BY TONY ILTIS
TRARALGON — The depth of opposition to Prime Minister John Howard's rush towards war was again demonstrated on March 14 when more than 2000 people rallied and marched in the La Trobe Valley town of Traralgon in the Gippsland region
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BY BENN BANASIK
SYDNEY — "Peace is possible! War is not the answer!" echoed through the streets of the famous seasside suburb of Manly on March 10 as more than 700 anti-war residents joined together to show they will not support a war on the
Legitimate unprovoked aggression
"Saddam Hussein poses no direct threat to us today. But confronting him is a legitimate choice." — New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, presenting the "case" for a US war against Iraq.
People like US
Moral leadership
Some advocates of a US-initiated war with Iraq will admit its illegality but argue that law and morality are not the same. This claim is true but, of itself, does nothing to establish the morality of war.
Furthermore, if people
Women who earn more than $90,000 a year are the "most eager" of all Australian women to have children, and the least likely to expect to be childless, according to a study just released by the federal government and the Curtin University of
With media attention focused intensely on the UN Security Council debate over Iraq, the London-based Observer newspaper revealed on March 2 that the United States is apparently spying on the diplomatic delegations of Security Council nations. Despite
BY ALISON DELLIT
Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-National coalition government has taken a decision to commit to a war that Australians want no part of, and it has done so without even bothering to hold a parliamentary debate. In these
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BY
ALLEN MYERS
Dear Jose,
I am proud to have participated in conferences and solidarity demonstrations
with East Timor from the Indonesian invasion in December 1975 until the
withdrawal of Indonesian troops. Twelve years ago, when I edited
BY SARAH
STEPHEN
Thousands of refugees' rights supporters from around the country
are set to converge over the Easter weekend on the Australian government's
latest concentration camp — the Baxter detention centre, near Port Augusta
in South
Howard's dishonest case for war
Prime Minister John Howard's March 13 address to the National Press Club
clarified one thing — the Australian people have no reason at all to support
a war on Iraq. In a speech littered with emotional
MANILA — More than 3000 women, led by Women Rage (Women's Resistance to Globalisation and to End War), protested outside the US embassy here on International Women's Day, March 8. The women demanded that the Philippines government address issues of
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