BY DOUG LORIMER
Glasgow MP George Galloway, an outspoken opponent of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq, was expelled from the Labour Party on October 23. "Labour will rue the day that they took this
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SYDNEY — Up to 1500 people attended a protest festival to oppose the visit of US President George Bush in Prince Alfred Park on October 19. Organised by the Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition, the rally featured comedy act CNNNN and a "protest
BY MARCE CAMERON& SUE BOLTON
BRISBANE — Perhaps inspired by the vicious anti-communist scare campaigns conducted by Coalition governments and right-wing trade union officials against militant union activists in the 1950s, officials of the
MELBOURNE — The largest progressive Jewish organisation in the country, the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), has distanced itself from the campaign being conducted by pro-Israel spokespeople against Palestinian legislator and human
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — In the most passionate display of anti-war sentiment seen on Sydney streets for months, more than 5000 people roared their opposition to US president George Bush on October 22, the day he arrived in Australia.
Sydney
Protests against US President George Bush were staged in several cities across Indonesia on October 21, one day ahead of his brief visit to Bali.
In Jakarta, about 300 protesters rallied outside the US embassy, burning an effigy of Bush, as well as
Blockades
I expect we'll hear no more complaints from governments, police and media about S11-style protests and union picket lines following Bush's visit to Australia.
After all, the Prime Minister and his colleagues demonstrated in Parliament
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK& RUSSELL PICKERING
BRISBANE — On October 19, 90 people gathered in King George Square to remember the 353 men, women and children who drowned in October 2001 while trying to reach Australian shores aboard the SIEV-X. The
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY — Philippines union leader Ariel Guides' fiery and rousing speeches were very well received at the protests against the visit of US President George Bush in Sydney and Canberra on October 22 and 23. In particular, protesters
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — "An attack on Medicare is an attack on the community itself", David O'Byrne, Tasmanian secretary of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, told a "Save Medicare" rally on October 22.
Delegations from
BY ROBYN MARSHALL
TOOWOOMBA — I love gardens. The vast diversity of flowers, bushes and trees is a remarkable tribute to nature and its evolutionary development over millions of years. It is a continual source of wonder.
You may not think
BY JOHN TOMLINSON
Economic fundamentalism has created a sordid situation for poor people, here and overseas. There are ways in which each one of us can play a part in undermining the damaging impacts of such policies.
The cure lies in recognising
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