, the people of this working-class city mobilised in numbers never before seen in the Illawarra, exceeding even the protests against the Vietnam War. More than 5000 people came out to demonstrate their
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BY GRANT COLEMAN & EMMA CLANCY WOLLONGONG Following the February 8 anti-war protest in Wollongong, 25 students from high schools and universities held a meeting to plan action for the international student strike on March 5. The strike
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SYDNEY Anger in the northern suburbs is rising against the federal government's support for a US war on Iraq. Anti-war film screenings and protest meetings are attracting large crowds. On January 22, a Chatswood screening of
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CANBERRA Six hundred people turned out on the evening of February 4 to watch a public debate in Old Parliament House entitled Should Australia go to war in Iraq?. Chaired by Radio National's Late Night Live host Phillip
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"This is a crucial time for all feminists to take a stand. Now more than ever we need to come out against this most unjust and cruel war, which poses the biggest threat to peace and security for communities across the Earth... War
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PERTH — Since a 2500-strong anti-war, anti-militarism protest against the sea swap agreement on January 19, the campaign against war in Iraq has continued to gather momentum in WA. The sea swap agreement between Australia and
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MELBOURNE — On January 31, a small but vocal rally, attended by 50 people, was held outside the department of immigration to oppose the likely deportation of 190 Iranian asylum seekers. The rally was called following a
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SYDNEY — Despite near 40-degree heat, more than 100 people gathered in Bicentennial Park in Glebe on January 26 for a "picnic for peace", the first public event of the recently formed Leichhardt Stop the War Group. The