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BRITAIN: Sheffield students join March 5 strike

BY DAVE MILSOM SHEFFIELD — Up to 1000 students took part in the international March 5 student strike against war here. Around 150 came from King Edward school and at least 10 other schools in the city participated. There was a lively march

Correction

In the article "An anti-war activist stands for parliament" in last week's Green Left Weekly, Margaret Perrott was mistakenly as the Socialist Alliance candidate for the Wollongong seat of Throsby in the March 22 NSW election. She is actually a

UNITED STATES: War to add billions to nation's debt

BY EVA CHENG US President George Bush's administration estimates that the US federal budget deficit will balloon to US$304 billion this fiscal year, but has not yet given any forecast of the financial costs of its planned invasion and occupation of

Socialist Alliance defends Greens

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — "The Murdoch-owned Sunday Telegraph's attack on the NSW Greens on March 2 reveals how nervous some are about the Greens likely successes in the NSW elections", said Sam Wainwright, Socialist Alliance candidate for

Police raid Narangba protest camp

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — At dawn on March 6, police raided the camp protesting against the Narangba irradiation plant in an attempt to suppress opposition to the controversial project. Up to 50 police were involved in the attack, which included

Feminist marches oppose war

BY ALISON DELLIT Across Australia on March 8, women, men and children took to the streets, using annual International Women’s Day marches as an opportunity to say “no” to US President George Bush and Prime Minister John Howard’s war on

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

Anti-war protest in Taree Two-hundred-and-fifty protesters marched from Johnny Martin Oval to the Queen Elizabeth Park in Taree on Saturday February 14, where they listened to speakers from across the board. All spoke against the war in Iraq. As

ALP 'Left' moves against Harry Quick

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Factional opposition to outspoken anti-war parliamentarian Harry Quick was publicly revealed on March 1. The Saturday Mercury reported that the ALP "Left" faction was trying to replace Quick — who is not aligned with

'The beginning of an international youth movement'

BY ALISON DELLIT The stunning success of the March 5 student strike for peace, which mobilised a whopping 30,000 mostly high school students, took even the corporate media by surprise. Although mixed, much of the coverage was favourable.

CANADA: York University sends in the cops

BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — Picket lines went up at Canada's third-largest university, York University, on March 5 as students went on strike as part of a day of international student actions against the war. In one of winter's heaviest snowfalls,

Student strike sets example to unions

Student strike sets example to unions In a magnificent display of conscience, irreverence and determination, more than 30,000 students — largely from state and private high schools — took to the streets around the country on March 5

Anti-war activist notebook

Bankstown against the war BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS SYDNEY — On March 2, 70 people gathered in the Bankstown City Gardens for a "Peace Picnic". Local anti-war activists used the get-together to form the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group. Following a