Students Take the Streets
Students around the country took to the streets on Wednesday March 5 to
protest against any war on Iraq.
In Melbourne, 5000 rallied outside the State Library in a carnival
atmosphere before marching to Parliament House. Many of the students were
present in school uniform with home made banners and placards opposing war.
Tens of thousands participated around the country, incuding 10 000 in
Sydney which had three arrests and reports of police harassment.
Some of the banners said: "Our lives have just begun, don't end them with a
gun"; "2 wrongs don't make it right So why r we going 2 fight"; "There is
no oil in Korea" on an American flag; and of course "Books Not Bombs"; and
"No War". [Melbourne Report | Pictures]
Check out local stories and photos from Brisbane, Adelaide [1 | 2 | 3]
Perth, Wollongong, Albury, Canberra and Launceston.
There were also protests in Geelong, Hobart, Darwin, Ballarat, and Newcastle.
In other news, the Department of Defence has withdrawn advertising from all
student media around Australia because of an 'adbust' done by Vertigo, the
student newspaper of The University of Technology, Sydney.
Global Reports
[ Books not Bombs reports + National Network of School Peace Groups ]
http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/
