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Forging greater left unity through the Socialist Alliance and building a mass movement in opposition to the US-led war against Iraq were the two main priorities set for the coming year by the Democratic Socialist Party

Since the December-January fires in five refugee prisons, there has been much corporate media attention on those charged, or accused (and locked up without charge) of starting them. But we have seen few reports of the brutal

On January 8, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act came into effect in Britain. Its impact on asylum seekers will be severe, withdrawing entitlements to living allowance and accommodation from those who do not claim asylum

A Tunisian asylum seeker held in Woomera detention centre faces "voluntary" deportation to Syria in late December, along with two Palestinian men. They are the latest victims of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and

On November 20, arch-reactionary Christian fundamentalist NSW MP Fred Nile seized the opportunity presented by the federal government's vague warnings of terrorist threats to raise "concerns" that the Muslim chador (religious

Despite claims that the police and navy had no way of surveying, or receiving, a distress call from SIEV-X, the asylum-seeker boat which capsized last October, it appears that Australian authorities may have had far more

Racist prejudice is alive and well in Australia. Just cast a glance at the letters in tabloid newspapers, or listen to a few minutes of the shock-jocks' talk-back radio. People judge others according to their national

BY TERRICA STRUDWICK & SARAH STEPHEN At the end of September, Abdur Wahab Najim, an Iraqi asylum seeker in Villawood detention centre, was approached by an immigration department official who offered him a passport and claimed that the

The ALP shut down its working party on refugee policy on November 12, after only two meetings. This is a substantial blow to Labor for Refugees, which agreed to its membersÂ’ involvement in the working party in return for a

Fatima is a widow and grandmother who has been in Australia for 10 years, living with her family who are financially supporting her. She has no remaining close family in East Timor and has grown very close to her grandchildren here.

"The young of Australia will not be deterred from travelling in the years ahead... We will continue to live the lives that we regard as the birthright of all Australians." Prime Minister John Howard made these comments during the

The recent raids by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) of the homes of Muslim families received widespread media coverage. However, similar raids following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US went largely