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Socialists condemn deportations of Kosovars

Socialists condemn deportations of Kosovars The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has added its voice to those of refugee advocates demanding that the 500 Kosovar refugees still in Australia be allowed to stay for as long as they wish. The DSP's

UN a tool, not the answer

UN a tool, not the answer The call by Geoff Clark, chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, for the federal government to invite members of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial

Protesters confront Howard

Protesters confront Howard BY DANI BARLEY SYDNEY — More than 300 people gathered in Faulconbridge, in the Blue Mountains, on April 7 to protest against Prime Minister John Howard's racist government. The protesters were high school students

UNITED STATES: A dozen reasons to protest on April 16

UNITED STATES: A dozen reasons to protest on April 16 The next citizen showdown against corporate globalisation will be on April 16 and 17, when thousands of people come to Washington, D.C., to protest — through legal demonstrations and/or civil

How Pauline Hanson became prime minister

How Pauline Hanson became prime minister "Howard takes policy advice from One Nation", "Nationals steal another One Nation policy", "[Bob] Carr may bag One Nation but gee he likes our policies" — these are just some of the headings on press

Week of action against mandatory sentencing

Week of action against mandatory sentencing The socialist youth group Resistance has called a national week of action to demand that the federal government overturn mandatory sentencing laws in the Northern Territory and Western Australia and

BOUGAINVILLE: Help needed now

BOUGAINVILLE: Help needed now Bougainville's struggle for self-determination has reached a critical point. A full political settlement hangs on just one crucial concession from the government of Papua New Guinea. The alternative is renewed war. The

and ain't i a woman?: Here's to science

> Here's to science The Right to Life organisation has found a new reason for its state of perpetual “moral” indignation. An article in the latest issue of the international science journal Nature Biotechnology reported that

KURDISTAN: Turkey invades southern Kurdistan

Since around April 1, an estimated 7000-10,000 Turkish troops have crossed the Turkey-Iraq border and are pressing deep into southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) to attack fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to reports carried by

Stop Nuclear Dumps group formed

Stop Nuclear Dumps group formed BY JIM GREEN Opponents of a planned national nuclear dump in northern South Australia have formed a new group, Stop Nuclear Dumps. The group was formed by Everyone for a Nuclear Free Future (formerly the Adelaide

Hip Hop as a movement

By Mark Abberton The University of Wisconsin Madison (UW-M) in the United States is hosting a conference on hip hop music and culture from April 14-16. "The conference is meant to empower youth of all backgrounds and those willing to advance their

UNITED STATES: Seattle comes to Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Protests are to be held here outside meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 16 and the World Bank on April 17 as part of a campaign to demand a world economy managed for people, not corporate profit. Other