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The wars & local soldiers, 1968

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 February 1968 · page 14

SERVICES: Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Barmitzvah Anniversary (Feb. 24):…

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“war is the basic social system.” Macdonald, London, 1967. $2.95

Tharunka · Tuesday 27 February 1968 · page 5

This report, or so its story goes, is the product of a series investigations "on the possibility and desirability of peace" a special committee of fifteen eminent American scientists, academics, and political and social theorists. “Jon Doe.”…

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Literature of a 100-years' war

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1968 · page 6

VIETNAMESE STUDIES, a periodical published in Hanoi, seems to be too tittle known. The current…

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Unions pit strength against Viet, war

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1968 · page 1

SYDNEY: "This week's trade union rally can mark a significant new point in the great movement in our country for peace in Vietnam." Mr. E. Boatswain (convenor of the 25-union Trade Union…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 February 1968 · page 8

SERVICES: Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Barmitzvah: To arrange tuitio…

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Cambridge Americans Against Vietnam War

Tribune · Friday 1 March 1968 · page 4

TWO-THIRDS of the Americans in Cambridge have signed a public statement opposing their Government's present…

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Unions act on war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 1

SYDNEY: More than 500 people gathered in Wynyard Square, in the centre of the city, on February 27 for a trade union rally against the Vietnam war. Mr. Pat Clancy. NSW secretary of the Building Workers'…

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Churchmen and the war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 11

Within the churches of America there is a nationwide call to oppose the war in Vietnam. The American Christian…

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GI's revolt against the war

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 9

ONE OF the first-ever anti- Vietnam war demonstrations of GI's in camp in the United States took place at Fort…

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Anti-war demo greets Gorton in Adelaide

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 4

ADELAIDE: The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton, was welcomed on his first visit to Adelaide by a demonstration of opposition to the war in Vietnam. At his Town Hall meeting staged to try mid give…

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Viet "Riot" Gas "Links U.k. in War"

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 9

A CHEMIST and an editor have claimed that the so-called "riot control gas" CS being used by the Americans in Vietnam directly connects Britain with the war. They said the gas is covered…

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Viet War Protester Freed After Five Days' Gaol Term

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 12

SYDNEY Mr. Mick Tubbs, executive member of Sydney's Action Committee and a well-known member of the Communist Party of Australia last week served a five-day jail term for demonstrating against the war in Vietnam…

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New threat to unions Welfare Gives Way to War

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1968 · page 1

AS the Gorton Federal Government's guns before butter" policy was openly proclaimed last week, Victoria's Bolte Liberal Government was threatening repression against new sections of workers seeking wage rises there…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 March 1968 · page 12

SERVICES: Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Purim (Wed, Mar. 13): 7.30 p.m.,…

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Former war minister 'bought' from Libya

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 March 1968 · page 7

President Nasser has ordered an inquiry into last week’s nation-wide riots. Already there have been many theories…

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Leave war alone, students urge sailors

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1968 · page 12

BRISBANE:-- Sailors from the U.S. war ships who visited Queensland University last week were offered political asylum by speakers at a meeting of more than 700 students protesting the U.S. war against Vietnam…

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Bitter Fruits of Unjust War Vietnam Torture - Guilty Men at Top

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1968 · page 1

LAST week's disclosure that an Australian Army officer had personally tortured a teenage Vietnamese girl shocked Australia into widespread protests…

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War protest round-up 1. Mystery 'decline' in fit objector's health "What's your trade?" "Conscientious objection."

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1968 · page 3

"Have you any hobbies?" "Conscientious objection, to help myself and others." Twenty-year-old plumber…

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OPINION War of words

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 March 1968 · page 2

Nasser’s latest statements make it quite clear that no Arab Government is ready to sit down at peace talks with Israel when he repeats his demands for what is equivalent to unconditional surrender by Israel…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 March 1968 · page 12

SERVICES: Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a. m. Sun., Mar. 17, 10.30 a.m.:…

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