BY ROHAN PEARCE
US Secretary of State Colin Powell made headlines on March 9 when he announced that Iraq's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program — pilotless "drones" — were the ever-elusive "smoking gun" that proved Iraq was concealing banned
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BY SARAH
STEPHEN
Thousands of refugees' rights supporters from around the country
are set to converge over the Easter weekend on the Australian government's
latest concentration camp the Baxter detention centre, near Port Augusta
in South
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
On February 15, 500,000 people converged on Berlin, and 50,000 in Stuttgart, to say "Keine lust auf krieg!" (We don't want war!). This is despite the fact that the federal Social Democratic Party (SPD)/Greens coalition government,
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people were arrested at a 600-strong anti-war protest outside Parliament
House on March 10. The demonstrators mobilised to greet Australia's pro-war
Prime Minister John Howard as he arrived for a state luncheon hosted by
BY
KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA On March 23-24, thousands of people will converge on parliament,
in a national protest against the Coalition governments support for an
attack on Iraq. Green Left Weekly spoke to James Vassilopoulos,
one of
Legitimate unprovoked aggression
"Saddam Hussein poses no direct threat to us today. But confronting him is a legitimate choice." — New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, presenting the "case" for a US war against Iraq.
People like US
Suddenly, and without justification, five Cuban political prisoners being held in US prisons were thrown into solitary confinement on March 3.
Prison authorities have not given the official reason for the illegal confinement in "the hole", but
Rally defends refugees
CANBERRA — "If Saddam Hussein is such a monster, why do you lock his victims up in hell-holes such as the detention camps in Baxter, Woomera and Nauru? If Saddam is such a monster, why are you trying to force asylum
BY TERESA FOARD
LONDON — Several hundred people marched from Parliament Square, Westminster, to a rally at the US embassy on March 8, International Women's Day.
There was a significant presence from the Iraqi, Kurdish and Iranian communities,
MELBOURNE — Scottish folk music legend Dick Gaughan will be performing at Trades Hall for one night only on March 25. His songs evoke a deep sympathy and respect for the working class, their struggles and their victories.
A professional musician
BY
LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY Ask anyone on the street in NSW when the date
of the state election is and the odds are you'll get a blank look. This
isn't a reflection of people's disinterest in politics after all, just
three weeks ago
BY ALISON DELLIT
On March 15, the day after a 2000-strong protest in Traralgon, people hit the streets in a number of regional and rural areas in Victoria to oppose the government's support for Washington's war drive.
Six-hundred people marched
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