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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

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

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 Green Left Weekly, the meeting was addressed by by anti-war Labor MP Harry Quick, who told

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

Anti-war activist notebook 2

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.”

Indigenous leaders oppose war

BY EMMA MURPHY The February 5 edition of the National Indigenous Times featured a cover article profiling Indigenous leaders who have spoken out against Prime Minister John Howard's support for war on Iraq. The anti-war leaders the Times had

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.

Words against war

BY JO ELLIS ADELAIDE — A group of local writers organised an anti-war poetry reading after the massive rally on February 16. Entitled Bang/Whimper, the event was held at an appropriately named venue, the Worldsend Hotel. It featured 10 writers

UNITED STATES: March 5 student strike gathers momentum

BY DANI BARLEY CHICAGO — Under the slogan, "Books not bombs", students across the United States are gearing up for what may be one of the most important days of youth activism against the looming US war against Iraq. The March 5 national student

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

Call for anti-war convergence at federal parliament

BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS CANBERRA — The ACT Network Opposing War on February 18 issued its own call for all anti-war and peace groups, community organisations, trade unions, student and youth groups and political organisations opposed to a war on