BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON, March 26 — Today is a day of shame for the British military as it declares the Iraqi city of Basra, with a stricken population of 600,000, a "military target".
You will not read or hear those words in the establishment
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Matt Egan reports that in northern NSW over 1000 students and supporters protested against the war in Iraq. In Lismore, around 700 people took part in the "Books Not Bombs'" student strike march and rally. A spirited group of about 30 students from
BY STAN GOFF
This hasn't been an easy time for US President George Bush and his killer clowns. It hasn't been an easy time for a lot of so-called liberals either. An anti-war movement has come onto the scene, and not just any anti-war movement.
BY ALISON DELLIT
On March 26, around 25,000 students skipped classes to hit the streets and protest against the horrendously unjust war on Iraq. Students braved police violence, and threats of it, parental disapproval and school repression to get
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — At lunchtime on March 25, 400 workers walked off the job to oppose the war on Iraq. They gathered outside Geelong Trades Hall to hear speakers from many unions condemn the US-led slaughter.
Andrea Maksimovic from the
BY
ALISON DELLIT
“I’m not ashamed of my beliefs, nor of my role in organising students
to protest against the war on Iraq. ItÂ’s those who support the slaughter
of Iraqi people who should be ashamed”, Kylie Moon told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly.
Moon
BY ZACK DE LA ROCHA
Without just cause or reason, without legal or moral justification and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the United States, the US government has headed to war.
As I am writing this, bombs
BY PETER ROBSON NEWCASTLE — Despite Newcastle police calling high school principals and warning them of violent protest, the Newcastle March 26 student strike against the war attracted over 350 students, mostly from high school. Students
BY TUONG VI PHAM
HANOI — The Vietnamese government condemned the US-British attack on Iraq in a statement released on March 20. It stated: "The action constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law, including the
BY DAVE
ANDREWS
FREMANTLE — As the quadrennial elections for all full-time position
in the Maritime Union of Australia looms, a serious challenge to the incumbents
has emerged from the ranks of the union.
The MUA Rank and File team is
An Iraqi refugee, separated from his wife and children for more than
three years, held in Port Hedland then Villawood detention centre, gave
up hope of a life in Australia and agreed to return to Syria on February
28. A month before, he wrote a
BY DOUG LORIMER
While presenting its invasion of Iraq as having the broad international support, Washington has waged a concerted diplomatic campaign to block the convening of an emergency session of the 191 member countries of the UN General
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