BY MARCE CAMERON
BRISBANE — Around 100,000 protesters turned up to oppose war on Iraq on February 15, making it probably the biggest protest in the city's history.
"How is the US so sure Iraq has had weapons of mass destruction?", rally chair
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According to radical Latin American journalist MARTA HARNECKER, "the process of Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution" is little understood by much of the left. One of Harnecker's latest books is Hugo Chavez: One Man, One People, an interview with the
BY
SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE Victorias unions have joined those in Western Australia,
calling for organised labour to play a stronger role in building mass opposition
to the threat of a war against the Iraqi people.
Victorian Trades Hall
BY GILLIAN DAVY
MELBOURNE — At a civic ceremony held February 12 in support of East Timorese asylum seekers was attended by 200 people including local government councillors and state parliamentarians, the message was loud and clear: "Let them
BY TRISHA REIMERS & SUE BULL
GEELONG — Amid huge local controversy, more than 200 people protested against a war on Iraq outside the Avalon International Airshow on February 15. The protest was organised by the Geelong Anti-War Coalition.
The
BY MARIA VICTORIA VALDES-RODDA
After two months of trying to bring down President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's right-wing opposition on February 2 announced the end to its "general strike". The opposition alliance, the Coordinadora Democratica (CD),
January 22, 2003, marked 30 years since the historic Roe vs Wade decision that gave women in the US access to legal abortions. However, under the presidency of George Bush, that ruling seems increasingly precarious.
In addition to an anti-choice
BY
KATHY NEWNAM
NEWCASTLE Police estimated that 15,000 people took to the city's
streets on February 15 to oppose a war against Iraq.
Many of those participating commented to Green Left Weekly sellers
that it was the first time they had
BY PIP HINMAN
The Socialist Alliance has made stopping the war on Iraq and bringing back the troops the centrepiece of our NSW election campaign. The fact that this is a state election doesn't make our focus any less relevant.
Both major parties
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — An anti-war protest on International Women's Day, March 8, could attract numbers similar to or bigger than the 5000-strong February 8 anti-war demonstration.
International Women's Day Collective member and
BY DONNA BURNS
MELBOURNE — Thirty people attended a February 10 public forum in Footscray on the US drive to war against Iraq. The keynote speaker was Iraqi refugee Surma Hamid.
Speaking on behalf of the Committee for the Defence of Iraqi
BY
ARUN PRADHAN
MELBOURNE Kicking off a weekend of massive international protest
against war on Iraq, nearly one in 50 Australians attended an anti-war
protests on February 14-16.
The weekend began with the largest peace demonstration in
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