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  1. Students confront racism

    anti-war rallies. Hannah told GLW of her disgust at the war in Iraq, where the invasion forces kill Iraqi ... Telegraph declared, the day after the March 26 10,000-strong student anti-war protest. The newspaper argued ... that the rally was 聯ambushed聰 by a 聯mob of violent troublemakers聰 who led a 聯vicious rampage through ...

  2. Write on

    thanked from the podium for sponsoring the day. So I went back to the EYA rally. Not knowing the march ... Recently I attended a rally in Brisbane's City Mall to mark this year's International Day of ... mess up his "even-handed" line. Michael Karadjis Leichhardt, Sydney World Environment Day ...

  3. A different approach to change

    Alliance will be building public support for the November 30 rallies on the ACTU-called national day of ... issues and campaigns that our members are involved in every day." Because the alliance seeks to ... the process of identifying the key issues of the day, and helping people become active in those ...

  4. More troops: echoes of Vietnam

    organising "troops out" rallies and actions to mark this day, and send a clear message to the ... have influenced his decision. Anti-war movement Australians were overwhelmingly opposed to the invasion ... of the Iraq, but, when the huge February 14-16, 2003, demonstrations failed to stop the invasion ...

  5. Andrew Wilkie: Afghan military intervention justified by a 'great lie'

    organising a rally on the anniversary of the invasion, October 8, at Sydney Town Hall. Visit Stop the War ... killed in Afghanistan in four days. Defence minister Senator John Faulkner defensively admitted at ... a media conference the same day that Australians are increasingly questioning the near nine-year old war. ...

  6. Trade union solidarity with East Timor

    meeting was attended by around 50 people and was part of the national day of solidarity with the people of ... Lantz reports, more than 300 workers, activists and migrant groups attended a rally in the city centre ... to mark the trade union day of solidarity. Leigh Hubbard, secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall ...

  7. Police attempt to silence Cheney protesters

    NSW Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) tried to stop peaceful rallies on February 22 and 23 when US ... Stop the War Coalition (STWC) for the evening Cheney arrived in Sydney and the following day as he ... Union of Australia, Greens NSW MLC Lee Rhiannon and Jean Parker from STWC addressed the rally at Town ...

  8. Write on

    organise a rally, march and festival on Sunday June 4 for World Environment Day. Some members of the ... part of a pre-arranged plan? Why were the Army bomb sniffer dogs called off just a few days before? Was ... him for his behaviour at the time of the '75 Indonesian invasion of East Timor. She berated him ...

  9. Write On: Letters to the Editor

    reasons for the invasion of Iraq, the detention of refugees and their children, and the torture of ... an envelope containing 50 leaflets for the June 28 Workers & Community National Day of Protest ... distributing posters and leaflets two months before the day of protest. This is one reason why they were able ...

  10. Dili under siege

    university rallied in the city centre protesting the increased military presence in the territory. In an ... unprecedented move, the authorities released Xavier in exchange for the hostages. Unrest continued the next day ... held that day, Soares, flanked by military and police commanders, said "I appeal to the security ...

  11. Socialist Alliance prepares for new challenges

    after a union rally is the day that rally has been a success." Taylor described how the UCWA ... trade union movement to take the fight for workers' rights up to the government of the day- Liberal ... found at.) The discussion about fighting Work Choices continued from the previous day's union ...

  12. 'Sydney riots' less about religion more about democracy

    think of the rally should be irrelevant when it comes to the question of whether it is repressed or not. ... these days." But it is probably accurate to say it will be 鈥渉arder鈥 to be an anti-racist. Those who ... violence, but I propose we start by condemning the multiple invasions of countries under the guise of the ...

  13. Condemn Israel鈥檚 violence, not Palestinian resistance

    Israel鈥檚 war on Palestine. At a Palestine rally in Melbourne on July 26, Victorian Greens Senator Janet ... Rice was booed for calling for an arms embargo on both Israel and Palestine. At a Palestine rally in ... Brisbane on the same day, Greens candidate Jake Schoermer had a shoe thrown at him for condemning violence ...

