The reports that we have received of demonstrations, protests, denounciations, etc. in reaction to American aggression in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic are too numerous to publish, However we publishing here @ selection which are of special interest: Australia: Dockers strike over troops' move
In Melbourne, on May 5th, 3,000 waterside workers stopped work in protest against the move to send Australian troops to Vietnam. A deputat~ ion of “wharfies" went to U.S. Consul in Melbourne and demanded that U.S. military forces withdraw from Vietnam. Many unions have passed resolutions demanding that the Menzies Government reverse its decision to send troops to Vietnam, Also on May 5th, several hundred Sydney University students demonstrated outside the U.S. Consulate, linking the demand that American troops withdraw with one that no Australian troops be sent. Jamaica: Demonstration against U.S, intervention in Dominica
On May 3rd, groups of Jamaican citizens paraded outside the U.S, Embassy in Kingston, They carried placards denouncing the U.S. military intervention in the Dominican Republic, and demanding that U.S. troops should be withdrawn, A meeting was held and the speakers pointed out that the U.S. action was designed to intimidate the people of the Dominican Republic from having a Government of their own choosing. Nenni Socialist denounce U.S. action in Dominica
The leadership of the Italian (Nenni) Socialist Party, which forms part of the Government, issued a communique on May 6th which “expressed unanimously their reprobation of the U.S. intervention in the domestic crisis through which the Dominican people are trying to re-establish consitutional Government." The communique added that "The U.S. Government cannot count on any solidarity on the part of Italy." Several important Italian big business papers have also criticised U.S. action. U.S. students burn their draft cards
There have been many demonstration by American students up and down the country. One of centres of these demonstrations has been Berkeley. Qn May 5th, after a demonstration several hundred strong, 40 Berkeley students marched to local draft board headquarters and burned their draft cards, thus showing that they were not prepared to conscripted to fight in Vietnam and Dominica. New Zealand opposition to sending troops
Some 60 demonstrators started a silent vigil outside Parliament in Wellington on May 9th in protest against the possibility of New Zealand sending troops to help the Americans in Vietnam. The demonstrators said they would remain there until the Cabinet reached a decision on the question. The demonstrators include students, teachers, artists, trade union officials, factory workers and wives and children, Meanwhile a campaign against New Zealand participation in the war has resulted in Prime Minister Holyoake receiving hundreds of letters condemning the proposal.