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March 5 strike builds in Adelaide

BY AMY MCDONNELL ADELAIDE — “Young people need to be leading the anti-war movement. Tens of thousands of Australian students were involved in stopping the war in Vietnam, and we can stop the war in Iraq”, said University of Adelaide student

JOHN PILGER: Bush, Blair, Howard, Murdoch have 'blood on their hands!'

BY JOHN PILGER [The following speech was delivered at the anti-war rally in Sydney on February 16, which was attended by 500,000 people.] On this historic day, we should be very clear about one thing: George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard are

Scorcese's Gangs of New York: an epic whitewash

REVIEW BY LEE SUSTAR Gangs of New YorkDirected by Martin ScorseseWritten by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth LonerganWith Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent and Cameron DiazAt major cinemas The events of the

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Wollongong’s peace train and IWD plans BY MARG PERROTT WOLLONGONG — After the 5000-strong February 8 anti-war rally here, a large crowd was expected to travel from Wollongong to Sydney on February 16. Although originally NOWAR had

Rumbiak denounces West Papua provincial carve up

BY IGGY KIM SYDNEY — The Indonesian government's decision to divide West Papua into three provinces is a further attack by Jakarta on the Papuan people's right to self-determination, West Papua Institute for Human Rights supervisor John Rumbiak

UNITED STATES: Chicago defies Bush and cold to oppose war

BY PATRICK QUINN CHICAGO — On February 15, close to 10,000 Chicagoans participated in a spirited march and demonstration opposing the impending US war against Iraq. Given the brutally cold weather, the size of the march was all the more

CFMEU's national 36 hour campaign continues

BY MICK BULL & SUE BOLTON The campaign by the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) to extend the 36-hour working week to all building workers, regardless of which state they happen to be

NEW ZEALAND: Anti-war protests pressure Labour

More than 20,000 people marched against war on Iraq on February 15 in more than 20 cities and towns around New Zealand.

Tariq Ali on the 'United Nations of America'

BY TARIQ ALI The emergence of a mass anti-war movement shows a complete distrust of official politics. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the London Financial Times crowed that it would finish off the anti-capitalist movement. No such luck, gents.

Forum discusses how Iraq war can be stopped

BY MARGARET GLEESON SYDNEY — On February 19, 100 people met in Leichhardt Town Hall to discuss the topic "How we can stop the war on Iraq". Organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, the meeting was addressed by by anti-war Labor MP Harry Quick, who told

The significance of the mass anti-war protests

BY PIP HINMAN More than 1 million Australians marched against war on Iraq two weekends ago. About 12 million people marched worldwide. The scale of the opposition to the US-led drive to war is unprecedented and is acting as a brake on

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Women say 'It’s not our war’ BY ELISA TRUNZO SYDNEY — I told my friend I'd meet her at Hyde Park at 12.30pm for the Women for Peace rally. “See you there”, I said. “Can't imagine there'll be much of a turnout in this miserable weather.”