  14. Democracy protests hit Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

    organising protests last year. Rallies against the decision the next day were violently dispersed by police, ... tactic to maintain control. Since the Saudi invasion, authorities have used violent harassment of ... holding regular rallies against the regime. As-Safir said on September 11 opposition groups hit back at ...

  15. Eritrea: 'Our people need support'

    in neighbouring Somalia. Eritrean government supporters abroad rallied to protest against the ... sanctions, with co-ordinated rallies in Australia, Switzerland and the US. However, not all Eritreans abroad ... al-Shabaab islamist militia who resisted Ethiopia's 2006 invasion of Somalia. "Afewerki says every ...

  16. The battle continues: join the Resistance!

    Australian Student Environment Network, we have called a National Day of Action for April 1. It will be an ... government, with Rudd promising to send more troops in. March 16 will mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion ... and occupation of Iraq. Resistance believes that rallies to mark this occasion must also demand an ...

  17. UNITED STATES: Green mayoral candidate almost wins

    voting on election day, the percentages were reversed, with Gonzalez winning. The margin of difference ... there was a sharp contrast between the candidates. Gonzalez opposed the invasion of Iraq and the US ... occupation of that country. He spoke at the October 25 anti-war rally in San Francisco. Newsom supports ...

  18. Kylie Moon: 'Young people can make a difference'

    against the federal government's support for the US-led invasion of Iraq. The spectacle of tens of ... with a 'Save the forests' cover; with it I got a leaflet for an anti-pollution rally. I was ... rally, it was my first. But I had a great time! "After the protest, we had a meeting of the ...

  19. Anti-war notebook

    and rally on April 13. Around 150 people marched later that day in a Reclaim the Streets action, which ... NEWCASTLE- About 400 people took to the streets here on April 5 to protest against the US-led invasion of ... Iraq. Organised by the Hunter Peace Forum, the rally included contingents from trade unions, the ALP, ...

  20. 'If there is a war, students will not behave'

    unanimously at the March 5 rallies to join this next strike as the next step in the rapidly developing student ... can make up our own minds.聰 Boland also believes that a US-led invasion will begin sooner rather than ... meetings. Mason organised another meeting two days later which attracted 30 people. Mason argues that ...

  21. Victory for the refugee-rights movement

    Afghan refugee and Free the Refugees Campaign activist Riz Wakil spoke to a 3000-strong rally in ... Sydney on June 20, World Refugee Day. The following is an abridged version of his speech. This year, the ... commitment and active campaigning 鈥 the public meetings, the many rallies and marches, the organising in ...

  22. How solidarity saves lives

    victory for the Indonesian democracy movement. From the day Dita was arrested, Resistance waged a campaign ... Vietnamese people and against the United States (and Australian) invasion of South Vietnam. The Vietnamese ... the May 19 anti-VSU rally in Adelaide, for example, when Resistance activist Jo Ellis spoke about the ...

  23. Venezuela: Why the opposition's name is mud

    event in Venezuela. There are rallies to attend, public statements and press releases by the candidates, ... invasion in Afghanistan and Iraq looks to be on course for yet another election victory on October 7. But ... Similarly large mobilisations have taken place in the cities of Merida and Trujillo in recent days ...

  24. IRAQ: Arab masses' anger disrupts US countdown to war

    launched its vicious military invasion of the West Bank on March 29, on the pretext of fighting ... his first statement on the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) invasion of Palestinian towns, on March 30, US ... stronger by the day. The street is boiling. We are being forced to take steps that we don't want to ...

  25. Eyewitness account of police riot against peaceful Muslim protest in Australia

    a small but engaging rally against internet spying on September 15, organised by the Pirate Party and ... the Muslim rally. This rally of 300-400 people included women and children, older men and young ... one woman at the rally described as 鈥渄isgusting鈥. I spoke to three young women who were sitting calmly ...

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