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  1. ACT anti-war rally to hit new terror laws

    solidarity actions around Australia on the same day, Sydney Stop the War Coalition spokesperson Anna Samson ... Australia's participation in Washington's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The soc-called war on ... Coalition would continue to expose and resist the underlying agenda of the "war on terror". ...

  2. Do not let the Murugappan family be deported to danger

    solution” to the 26-year civil war waged by the Tamil Tigers against the oppression of the Tamil peoples. ... deliberate shelling campaign on this zone, as well as other areas, including hospitals set up for the ... this many. It was genocide. Nades, like many Tamil youth, was recruited during the civil war as a child ...

  3. Aboriginal Servicemen who fought in World War I

    war-associated causes. Aboriginal women lived β€œunder the Act” and were subjected to restrictions on personal ... nation bases its identity on a massive defeat in a foreign war. We need to tell the story of ... Indigenous Coral Wynter World War I Gallipoli Aboriginal soldiers conscription referenda We have ...

  4. Stop the War Coalition (Sydney) statement

    believes that the attack in London should not be viewed as an excuse to beef up the "war on ... of the violence experienced in Britain on Thursday. Stop the War Coalition will continue campaigning, ... Stop the War Coalition (Sydney) statement London Bombings: The Price of Occupation in Iraq, ...

  5. United States: Republicans target trans, gender diverse people

    Maryland, on May 4. β€œIt is clear that fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of ... plays on those fears to mobilise a culture war against Black and Brown people, the LGBTI community, ... was a 28-year-old Black trans woman. Tyianna was shot and killed in Chicago, on January 6. Samuel ...

  6. Pro-war forces misuse Malala’s brave example

    Imperialism & war Feminism Derrick O'Keefe The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai ... a courageous advocate of education for women and girls. And of course-- it should not even have to be said-- ... people marched on October 14 in Karachi to demand justice for Malala's would-be assassins. Using ...

  7. The significance of the mass anti-war protests

    BY PIP HINMAN More than 1 million Australians marched against war on Iraq two weekends ago. About ... unprecedented and is acting as a brake on Washington's plans for an oil war in the Middle East. Being ... this in the war on Afghanistan. Then, Washington simply declared that it was acting under Article 51 of ...

  8. WA unions take strong anti-war stand

    Australian union movementΒ’s reaction to the looming war on Iraq. The meeting unanimously adopted a strong ... affiliate will discuss and debate with their members the issues of war on Iraq, and take a position on what ... Mining and Energy Union is planning to stop work on the day war is declared. CFMEU state secretary Kevin ...

  9. Two fronts in Israel's brutal war

    As a new war front opened up on the Israeli-Lebanese border, Israel continued its relentless assault ... would be a disaster for Olmert. Israel is now fighting on two war fronts in territories it had ... Kim Bullimore Two Israeli soldiers were captured on July 12 by members of Hezbollah, the radical ...

  10. US-led war in Middle East stumbles

    β€œcoalition of the willing”. Obama was elected in 2008 on a platform of ending the war. He officially ended ... US-led war on Iraq, the region had de facto autonomy under US protection, ruled by the Kurdistan ... catalyst for the US-led war on the IS was the group’s brutal attack on the Yazidi community in the Sinjar ...

  11. Rhiannon: Investigate war crimes against Tamils

    Rhiannon spoke in parliament on November 27 to mark the the Tamil day, β€œMaaveerar Naal”, and detail the ... "hero". Maa means "great". Naal means "day". Β  It is a day on which millions of Tamils ... elderly who sacrificed their life in the 26-year long struggle for their freedom. Β  Last year on this day ...

  12. Afghanistan: West's war far from over

    but with, we hope, an Afghanistan that’s better for our presence here,” he said. 'War on ... gloated: β€œFor almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict ... and drug runners turned on each other in a brutal civil war that levelled Kabul. In 1996, the Taliban ...

