http://www.BooksNotBombs.org.au/m5_updates.htm + + http://www.active.org.au/sydney/news/front.php3?article_id=2196&group=webcast
30,000+ student strike against war in Australia by BooksNotBombs Coalition 11:01pm Wed Mar 5 '03 article#2196 phone: Resistance National Office: (+61)(02) 9690 1230 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.BooksNotBombs.org.au/m5_updates.htm Reports from the protests are still being collected. If you would like to write about the action in your city email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The initial updates will be placed here [see website above] by tommorrow (6-3-03). In the meantime, the initial numbers from around the country are 10,000 in Sydney; 7,000 in Adelaide; 7,000 in Melbourne; 2,000 in Perth; 1,000 in Brisbane; 1,000 in Geelong; 600 in Hobart; 300 in Launceston; 500 in Canberra; 200 in Ballarat; 300 in Newcastle; 350 in Wollongong; even 40 students came out to protest in Darwin! [ Even the mainstream media confirm the unexpected huge turnout :] ABC Online: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:43 AEDT Thousands of students rally in anti-war protests Thousands of high school students have abandoned school today to take to the streets to protest against any war against Iraq. The biggest crowd was in Sydney, but thousands have also turned around Australia. At the peak of the march, about 10,000 students walked through Sydney's CBD, forcing traffic to a standstill. Police estimate 7,000 turned out in Adelaide, 1,000 in Canberra and hundreds in Perth, Hobart and Brisbane. All are determined to have their say. "We have to get rid of Saddam some way, but war is not the answer," one student said. "We're the youth of Australia - basically it's going to be our country, we're going to inherit it, so we're here to say what we want and we don't want war," another said. About 3,000 people rallied in Melbourne, including Iraqi refugee, Maryan Altabeli. "Doesn't anyone care about the rights of Iraqi children - I do and so should we all," Ms Altabeli said. Meanwhile, Sydney police are criticising protest organisers of today's student protest for not following the agreed route, with three people arrested. Chief inspector Robert Sutton from Sydney City central police described the protest as "rowdy" but says he is more disappointed with the organisers than the protesters. "They, for whatever reason, left an hour early, they didn't follow the route agreed to by police and they went to a different location," Inspector Sutton said. ---- http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=27087&group=webcast Student protests make international news by Libeation 7:34pm Wed Mar 5 '03 (Modified on 8:15pm Wed Mar 5 '03) article#27087 Student protests in Australia have made the international news wires, including left-wing French newspaper, Libération. http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=93329&Template=GALERIE&Objet=6897 -------- COMMENTS -------- photos by snappy 8:15pm Wed Mar 5 '03 comment#27089 can someone please post more photos of today's protest! i missed it.. -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
