Press Releases
Israeli
Aggression Risks General Middle Eastern War - NOWAR Protest
Rally Saturday 22 July 2006
“The current illegal Israeli assault and blockade of Lebanon
repeats the ongoing terrorist tactics against Gaza
on a larger scale”, said NoWar spokesperson Stephen
Darley
.
The Israeli government and military, backed by the US,
is deliberately courting a wider war involving Syria, Iran
and perhaps the whole of the
Middle East”.
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21 July 2006
PROTEST
MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ INVASION
3 years on, 100,000 Iraqis dead. How many more dead? How much longer?
NoWar SA spokesperson,
Stephen Darley said today that his anti-war group will mark the 3rd
anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with mobile protests at three different times at the
intersection of King William Street and North Terrace in Adelaide. Protesters will carry placards around the intersection
at 7:30am, 12pm
and 5pm.
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20 March 2006
GOVERNMENT
FOLLOWS VIETNAM PATTERN IN IRAQ
The second anniversary of the invasion of
Iraq is approaching, and there is no end in sight to the occupation
and the deaths brought about by this war. NOWAR
spokesperson Mike Khizam said “the Federal government has
marked this date by committing 450 more troops to Iraq. This
is following the same bloody and futile path of
escalation its predecessors followed in Vietnam.
”NOWAR,
along with the global peace movement is marking the
anniversary, through a rally outside Alexander Downer and
Robert Hill’s office at 100 King William Street, Adelaide,
on Palm Sunday, 20th March at 12 noon. This comes as the
resistance in Iraq is becoming ever more effective, the false euphoria generated
by dubious elections is already fading, and anti-war sentiment
is growing within the US military itself. Recruitment targets are failing, war
resisters are rising in numbers, and the US government doesn’t dare evoke the spectre of
Vietnam further by bringing in conscription.
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17 March 2005
WAR ON FALLUJAH WHILE ARMISTICE DAY REMEMBERED
“While Australians today rightly remember the sacrifice of those who fell in the War to End All Wars, the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians may be sacrificed as the Coalition forces in Iraq continue their offensive on the city of Fallujah”. NOWAR spokesperson, Anne McMenamin said that the assault on Fallujah launched this week will result in the senseless deaths of civilians and military personnel alike. “It is reported that most of the civilian population has fled the city. This may be so. However, this is what we were told in April when a similar assault took place. But we then learnt that over 600 civilians lost their lives and over 1,000 were wounded as a result of US fire power. People were burying the dead in the local soccer field because the cemeteries were full”.
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11th November, 2004
Massacre in Fallujah: Massacre Threat in Najaf
Doctors in Fallujah hospitals estimate that over half of the mortalities of the recent US
attack on the city of Fallujah were women, children and old men. This makes nonsense of the US
Marine commanders claim (from outside the city) that "95%" of those killed were combatants. People
continue to die in Fallujah as a result of the US siege as we speak.
Read the full press release...
April, 2004
Candle Light Vigil - Sunday March 16th
JOIN IN THE VIGIL FOR PEACE -- LAWNS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
NORTH TERRACE --from King William Street to the War Memorial
SUNDAY MARCH 16th at 7pm
Bring your own canldes or a torch. Bring paper cups to put candles in, and something to light the candles
(preferably a lighter, if you have one, in case of wind) Bring a rug or chair if you want to sit down. Join in
this PEACEFUL statement against war. Join with millions of other world-wide.
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16 March, 2003
Purple Ribbon Campaign
On Wednesday 12 March, the Australian symbol of peace, a huge purple ribbon, will be draped from the
Clayton Wesley Church on Norwood Parade. This will launch the South Australian Purple Ribbon Campaign and
will be attended by parliamentarians Vini Ciccarello and Francis Bedford (ALP) and Sandra Kanck (Democrats)
as well as prominent church leaders.
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12 March, 2003
Turn on your car lights to stop the war!! Say no to war - Light up for peace
An international anti-war campaign that any driver can participate in has started in Adelaide.
Adelaide peace organization NOWAR SA is asking South Australians who are opposed to a war on Iraq to
turn on their car lights while driving during the day.
NOWAR SA spokesperson, Anne McMenamin said that people who participate should commence this action
on 25th January for the duration of the Australia Day long-weekend and beyond until it is clear that
the proposed war is called off. "In this way people can send a simple but effective message to John
Howard and the federal government that there is a groundswell of opposition to military action against
Iraq."
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21 January, 2003
War can be averted says NOWAR - Keep a cool head Mr Bush and Mr Howard
At Victoria Square today Sunday Jan 19th where the group will pack an effigy of
Prime Minister Howard´ head and a photo of Bush´s head in ice.
Spokespeople for NOWAR will urge Adelaide citizens to attend a major peace rally in Adelaide
on Sunday 16th February at 12 noon in Victoria Square as part of nationwide demonstrations that
weekend against a war on Iraq.
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29 November, 2002
100,000 Nationwide as war looms
Anti-war organisers around Australia expect 100,000 to march in opposition to a war on Iraq this
weekend as the United States Government continues its war preparations. War in the Persian Gulf is
looking increasingly likely, as early as January or February, the Northern Hemisphere winter. The
Howard Governments withdrawal of SAS troops from Afghanistan and its strong support for George
Bush make Australian military involvement almost certain.
In Adelaide, NOWAR (the Network Opposing War And Racism) is organising a rally and march against war
to commence tomorrow, Saturday , November 30 at 11.00 am from Victoria Square.
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29 November, 2002
SONG SAYS IT ALL.
The question all Australia wants to know – "Have you got the ticker Johnny, to say No to President Bush?"
This weekend thousands of people across Australia will be asking this question in song.
The song, written in Adelaide by the Green Choir, turns John Howard´s favourite word "ticker" back
on him. Last year he used it to taunt Kym Beazley. This year we ask it of him – has he got the ticker
to say No to President Bush, and to develop independent foreign policy that is genuinely in the interests
of Australia?
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29 November, 2002
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