1000 protest in Daylesford
BY MARG MURPHY
DAYLESFORD, Victoria — Inspired by the February 14 massive mobilisation in Melbourne, around 1000 residents took over the main street on February 22 to say "no to war". The arriving crowd was greeted by
527
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Betty Dixon, a 73-year-old grandmother from Goulburn, NSW, is an indication of the growing diversity of the refugees' rights movement.
Dixon describes herself as an activist. She has visited Woomera detention centre three times
BY DOUG LORIMER
In the wake of the February 14-16 international weekend of anti-war demonstrations — in which up to 12 million people participated — leaders of the 15 European Union countries held an emergency summit on February 17 to cobble
As a delegate
and active member of the Maritime Union of Australia, I believe that the
union movement has an obligation to every human being, to build and unite
the left by leading the people to stand together in opposition to this
crazy war
On February 15, around 50 people gathered at McMurdo Station, Antarctica,
to participate the in global day of peace demonstrations. Meanwhile, reports
Paolo Calisse, Amundsen-Scott Station, We organised a rally here at the
South Pole,
SYDNEY A cappella
ensemble Ecopella will launches its first CD, An Organism Called Earth,
on March 1 at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre.
Founded in 1998, the Sydney-based Ecopella was the first Australian
choir to focus its repertoire on
Liberation I
"You'll be fighting not to conquer anybody but to liberate people." — George "The Crusader" Bush addressing US troops, January 3.
Liberation II
"Under the [Bush administration's] plan a US military governor would rule post-war
BY
ED GEORGE
LEON The February 15 anti-war mobilisations were huge all over
the world; in the Spanish state they were truly enormous. If one tots up
the 1.5 million who marched in Madrid with the 1 million plus in Barcelona,
and then add
BY DEBRA PAYNE
LONDON — Many people on the February 15 London anti-war march peace march hadn't been on a march before. But I had and let me tell you it was terrific.
I was on one of 25 buses that left Nottingham for London, along with 300
BY
STEPHEN BENNETTS
ROME At least 2 million people (organisers estimate 3 million)
from all over Italy converged on Rome on February 15, one of the largest
peace rallies held in the world on that day.
An entire section of the historic
BY EMMA CLANCY
The March 5 student strike appears is set to become the next big, nationally coordinated anti-war protest across Australia. Hundreds of students attended meetings to organise the strike on the February 14-16 weekend, after
BY SHANE HOPKINSON
MACKAY, north Queensland — A week after moving to Mackay from Rockhampton, where I had been involved in anti-war organising, I received a phone call asking if any Mackay actions were planned. A quick phone call to the local
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