BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — Supporters of peace and justice sprang into action as soon as they heard that US bombing raids on Afghanistan had begun, rallying in their thousands on the evening of October 8.
By far the largest action happened
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@box text intr = In a speech to the British Labour Party's annual conference on October 2, billed as the formal announcement of war with Afghanistan, Tony Blair outlined the sort of world the imperialist powers' claim they want to construct out of
BY RAMANI DE SILVA
DILI — The Constituent Assembly elected in September had been in place for less than two weeks when on September 26 a demonstration of around 300 people demanded that its deliberations be opened to the people through public
BY FAROOQ TARIQ
LAHORE — Since the bombing of neighbouring Afghanistan began, thousands of Pakistani religious elements, including young students, have taken to the streets all over Pakistan — and have been met by police violence, tear gas,
BY ALISON DELLIT
As gut-wrenching as it will be, on November 10 either Prime "Menzies" John Howard or Labor's Kim "Bomber" Beazley will be prime minister and one of Australia's corporate political parties will control the federal government.
BY SARAH STEPHEN & DANIEL MOYA
Bashir Shamkhi's wife and three children were on the boat intercepted by the HMAS Adelaide on October 7. He knows exactly the desperation and fear which led some to jump overboard when confronted by the warship and
BY NICOLE COLSON
CHICAGO — "The only way they're going to hear us is in the streets. No to war! Yes to peace!" That was the message that Lucas Benitez had for the crowd of Chicago protesters who gathered just hours after George Bush began raining
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — The October 20 elections in the Australian Capital Territory are being contested by far more than the usual major party candidates. Nurses angry about the meltdown in health, outer suburbanites disgruntled with service
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Howard Zinn on WarBy Howard ZinnSeven Stories Press, 2001206 pages, $34.95 (pb)
With every militarist hothead in press and parliament lashing themselves into a frenzy over the war they have just started against Afghanistan,
BY NORM DIXON
The day after the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state in the Nixon administration, demanded that the US government "destroy the network" of whoever committed the
Anti-war message comes to UCan
CANBERRA — The anti-war movement came to the University of Canberra on October 19, when activists held a speakout and petition stall, with props highlighting the truth about George Bush's "war on terrorism".
Opposition to the United States' war on Afghanistan should be a major focus in upcoming Reclaim the Night marches around the country.
Feminists played a key role in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the 1960s, the movement against the Gulf war in
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