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Rally protests same-sex marriage ban

Rachel Evans, Sydney On July 25, at least 250 people rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest bipartisan support for amendments to the federal Marriage Act 1961 that would outlaw same-sex marriage. Organised by Community Action Against Homophobia

The abusive world of US immigration prisons

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON AMERICAN GULAG: Inside US Immigration PrisonsBy Mark DowUniversity of California Press, 2004413 pages, $55 (hb) "You African monkeys should go back to your country", was how the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service

Australia's mistreatment of refugees: a history

Refuge Australia: Australia's humanitarian recordBy Klaus NeumannUNSW Press128 pages, $16.95 pb REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN Refuge Australia has an explosive opening. It relates three stories of refugees, which could have been set in the present: the

'Bring the troops home now!'

Thousands of protesters marched past the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in opposition to the Democratic Party's support for the war on Iraq. Protesters held signs demanding: "Bring the troops home now!" and "End the occupation of Iraq,

What would you do if your house was raided?

BY SARAH STEPHEN ASIO, the Police and YouAustralian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network38 pagesAvailable at <http://www.amcran.org> or phone (02) 9349 7186 This pamphlet is big news, if the audience at its July 26 launch is anything to

IRAQ: UN mission fails to recruit troops

Doug Lorimer The United Nations has failed to persuade enough member countries to contribute troops to provide protection for its planned mission to Iraq, according to the July 21 Los Angeles Times. The UN was seeking at least 1000 troops from

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ website traffic hits new high

Traffic to the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly website hit an all-time high on July 19, when a total of 19,650 visitors came to the site and a total of 86,243 articles were read. Previously, the highest number of visitors on one day had been around 14,000. Most

A higher education act for bureaucrats and money lenders

Austin Whitten The administrative guidelines for the controversial Higher Education Support Act 2003 are currently being digested by university staff across Australia. Administrative personnel travelled to Canberra in March to learn how to

Students to mobilise to 'punish Howard'

Alexis Vassiley In the wake of the National Union of Students' national education conference, held at the University of Sydney on June 30-July 2, student activists around the country have called for rallies to be held in mid August to protest the

'End the lies!'

Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election. The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme

UNITED STATES: Michael Moore is right! Soldiers in Iraq want to go home

Rohan Pearce Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, the most successful anti-war film ever, doesn't gloss over the atrocities committed by the US occupation forces in Iraq, depicting graphic scenes of carnage inflicted on Iraqis by US soldiers. But

ETU steps closer to 36-hour week

Marcus Pabian, Melbourne On July 28, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) scored another victory in its ambitious campaign to institute a 36-hour week, improve working conditions and increase the number of apprentices in the Victorian power industry,