August 5th, 2006 - Hiroshima Day Rally, Adelaide
A rally was held on the steps of Parliament House, Adelaide to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. The rally drew a relationship between the horror of that day and the growing catastrophe in the Middle East as Israel continues its attack on Lebanon and Gaza.
This rally was called by Resistance and was supported by NoWar and Australian Friends of Palestine. Speakers were Houssam Abiad and Claire O'Connor of Australian Friends of Palestine, Kris Hanna, Independent South Australian PM, Sandra Kanck MLC, Leader of the South Australian Democrats and Stephen Darley, NoWar Committee member.
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Part of crowd from Parliament House steps
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Claire O'Connor
Photo courtesy of Richard Stone |
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Kris Hanna
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Sandra Kanck
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Photo courtesy of Richard Stone
Photo courtesy of Richard Stone
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Stephen Darley
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October 5th, 2002 - Peace March
On October 5 around 4000 people collected in Victoria Square and marched to Parliament House clearly voicing their opposition to a US lead war on Iraq.
At Parliament House the crowd was addressed by the following speakers:
- Rev Ian George, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide
- Julia Pitman, Justice and Solidarity Research Officer, Uniting Church
- Kerry Seebohm, Vietnam Veteran
- Jim Murphy, ex-British Military Forces, Middle East
- Dr David Palmer, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, Flinders University
Pictures from the Rally
Rev Ian George & Julia Pitman
A child in the crowd
The Crowd