Following the
police brutality at the March 26 Books Not Bombs student anti-war protest
in Sydney, and threats of more prior to the BNB protest on April 2, the
corporate media and NSW Labor government ran a campaign of slander and
red-baiting
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BY GLORIA LA RIVA
Olga Salanueva is the wife of Rene Gonzalez, one of five Cubans imprisoned by the US for trying to stop terrorism against their country. She hasn't heard a word from her husband since he and his four comrades were locked down on
BY
PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY A concerted campaign by the NSW Labor Council has not yet
succeeded in splitting the peace movement in Sydney. The campaign, which
was applauded by the pro-war Murdoch press, shifted into high gear in the
lead-up to
MANILA — "War against poverty, not war against Iraq and Mindanao!" chanted 12,000 workers — members of the workers' party, Partido ng Manggagawa, and the socialist labour group, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) — as they marched down
On March 26, the Sindicato de Estudiantes (Spanish School Student's Union), together with other student organisations, called a highly successful student general strike against the war in Iraq. More than 90% of high school and university students
Preston anti-war protest
BY KATYA GOODALL
MELBOURNE — On April 5, 80 people gathered at the Preston Town Hall for an anti-war rally called by the Darebin Anti-War Group. After hearing from Alex Bhatal from the Greens, Reihana Mohideen from the
JOHANNESBURG — On April 5, more than 12,000 people marched behind about 15 "human shields", who have recently returned from Iraq, to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. The protest, organised by the Anti-War Coalition (AWC), marched through the
This open letter to Bob Carr was issued by Books Not Bombs on April 2.
You call us violent demonstrators but we are for peace.
We want the bloody, unjust and illegal war in Iraq to stop.
We want the bombing to stop.
We want the troops to be
BY LEIGH HUGHES
ADELAIDE Everywhere you go, there are indications that young people
oppose this war on Iraq. Anti-war badges pinned to school uniforms, discussions
about Iraq on the 3.30pm buses, huge Books Not Bombs meetings and massive
Scotland: Socialism
in the Making
A film by Jill Hickson
Actively Radical TV
Screening 9pm, Sunday, April 16, on Channel 31, Sydney.
REVIEW BY LEAH GANLEY
Scotland: Socialism in the Making is a short film about the
Scottish Socialist
BY
SUE BOLTON
The building industry royal commission's final 23-volume report (except
for one volume which is being kept secret) was made public on March 26-27.
By the time of federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott's speech
to the
Know who they're fighting for
"My first reaction when I saw it was this was not a political statement in any way by the men and women of 101st. I think the 101st was being pretty creative and naming things after what reminds them of home. And I
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