The Blather goes to an antiwar rally on March 18th and talks with participants who are protesting against the continuing occupation of Iraq. This event marks the third anniversary of the invasion and the protest in Brisbane , Australia,was one of thousand
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Beginning of the program [after 00 mins 00 secs ] Welcome Ratbaggers [ 00.15] Terry Hicks on his son�s incarceration in Guantanemo Bay[00.20] Salam el-Merebi [ 02.59] Ciaron O�Reilly[ 04.52] Sam Watson[ 06.43] See ya later, Ratbaggers-- [14.28]
Notes:
* David Hicks is a Australian detainee in Guantanemo Bay and his father, Terry, has been working for his release for the past five years of his incarceration. * David Hicks (biography/background) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks * Fair Go for David hicks http://www.fairgofordavid.org/ * The campaign to release Jack Thomas http://www.justice4jack.com/
* Salam el-Merebi is a member of the Muslim Womens Association http://www.mwa.org.au/index.html
* Ciaron O'Reilly (43) is an Irish Australian. He is presently working at a homeless shelter in Dublin and is long time Catholic Worker and nonviolent resister. He was a member of the ' ANZUS Ploughshares' which disarmed a B-52 Bomber in upstate New York during the 1991 Gulf War. He was also a member of the ' Jabiluka Ploughshares' that disabled uranium mining equipment in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1998. http://www.peaceontrial.com/
* Sam Watson is an indigenous leader and Murri activist in Brisbane Australia. He is also a leading member of the Socialist Alliance. * Profile on Sam Watson: o http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2001/465/465p9.htm
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