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The wars & local soldiers, 1976

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Sinai accord — one year after Peace Not Closer But War Further

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 September 1976 · page 14

The Sinai interim accord, which marked its first anniversary last week have not brought peace any…

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"Australians at War"

Tribune · Wednesday 22 September 1976 · page 10

"Coming Shortly - 'Australians at War' - a film you will be proud to watch." This announcement is currently being made on Channel 10 TV. As a pacifist I am repulsed…

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Supercool War

Tharunka · Wednesday 29 September 1976 · page 4

Dear Editors, In reply " to Gordon Harcourt-Baines . Aw come on now, is it not true that two Soviet agents stole a…

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White Elephants & Wounded Pigeons Rage at Zoom

Tharunka · Wednesday 29 September 1976 · page 13

A word on the Zoom 19th September at the Roundhouse featuring Aleph and Richard Clapton. Well, I got free tickets so I have to say something. Aleph are huge in every sense of the word. A monster white P.A. system…

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Pacific War As an Imperialist Struggle

Tharunka · Wednesday 6 October 1976 · page 2

Dear Editors, According to “Gung-ho” Brandon (Tharunka letters, 15.9.76) the Yanks saved Australia from a Japanese…

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A nuclear-free zone in the Pacific The proposed Omega base in Gippsland Owen Wilkes, NZ anti-war activist, talks to Tribune

Tribune · Wednesday 13 October 1976 · page 5

Owen Wilkes is secretary of the Christchurch Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in New Zealand. He is a freelance writer, farmer and physicist…

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Langs Anzac Parade van monument naar het meer

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 15 October 1976 · page 5

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International News Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew's war on students

Tribune · Wednesday 20 October 1976 · page 9

Before beginning his present tour of Australia, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew again alleged that Australia is a recruiting ground for…

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Council step up war on shops' trolleys

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 26 October 1976 · page 1

HOLROYD Council may soon attempt to cure the growing problem of "runaway"…

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Soldiers abroad

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 26 October 1976 · page 7

L-CPL ATHOL TAIG, of Merrylands (third from left) listens as two Canadians explain the 60mm mortar during an instruction course in Canada…

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International News Guerilla war intensifies as Geneva talks begin

Tribune · Wednesday 27 October 1976 · page 9

The long-awaited conference on the future of Zimbabwe ("Rhodesia") will meet in two days in Geneva. However, the guerrilla war and the torture and repression of blacks continues. In a broadcast on October 14, the Zimbabwe…

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Holy War or a Kulturkamph?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 October 1976 · page 10

The ends of the Kiryat Arba activists may be legitimate, but by kindling gut-appeal tribal emotions they sow the seeds of the country’s destruction, writes SHALOM COHEN in the Jerusalem Post…

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Burg Only Minister at October War Services

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 October 1976 · page 8

JERUSALEM: Interior Minister Yosef Burg was the only Cabinet Minister who took part in memorial ceremonies for the soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War. The ceremonies were not…

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Uranium Showdown Fraser Declares Nuclear' War on Unions

Tribune · Wednesday 17 November 1976 · page 1

Australian trade unionists are our only hope in the battle against uranium mining and export. Eight prominent unionists are calling on others "to maintain the current ACTU ban on the mining and export of uranium until... a thorough public…

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War Criminals

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 November 1976 · page 10

TORONTO: Israel Minister-without-Portfolio Gideon Hausner said here last week there are about…

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Tribune Newport: Hamer goes all out for union war

Tribune · Wednesday 1 December 1976 · page 12

MELBOURNE: State cabinet has rejected an offer from the Victorian Trades Hall Council which would have allowed the government to back down from its inflexible position on Newport. The THC's meeting last Thursday endorsed a…

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Soldiers salute Chanukah spirit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 December 1976 · page 1

Israeli soldiers celebrate the lighting of the first Chanukah flame. Chanukah 5737 starts on Friday evening…

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