BY CHRIS WILLIAMS
WOLLONGONG — Illawarra NoWar is calling on the government of France to use its veto against any plans for war put to the UN Security Council. On March 11, a delegation from NoWar took their message directly to the French
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JUKES & RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — Cries of "UN, USA — no war, no way!’‘ woke up the usually
sleepy Smith Street Mall as 2500 people took to the streets on March 15.
Larrakia activist June Mills opened the rally saying: "No more
BY DOUG LORIMER
On March 9, US Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that Washington was "in striking distance" of getting "nine or 10" votes on the UN Security Council to pass a draft resolution giving Iraq until March 17 to "disarm" or face an
BY ROHAN PEARCE
US President George Bush has increasingly resorted to the claim that the aim of his regime's planned invasion of Iraq is to spread "democracy" throughout the Middle East. The worth of this claim is belied by the US record of backing
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — At a March 11 caucus of the national left unions in the leadup to the Australian Council of Trade Unions executive meeting on March 25-26, there was a discussion about whether to propose a motion to toughen up the ACTU's
BY TONY ILTIS
TRARALGON — The depth of opposition to Prime Minister John Howard's rush towards war was again demonstrated on March 14 when more than 2000 people rallied and marched in the La Trobe Valley town of Traralgon in the Gippsland region
BY
GRANT COLEMAN
Following on from the spectacular March 5 Books not Bombs student
strike against the war on Iraq, students are getting ready to walk out
of classes again on March 26. Students voted unanimously at the March 5
rallies to
BY BENN BANASIK
SYDNEY — "Peace is possible! War is not the answer!" echoed through the streets of the famous seasside suburb of Manly on March 10 as more than 700 anti-war residents joined together to show they will not support a war on the
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
Moral leadership
Some advocates of a US-initiated war with Iraq will admit its illegality but argue that law and morality are not the same. This claim is true but, of itself, does nothing to establish the morality of war.
Furthermore, if people
With media attention focused intensely on the UN Security Council debate over Iraq, the London-based Observer newspaper revealed on March 2 that the United States is apparently spying on the diplomatic delegations of Security Council nations. Despite
Women who earn more than $90,000 a year are the "most eager" of all Australian women to have children, and the least likely to expect to be childless, according to a study just released by the federal government and the Curtin University of
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