BY MIKE BYRNE
BRISBANE — More than 80 people met on April 7 to discuss immigration minister Philip Ruddock's proposal to build a 200-bed medium-security detention centre at Pinkenba, close to Brisbane airport. The meeting was called by federal
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The Queen Mother was a racist snob who excelled in extravagant living. After all the grovelling, hypocritical tributes paid to her last week, here are some facts to remember.
The Queen Mother referred to black people as "nig-nogs" or "blackamoors".
Global justice activists make plans for M1
BY DARREN JIGGINS
HOBART — Global justice activists in the Hobart M1 Alliance have
decided to organise a blockade of the Forestry Tasmania building on May
1, followed at 12 noon by a march to
BY KIRSTIN ROBERTS
Just days before the US began bombing Afghanistan, a Bush administration adviser met with Hollywood executives to enlist them in a Second World War-style propaganda offensive. The Hollywood elite have raced to show just how
BY GREGORY WILPERT
CARACAS, April 12 — In the early morning hours, Venezuelan army generals arrested President Hugo Chavez. The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago.
First of all, the military
Unions call for sanctions on Israel
On April 10 Tony Maher, mining and energy general president of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, and Paddy Crumlin, the national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia issued a joint call
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Targeting major corporations that profit from war and misery, Brisbane's M1 Alliance rallied outside the offices of the giant US corporation Boeing on April 12. Boeing is one of the world's biggest aircraft and weapons
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On April 10, eight Israelis died and 19 were wounded in a suicide bomb detonation on a bus travelling from Haifa to Jerusalem. Reports indicate that most of the victims of the blast were soldiers from the Israeli Defence Force
BY ALLEN JENNINGS
Once again, the US government has shown how ridiculous and anachronistic its policies are towards Cuba. On April 3, James Sabzali, a Canadian businessperson based in Philadelphia, was convicted for selling water-purification
Brazilian MST leaders tour
More than 250,000 poor and working class families in Brazil have won
the right to farm a parcel of land, a public meeting in Newcastle was told
on April 8.
Roberto Baggio, one of two leaders of Brazil's
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On April 11, US President George Bush told journalists that "[Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat] needs to speak clearly, in Arabic, to the people of that region and condemn terrorist activities. At the very minimum, he
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "The Palestine question is a question of justice, human rights, international law and fairness", Ali Kazak, the head of the Palestinian Delegation to Australia told an April 10 Resistance forum on the Australian
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