Australian political party criticizes the "War on Terrorism"

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With that in mind, Australia's Coalition Government, fired up by racism and religious intolerance, has blindly committed Australia to George Bush's so-called "War against Terrorism" states Australia's Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP).

"It is also a War against dissent, free speech, civil liberties, asylum seekers and multiculturalism. With Mr. Bush and his neo-conservative colleagues developing new nuclear weapons, and threatening to use them on seven countries, the threat of nuclear war is greater than it has ever been."

The"[P]unitive, militaristic approach," of the "War against Terrorism" is not working and is, "[L]eading to escalating violence, and increasing numbers of suicide bombers, who are born out of poverty, repression and despair," Australia's NDP further states.

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Australia's NDP seeks to help create an alternative to this scene. Instead of spending billions of dollars on new nuclear weapons, and threatening to use them, "the money should be spent on alleviating the suffering in countries where suicide bombers are found. We need to build healthy peaceful societies which respect justice, human rights and the environment," the Disarmament Party also states.

The Disarmament Party seeks to provide a progressive alternative to Australia's Liberals or the Australian Labour Party (ALP).

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