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Adelaide says 'No' to the bloodshed

BY EMMA MURPHY ADELAIDE — On hearing US President George Bush's declaration of imminent war on March 18, 500 people flocked to Parliament House at 5pm. The spontaneous crowd was passionate, loud, and articulate in its outright rejection of the

IRAQ: A war based on US lies

Green Left Weekly's ROHAN PEARCE examines the main justifications used by US President George Bush and Prime Minister John Howard to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq. 1. Iraq possesses chemical and biological weapons The UN inspections have so

Melbourne emergency rallies

30,000 people shut down the centre of Melbourne three hours after the first cruise missiles were launched on Baghdad on Thursday. Victorian Peace Network (VPN) volunteers told Green Left Weekly that many of the peace

Students stop school to stop the war

BY KYLIE MOON "Stop school to stop the war!" This was a call put out by Books Not Bombs (BNB) following US President George Bush's March 17 48-hour ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. It was met on March 20 by thousands of students putting

30,000 Perth people say 'No War!'

Within hours of Bush's declaration of war on March 18, people in Perth were protesting in their thousands. Protests continued throughout the week, culminating in a massive rally and march through central Perth on March

NSW votes against the war

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — On the eve of the March 22 NSW election, both Labor Premier Bob Carr and Liberal Party leader John Brogden pleaded with voters not to make the war on Iraq a state election issue. However, the rapid growth of the

Melbourne March 20 anti-war rally

Shortly after the bombing of Iraq began people started to gather at the State Library to protest against the start of the war. The protesters, organised by the Victorian Peace Network, heard from a range of speakers before setting off at 6.30pm for the army's Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road. As it marched down Swanston Street, the rally doubled in size to 50,000.

Anti-war activist notebook

Blockies for peace BY KAMALA EMANUEL LAUNCESTON — When the war started, like many others, I just had to protest. I joined around 100 other furious people on the side of one of Launceston's busiest roads, calling on motorists to honk for peace.

450 protest war in Wollongong, March 21

On March 21, 450 people turned out for an anti-war rally in the city mall. Speakers included, Michael Organ (Greens MP for Cunningham), Jennie George (Labor MP, Throsby), Terry Fox (ex-Catholic priest and activist for

Bombing causes 'worst teaching day in 30 years'

BY LEIGH HUGHES The official beginning of the US-led war on Iraq was the catalyst for the abandonment of classrooms and the closure of several schools on March 20, as hundreds of students walked out in protest. In the following days, not only did

Antiwar movement in Launceston defiant

A defiant 300-400 people rallied and marched in Launceston on March 22 against war on Iraq, despite media attempts to portray protesting now the war has begun as futile. United Nations Association President Margaret

Carr cops an anti-war message

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — Protestors at the emergency rally on March 20 didn't miss an opportunity to tell NSW Premier Bob Carr what they thought of his tame-cat position on the Iraq war when they spotted his limousine stuck in traffic near