From Brisbane Westender

Sydney call out for those wanting to protest Obama's wars

 Anti-war veterans group calls for protests when

Barack Obama visits Australia

Press release

5 February 2010

"Think Obama is against war? Think again," said Stand Fast spokesperson and East Timorveteran, Hamish Chitts. “Obama is not a force for progress, he is not a man of peace - from his first day in office over 12 months ago he has firmly placed himself in the camp of the warmongers and war-profiteers.”

Stand Fast, he Australian-based veterans group which is comprised of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is calling on all people of conscience to protest the upcoming visit of Barack Obama in the 2nd half of March.

Dear Comrade John Percy,

Dear Comrades,

I was preparing to write greetings to Green Left Weekly on its 800th issue, when I received the leaflet issued by Socialist Alliance on Iran. GLW reflects the views of SA. Subsequently, I learned that the Democratic Socialist Perspective was in agreement with the SA leaflet.

As a long-time supporter of Green Left Weekly over the years I strongly urge SA and DSP to issue a correction.
My major objection to the leaflet is that it calls on the imperialist Australian government to intervene in Iran in the name of “democracy.”