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ACM punishes Villawood detainees for protesting

BY TAMARA PEARSON SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,

AMWU sets a militant way forward

BY JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — At its conference on April 22-23, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) mapped out ambitious industrial goals, condemned an internal investigation into the state branch, and

UNITED STATES: Fighting for change in the belly of the beast

BY ALISON DELLIT "The idea that the United States is just one big pool of reactionary politics is false — there is resistance to President George Bush, and we want to extend that", Ahmed Shawki, a leader of the US International Socialist

Protesters told Curtin 'worse than Woomera'

BY STUART MUNCKTON CANBERRA — "I hope the staff inside have their pen and paper out because they have been seriously misinformed if they think that it is safe for Hazara refugees to return to Afghanistan", Refugee Action Collective (RAC) activist

UNITED STATES: Big turn out at West Coast protest

BY CAROLINE LUND SAN FRANCISCO — In the largest protest march since the 1991 Gulf War, tens of thousands of Californians demonstrated April 20 against Israel's murderous assault on the Palestinian people. The San Francisco Chronicle estimated "at

Refugee activists plan protest

BY MATT RICH MELBOURNE — Refugee-rights protesters will hit the streets again on June 23, following a decision of the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria (RAC-Vic) to endorse a rally at 1pm that day outside the State Library in the city, around

UNITED STATES: 200,000 protest the 'war without end'

BY MIKE LEON WASHINGTON — On September 11 an al-Qaeda-led terrorist network struck at the heart of US financial and political centres, killing thousands, troubling a shaky economy, and for many, destroying the notion that the US is immune from

Sharon's carnage: 'Part of the plan'

BY JENNY LONG SYDNEY — Speakers at a public meeting, held in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west on April 23, described how the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in early 2001 brought a change in Israel's policy toward the Palestinian

ITALY: Communist Party debates way forward

BY DICK NICHOLS [At its fifth congress, held April 4-7, Italy's 90,000-member Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) endorsed a radical left turn. This is the second part of two articles on the congress. The first part appeared in last week's Green

Ruddock grilled in London

BY SARAH STEPHEN Federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock was no doubt looking forward to a pleasant speaking engagement at the April 22 Commonwealth Lawyers' Association function in London. A little awed by the illustrious status of the

Girt by sea and surrounded by puppets.

BY DENIS OLSEN BRISBANE — Campaigners for freedom for refugees will soon have a new tool. The Carnival of the Oppressed, a street theatre collective, is working on a new play which will be touring the footpaths shortly. Utilising masks and

Refugee 'riots' - more government lies exposed

BY SARAH STEPHEN The Curtin detention centre, in the far north of Western Australia, was the scene of a mass protest by detainees on April 19 after an Iranian asylum seeker, stressed and agitated, went to the school building before dinner and