BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Two thousand people, many of them carrying candles and Palestinian flags, marched through the city centre as part of an Asia-Pacific regional day of action for Palestine on April 19. Simultaneous protests were held in
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BY ZANNY BEGG
As part of this year's May 1 protest events, protesters will blockade the Sydney offices of Australasian Correctional Management (ACM). Here are some reasons why we will be doing this.
ACM, and its US parent company Wackenhut, are
BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — More than 2000 people marched for Palestine on April 20, in a protest mobilising much of the Palestinian community in Melbourne.
"I am angry", Rarda Abdel Fatah, speaking on behalf of Young Palestinian Women, told the
REVIEW BY PAUL D'AMATO
We Were SoldiersDirected by Randall WallaceWith Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear and Sam ElliotShowing at major cinemas from April 25
Hollywood has released a string of movies lately that claim to give us a realistic portrayal of
NTEU campaign against homophobia
BALLARAT — After the University of Ballarat endorsed a student contingent at the 2002 Pride March, two public emails were sent by staff members condemning "sexual perversion".
Although the NTEU responded with a
The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) will continue to demand free water and electricity, which were promised by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) during its election campaigns, SECC chairperson Trevor Ngwane declared on April 16.
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — The city's immigration department offices are almost certain to be closed on the morning of May 1 when protesters against racist attacks on refugees, the US war drive and union bashing will converge on them. The Community
BY CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN — At 6am on March 20 five international students were woken from their sleep by someone at the door. When one of the students opened it, he was confronted by a team of immigration department officials and NT police
REVIEW BY JIM GREEN
Running from the Storm: The Development of Climate Change Policy in AustraliaBy Clive HamiltonUNSW Press, 2001176 pages, $35 (pb)
Running from the Storm, Clive Hamilton's book on climate change, and in particular climate
BY DICK NICHOLS
RIMINI — Since it was launched in 1991 by opponents of the dissolution of the old Italian Communist Party (PCI), Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) has not only kept the communist name alive in national politics, but
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — Israel's attack on the Jenin refugee camp will be recorded as one of the bloodiest massacres in the history of the Zionist state.
The scenes of devastation go beyond anything describable in words. Friends of mine who
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Unions Tasmania organised the inaugural cross-union delegates' conference, attended by 215 people on April 19. A large majority of the participants were workplace delegates rather than union officials or organisers.
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