*Ø* Blogmanac | Two demonstrators from Greenpeace display banner
"Two demonstrators from Greenpeace display a banner beneath the clock face of Big Ben, in central London on the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, March 20, 2004. Two anti-war protesters climbed London's landmark Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament on Saturday ahead of a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of war in Iraq, police said. The pair reached the clockface 328 feet (100 metres) above London using ropes and mountaineering equipment after scaling the tower early in the morning."
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
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Thousands march in anti-war protests
"About 4,500 people have rallied in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of a global day of action against the American occupation of Iraq.
"It is a year since United States-led forces invaded the country.
"About 2,000 protesters have marched to Hyde Park in the heart of Sydney ..."
Source: ABC Oz
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*Ø* Blogmanac | Sydney: 7000 march for ‘Troops out of Iraq’
By Pip Hinman (no relation)
"SYDNEY – Australian troops should be pulled out of Iraq now. This was the unequivocal message from all speakers at the March 20 protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition. Some 7000 people joined a march around the city.
"Clearly, the Spanish election results had given anti-war activists a renewed sense of purpose. Howard was put on notice to pull the troops out, and ALP opposition leader Mark Latham urged to make a clear commitment to do the same if the ALP won the federal elections.
"Indigenous community activist Sylvia Scott welcomed the rally participants to Eora land and urged support for a March 24 protest against racist police attacks on Aboriginal youth.
"Andrew Wilkie and Senator Kerry Nettle argued that there had to be immediate phased withdrawal of the Australian troops. Nettle added that the troops should be out by June 30 – the date of the hand-over to the Iraqi Governing Council.
"Nettle announced that she was joining an international fact-finding mission to Iraq over Easter and would report back her findings across the country.
"Susan Price from Socialist Alliance and an activist in the National Tertiary Education Union, called on the leadership of the union movement – in particular the ACTU and the NSW Trades and Labor Council – to assist the fledging trade union movement in Iraq. The puppet Iraqi Governing Council has maintained the Saddam Hussein regime’s anti-union laws, she said.
"Keysar Trad, from the Lebanese Muslim Association, also called for the troops to come out. He pointed to the US government’s hypocrisy in its posturing over weapons of mass destruction: Iraq, which didn’t have any, was invaded whereas Israel, which is armed to the teeth including with nuclear weapons, remains Washington's close friend. Saif Abukeshek, a visiting Palestinian from the International Solidarity Movement, urged the crowd to support the Palestinian people's struggle for justice, a struggle he said that is linked to the Iraqi people’s.
"Actor Judy Davis gave a moving rendition of a Syrian poem about the futility and horror of war.
"The internationally-renown journalist John Pilger slammed the invasion of Iraq as a 'massive act of terror'. Bush, Blair and Howard will be the ones to blame for any terrorist attacks as a result of the Iraq war, he said to loud applause.
"Pilger slammed the establishment media for closing ranks behind the government's warmongering lies, challenging them to publish more of the truth and lift the level of public debate. He recounted how foreign minister Downer and deputy PM Anderson had both issued media releases attacking him after appearing on the ABC's Lateline program arguing that the occupation troops were legitimate targets of the Iraqi resistance.
"'This proves just how much Howard and Downer fear isolation', Pilger said, adding that Coalition of the Willing is falling apart following Spain’s decision to pull its troops out."
Source: No War Lismore
"In Melbourne, about 3,000 protesters were addressed by Terry Hicks, the father of Australian terror suspect David Hicks.
"Mr Hicks said David, who has been detained without charge at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have been charged or released two years ago." Source: Yahoo News, which estimates 6,000 protesters in Sydney
"Two demonstrators from Greenpeace display a banner beneath the clock face of Big Ben, in central London on the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, March 20, 2004. Two anti-war protesters climbed London's landmark Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament on Saturday ahead of a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of war in Iraq, police said. The pair reached the clockface 328 feet (100 metres) above London using ropes and mountaineering equipment after scaling the tower early in the morning."
Source: Yahoo/Reuters
Thousands march in anti-war protests
"About 4,500 people have rallied in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of a global day of action against the American occupation of Iraq.
"It is a year since United States-led forces invaded the country.
"About 2,000 protesters have marched to Hyde Park in the heart of Sydney ..."
Source: ABC Oz
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*Ø* Blogmanac | Sydney: 7000 march for ‘Troops out of Iraq’
By Pip Hinman (no relation)
"SYDNEY – Australian troops should be pulled out of Iraq now. This was the unequivocal message from all speakers at the March 20 protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition. Some 7000 people joined a march around the city.
"Clearly, the Spanish election results had given anti-war activists a renewed sense of purpose. Howard was put on notice to pull the troops out, and ALP opposition leader Mark Latham urged to make a clear commitment to do the same if the ALP won the federal elections.
"Indigenous community activist Sylvia Scott welcomed the rally participants to Eora land and urged support for a March 24 protest against racist police attacks on Aboriginal youth.
"Andrew Wilkie and Senator Kerry Nettle argued that there had to be immediate phased withdrawal of the Australian troops. Nettle added that the troops should be out by June 30 – the date of the hand-over to the Iraqi Governing Council.
"Nettle announced that she was joining an international fact-finding mission to Iraq over Easter and would report back her findings across the country.
"Susan Price from Socialist Alliance and an activist in the National Tertiary Education Union, called on the leadership of the union movement – in particular the ACTU and the NSW Trades and Labor Council – to assist the fledging trade union movement in Iraq. The puppet Iraqi Governing Council has maintained the Saddam Hussein regime’s anti-union laws, she said.
"Keysar Trad, from the Lebanese Muslim Association, also called for the troops to come out. He pointed to the US government’s hypocrisy in its posturing over weapons of mass destruction: Iraq, which didn’t have any, was invaded whereas Israel, which is armed to the teeth including with nuclear weapons, remains Washington's close friend. Saif Abukeshek, a visiting Palestinian from the International Solidarity Movement, urged the crowd to support the Palestinian people's struggle for justice, a struggle he said that is linked to the Iraqi people’s.
"Actor Judy Davis gave a moving rendition of a Syrian poem about the futility and horror of war.
"The internationally-renown journalist John Pilger slammed the invasion of Iraq as a 'massive act of terror'. Bush, Blair and Howard will be the ones to blame for any terrorist attacks as a result of the Iraq war, he said to loud applause.
"Pilger slammed the establishment media for closing ranks behind the government's warmongering lies, challenging them to publish more of the truth and lift the level of public debate. He recounted how foreign minister Downer and deputy PM Anderson had both issued media releases attacking him after appearing on the ABC's Lateline program arguing that the occupation troops were legitimate targets of the Iraqi resistance.
"'This proves just how much Howard and Downer fear isolation', Pilger said, adding that Coalition of the Willing is falling apart following Spain’s decision to pull its troops out."
Source: No War Lismore
"In Melbourne, about 3,000 protesters were addressed by Terry Hicks, the father of Australian terror suspect David Hicks.
"Mr Hicks said David, who has been detained without charge at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have been charged or released two years ago." Source: Yahoo News, which estimates 6,000 protesters in Sydney
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