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Anti-war rally in Melbourne
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
Melbourne held its protest a day or two ahead of the rest of the world. Numbers were well
down on last year, not to mention the year before, but still topped the thousand mark ...
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It seems to be a regular feature when a rally is followed by a march that the numbers dwindle, sometimes very sharply as the march progresses. That certainly happened this evening, with fewer than two hundred finishing up at Federation Square. The rally at the State Library was addressed by, amongst others, Lev Lafayette of Labor for refugees, Kevin Bracken of the MUA, and Andrew Wilkie, for the Greens.There was plenty of music on the
march, supplied by apparently indefatigable drummers, and Havana Palaver did their bit to warm the crowd up before the speeches.It was also a colourful protest, and not just because of the red flags ...
Self deprecating, I suppose
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Make love not war
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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This little one was in no doubt about the message ...
Moreland Peace Group
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Another point of view
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Promoting NIBS - the t-shirt is on sale there, too
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Andrew Wilkie
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Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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The drummers
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Lesbian and Gay Solidarity - with Havana Palaver
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A reminder of the Coalition's use of depleted uranium ...
by PC
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HE was there, too
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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A bike advocate
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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Chalking the outlines of bodies on the road outside Nike
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Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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The final stop - at the flinders Street intersection
by PC
Friday March 18, 2005 at 11:56 PM
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more pics etc
by pc
Sunday March 20, 2005 at 09:09 PM
In case anyone is interested, these photos and a few more can now be found on http://au.geocities.com/melbprotest/index.htm along with a one-minute or so video clip of part of the march ...
-pc
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Sure!
by Chihaya
Monday March 21, 2005 at 11:32 PM
kisshoten12@hotmail.com
Sure! ;-)
It's my daughter who's been to all the major rallies and protests in the city starting the one in front of the U.S. Consulate on 18th of January, 2003.
She knows what she writes(usually) such as "Yes Peace! No war!" and "No more Bush."
Your daughter
by Nazihunter
Wednesday March 23, 2005 at 06:29 PM
I'm pleased your daughter is gaining a political awareness so young.
Kids however are wonderfully idealistic. Might I suggest you teach her at some point that whilst war is bad, sometimes Bad Men don't always stop being bad just because you ask them nicely and you can't always fight fire with hugs and kisses.
You should also make sure she doesn't graduate from chalk to textas and spraycans.
Hi Nazihunter,
by Chihaya
Saturday March 26, 2005 at 06:56 PM
kisshoten12@hotmail.com
Thank you for your comment and advice.
I think there are many "little ones" becoming aware of what's been happening like my own. While we were at the Library, a lady came up to me and showed me a photo of a little child writing message on the ground with a chalk from some other rally, asking me if it was my daughter. But soon we found that was in Sydney! ;-)
Yes, it is important to teach them that it's not easy to make the bad ones turn around and be nice and do the right things. And as you say, it is also important that we choose to stay peaceful and not use violence in return of what they do to us and others.
At one point, my daughter talked about "killing" the bad ones, so I told her that she would have to go to jail for that while they don't worth it! Then she changed it to "take them all to where there are penguins(=Antarctica)" to freeze....(>_<)
Cheers!
Chihaya
www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/pentagon.htm
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