------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the March 27, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
AUSTRALIA: PROTESTS TARGET PRIME MINISTER
In addition to major marches and rallies on March 15, many other powerful protests and acts of resistance against the U.S. war drive took place from coast to coast and around the world, but received scant media notice.
In Australia, about a dozen Green peace activists wearing blue berets and green fatigues to look like United Nations "peacekeepers" blockaded the official residence of the prime minister on March 12 to protest his decision to join in any U.S.-led attack on Iraq. The protesters held aloft banners charging Howard is a "war criminal." Passing motorists honked in audible support.
Activists also chained themselves under UN-look-alike four-wheel-drive vehicles to block the entrances to John Howard's home. As a result, the prime minister was unable to leave for parliament in his own vehicle. Four anti-war protesters were taken into custody; none were charged.
One Australian peace group has issued a call to boycott all trade with the U.S., Britain, Australia and their allies, and for an ongoing go- slow strike inside these countries, until the war ends. (indymedia)
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