  13. Report confirms Israeli war crimes in Gaza

    of Israel's war on Gaza. The authors of the report β€” British surgeons Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and ... are now homeless. War crimes Abu Sittah and Ang also reported on the IDF's chilling execution of ... Stu Harrison The latest brutal attacks on Gaza have had a perverse effect on Israeli politics. ...

  14. Indigenous people of Brazil fight for their future

    2021 1320 Indigenous women protesting on September 10 in Brazil. Photo: @apibOficial/Twitter Brazil: ... former Army captain, who served under the country’s last military dictator, has led an unprecedented war ... Indigenous people marching on the main promenade surrounded by Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress and ...

  15. Australian Tamils rally for war crimes inquiry

    independent UN investigations on war crimes committed by Sri Lanka’s government. Tamil community members and ... Melbourne on July 23. More than 200 Australians assembled at Federation Square to condemn the human rights ... violations taking place in Sri Lanka and to raise a voice for an international investigation into war crimes ...

  16. Adelaide's largest ever anti-war demo

    people there of all ages. Older participants who were active in the campaign against the US war on ... BY EMMA MURPHY ADELAIDE β€” The massive turn-out here for the February 16 anti-war march astounded ... everybody. The organisers of the rally, the NO WAR coalition, estimate that 100,000 people took part. Even ...

  17. UN to probe Israeli war crimes as global outrage grows

    Imperialism & war Anti-racism International solidarity Democracy Middle East National ... liberation Stuart Munckton The United Nations Human Rights Council voted on July 23 to launch an ... international inquiry into allegations of human rights violations and war crimes committed by Israel during its ...

  18. As the far right grows, its mask comes off

    hard right and fascist reaction has been on vivid display on the issues of women’s rights and the ... soft-pedalling their rabid reactionary positions on women’s rights, the environment and LGBTI issues. For ... organisation counselling women on abortion and using funds from elsewhere β€” even from its own government or ...

  19. Star Wars: The force be with racism and sexism

    The force be with racism and sexism Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Directed by George ... Lucas Review by Mary Merkenich The latest Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, is both entertaining and ... her son, who is maybe 12 years old, goes off to freedom and adventure. On the Jedi Knights Council ...

  20. Australia to join international protest against war

    the so-called war on terror means in terms of trampling on people's democratic rights", Pip ... Alex Bainbridge Marcus Greville Anti-war campaigners around Australia are preparing for large ... protest rallies on March 17, the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. The rallies will be ...

  21. ACEH: Jakarta's war to be extended

    on September 4 revealed that so far at least 319 civilians have been killed during Jakarta's war ... have been hinting that, despite the military's (TNI) much-touted successes in its war against the ... Sutarto on September 3. Sutarto said the TNI is considering extending military operations in Aceh to ...

  22. IRAQ: All the makings of a war crime

    Tony Kevin called on Australians to oppose what is happening in Fallujah. We need to be clear on what ... to be brought to heel by overwhelming military power. As I write this, the US attack on the city has ... be done to Fallujah will be a war crime and crime against humanity, morally indefensible by any ...

  23. Agreement ends Guatemalan civil war

    By Gabriel Torres After 37 years of civil war, the Guatemalan people are feeling as optimistic as ... (Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity), the army and the Guatemalan government signed a peace accord on ... December 29. More than 20,000 people converged on the National Palace in Guatemala City to welcome the ...

  24. UNITED STATES: 'War is not the answer to terrorism'

    has no proven links to the events of September 11 Β— in the name of the "war on terrorism" ... hunger Β— continue to grow, as does our military budget. The war on terrorism does not put reality on ... we believe that in a democracy, we all serve, not just our men and women in uniform. On September 11, ...

  25. Greens leader on Afghanistan: Australia should bring its troops home now

    Imperialism & war Peter Boyle War on Afghanistan (2001–2021) Australian Greens Greens federal ... expenditure on the war in Afghanistan is 10 times as much as Afghanistan's Gross Domestic Product. There ... is publishing his memoirs – they will be launched in Canberra. But in Kabul the war goes on. In fact, ...

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