BY SUE BOLTON
At 2.30pm on
August 7, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly received an email from Taylor &
Scott, lawyers acting on behalf of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
national secretary Doug Cameron, in which they demanded that an article
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BY ZOE KENNY
MELBOURNE — Hundreds of people have turned out to hear Afghan refugee Riz Wakil's presentation, "Is it safe to return to Afghanistan?", during his visit here on August 12-14. The federal government claims war-torn Afghanistan is
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Since the MV
Tampa incident one year ago, a broad and vibrant protest movement
has developed. It is matched by no other social movement in recent years.
The movement has swelled well beyond the ranks of those who have
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
South African-based fast food chain Nando's has come under fire for a radio advertisement that mocks the desperate situation refugees face in Australian detention centres.
The ad, which was pulled after a deluge of
LISMORE — Twenty
people attended the launch of a hunger strike and outdoor “refugee embassy”
on August 16, organised by the Refugee Action Collective. The hunger strike
will culminate in a public meeting with Howard Glen of Australians for
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE — To respond to the increasing activities of the misogynist Blackshirts, the Diversity and Safety Community Network was formed on August 7 at a meeting of 25 local residents and activists in Brunswick.
The
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — The 30-year-old symbol of the fight for Indigenous justice, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House, is facing serious threats of removal.
This follows hard on the heels of the July
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — Four hundred of the Illawarra Grammar School's 600 students attended a voluntary assembly on August 16 to discuss the plight of refugees in Australia's detention centres. The meeting was organised by about 20
Museworthy: Life, Related to 'Bread'
Todaythat man's sister, his wife,two of histhree children?a new path.
The small boyrescued from the pyrehe feeds withbits of bread.
Despite painthere is no question:These are your lives!These are your
BY FAROOQ TARIQ &
RAJA MEHBOOB HUSSAIN
LAHORE — On August 8, the military government of President Pervez
Musharraf declared that its previously announced plan to privatise Pakistan's
educational institutions would not take place.
LAGOS — One woman was shot dead on August 8 in Nigeria's southern oil
town of Warri when groups of women protesters besieged the premises of
oil transnationals Royal-Dutch Shell and ChevronTexaco, witnesses said.
They said two groups of
For the past three years, corporate polluters have been working to undermine the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), at which delegations from 174 countries will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 26 to September 4.
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