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ACEH: Indonesia violates peace accord

BY IGGY KIM The Indonesian government has again violated the December 10 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). The agreement was supposed to bring an end to violence in Aceh. Indonesian authorities have arrested Acehnese civil rights

Write On: Letters to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly

Keep protesting! Please do not let up on our protest against war with Iraq. If Howard thinks those protesting at the weekend {February 14-16] are in the minority. Let's have another and another until he takes notice. The hide of the man! Peter

Art show for asylum seekers

BY NICOLA DZIADKIEWICZ MELBOURNE — Colour My World is an art exhibition being held to support asylum seekers who are without work rights, Medicare or social security benefits. Hundreds of displaced and distressed people, who have been granted a

Armed police terrorise Melbourne building workers

BY SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — Armed federal police and immigration officers carried out a Rambo-style raid on an inner-city building site on February 20. The police and immigration officers stormed the Bayview building site in Port Melbourne at

CANADA: Support for refugees a feature of Toronto anti-war march

BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — February 15 marked the Canadian anti-war movement's impressive growth. In Toronto, Canada's largest city, between 30,000 and 50,000 people braved bitter cold and icy winds to assert their unconditional opposition to war

RMIT pledges support for refugees

BY GILLIAN DAVY MELBOURNE — RMIT University has made a landmark commitment to support refugees and asylum seekers, with a range of bold initiatives being implemented this year. RMIT plans to urge other Australian universities, through the

News Briefs

AMEC workers victory MELBOURNE — Workers employed by AMEC, the company contracted to install new generators at the Carrum Downs water treatment plant, are back at work. They won the reinstatement of eight workers, including the Australian

'We can give hope to people'

BY LISA MACDONALD & OWEN RICHARDS Osama Yousif, 35, arrived in Australia as a political refugee from Sudan in June 2000. Today, he is an upper house candidate for the Socialist Alliance in the March 22 NSW election. Yousif first

Socialists urge voters to write 'No war' on ballots

BY SUSAN PRICE SYDNEY — "If the Howard government won't consult the people by holding a nationwide referendum on the war, then the people should organise their own referendum", Lisa Macdonald, the Socialist Alliance's lead candidate for the NSW

Howard refugee policy 'brutalising'

BY JODY BETZIEN MELBOURNE — On February 16, 800 people packed into St Michaels Uniting Church for a forum organised by Women for a Humane Refugee Policy. Federal Labor MP Carmen Lawrence told the forum that the Howard government's treatment of

March 5 strike builds in Adelaide

BY AMY MCDONNELL ADELAIDE — “Young people need to be leading the anti-war movement. Tens of thousands of Australian students were involved in stopping the war in Vietnam, and we can stop the war in Iraq”, said University of Adelaide student

JOHN PILGER: Bush, Blair, Howard, Murdoch have 'blood on their hands!'

BY JOHN PILGER [The following speech was delivered at the anti-war rally in Sydney on February 16, which was attended by 500,000 people.] On this historic day, we should be very clear about one thing: George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard are