BY NICOLE COLSON & ERIC RUDER
Within a week of the attacks in New York and Washington, every major city in the US and many more towns and college campuses saw events of all kinds to oppose Bush's war drive and the tide of racist attacks on Arab
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US President George Bush would like us to believe he is about to liberate the Afghan people from the tyranny of the Taliban. He's promised US$320 million worth of humanitarian aid, some of which is to be air-dropped into Afghanistan — once the
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MELBOURNE — October 3 was to be the first day of the three-day blockade of the Commonwealth Business Forum — the O3 blockade. But in the wake of Howard's cancellation of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and with it
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[The following is an abridged version of a statement issued September 27 by the national office of the US Vietnam Veterans Against the War. For the full version visit the VVAW web site at <;.] The terrorist attacks on
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Administrative behaviour "If members of free society think this kind of treatment is conducive to a prisoner's inclination to rehabilitate himself or herself, they are mistaken." — Irving Elmer Bell. Several years ago, my mother wrote to me
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SYDNEY — "We are here today to say we will not support Bush and his allies in their frantic drive to retaliate. Revenge will not stop terrorism, war will not stop terrorism; war will only generate more horrendous terrorist acts",
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The leaflet advertising the well-attended September 30 "Peace Picnic" in Hobart said "a peaceful heart leads to a peaceful person; a peaceful person leads to a peaceful family; a peaceful family leads to a peaceful community; a
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Since September 11, the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee has documented more than 300 incidents of abuse or harassment of Muslims in Australia, including: A pregnant Muslim women having her head smashed against a metal
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More than 200 young socialist activists from across the country met in the Victorian sea-side town of Anglesea for the 30th annual Resistance conference on September 28-29. A central focus of the conference was how to build opposition
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SAN FRANCISCO — Some 5000-7000 people rallied here on September 29 to protest the US war drive in response to the September 11 terror attack that levelled the World Trade Center in New York City and badly damaged the Pentagon.
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In 1970, thousands of young people joined Edwin Starr in asking "War — What is it good for?". In 2001, Prime Minister John Howard has come up with an answer — winning elections. Before September 11, Howard was facing down one
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On September 24, six pieces of legislation were rammed through the Senate after debate was gagged with the support of the Labor Party. A seventh law was still being debated at the close of sitting. The laws will dramatically
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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington, DC, on September 29-30 weekend in opposition to President George Bush's plans to launch a war in the Middle East in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US.
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Have you ever indulged in "actions to advance a political, religious or ideological cause directed against the national interest"? If so, you'd better watch out because that is an offence under the new law that defines "terrorism"
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With South Australia's "non"-election campaign well underway, both Labor and the governing Liberals are scraping into each other's past records to convince voters to put them back into government next year. The Liberals have
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WOLLONGONG — Stages 2-6 of the upmarket housing development at Sandon Point were approved in a decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court last week. The decision on the first stage of the development has yet to be handed down.
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[The following speech was made by Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana on September 22, 2001.] No one can deny that terrorism is today a dangerous and ethically indefensible phenomenon, which should be eradicated regardless of its deep origins,
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Racists hiding behind feminism Since the September 11 mass murders in the United States, attacks on Muslims in Australia have dramatically increased. Nearly 90% of those reported have been upon women wearing the hijab (clothing worn by Muslims, for
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Wollongong Five hundred people turned up to the "world's biggest hug for peace" on October 1, Stuart Martin reports. A week before a rally for peace initiated by the Socialist Alliance attracted 150 people. Called by peace activists, the Hug for
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Encouraging racism I'm writing in response to Ahmad Nimer's article in GLW #464 "Attacks on US leave Israel the winner". I simply cannot understand how such biassed and one-sided articles are allowed to be published in the GLW newspaper. His
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Since the appalling acts of mass murder in New York and Washington on September 11, US President George Bush has at times sounded like a fire-and-brimstone preacher. With home-spun, Bible-inspired homilies, Bush has warned that the
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BRISBANE — Have you ever worried about what would happen to all the protests if the summits of world leaders suddenly stopped? Well, don't. On the evidence here in the last few days, the movement for global justice is still ready to
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All the way with the USA! "At a time of immense security and economic challenges, above all the nation needs at the helm a team ... who have a clear view of what they believe in and what they stand or." — Prime Menzies John Howard announcing the
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WOLLONGONG — Six-hundred residents, unionists and environmentalists voted at a September 29 protest to keep the pressure on to preserve the Sandon Point wetlands. The rally was called by the Northern Illawarra Residents Action Group in response the
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SYDNEY — During the last six years the number of prisoners in NSW has risen by 21.3%. On September 2 NSW Premier Bob Carr announced a $162.5 million spending program on new jails which could lead to a further 16% increase in the
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MELBOURNE — Protesters continue to picket the construction of a gas pipeline which will run through Merri Creek, despite an Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) ruling on September 20 overturning a green ban placed on the
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CANBERRA — Despite the long weekend, 250 people turned up to Garema Place on September 30 to oppose the military build-up around Afghanistan. This follows a 500-strong rally on September 20 calling for peace. A meeting called at
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LISMORE — The first public discussion organised by the Lismore branch of the Socialist Alliance on the theme "Should the refugees stay?" on September 29 was a resounding success. A highlight of the meeting was a statement sent
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HOBART — Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Jocelyn Scutt ruled on September 21 that the Tasmania University Union (TUU) will not be allowed to restrict the newly created men's officer position to men. The men's officer position
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Despite being pushed off the front pages by the September 11 attacks in the US, the Australian government's scandalous treatment of asylum seekers has continued unabated. The government's "war on refugees" reached a new level of
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CANBERRA — Payroll services, including the production and delivery of fortnightly payslips, for staff in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care have been outsourced during the previous year to a private company. In
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BY BRONWEN BEECHEY& KATHY NEWNAM ADELAIDE — Following the brutal attack on detained refugees during a September 22 solidarity protest outside Woomera detention centre, a refugee action collective has been set up in Adelaide. The police launched
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MELBOURNE — Supporting a three-day hunger strike in defence of refugee rights on September 22, I was dismayed to be the target of some of the increasing physical and verbal violence against refugees and their supporters. Jorge
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LISMORE — Two hundred people participated in the September 29 Global Justice Carnival, originally intended as a pre-Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) convergence for the Northern Rivers area. The carnival demanded
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PERTH — Thirty refugee supporters protested outside a meeting addressed by immigration minister Philip Ruddock at Subiaco Oval on October 3. Organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network, the peaceful protest highlighted
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RAMALLAH — In the week after the meeting between Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres on September 26 and the announcement of a much-vaunted joint cease-fire, 30 Palestinians were
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On September 26, police opened fire on protesting residents in Tafelsig, Cape Town, who had mobilised to prevent 1800 households' water supplies being cut off by the Cape Town Unicity council. At least 15 people were wounded in the
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LAHORE — Adil is a leader of the Afghanistan Labour Revolutionary Organisation who lives in exile in Pakistan. He secretly visited the Afghan city of Jalalabad on September 16-19 to assess the situation and to consult with his
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During 1999-2000, four of the Asian countries most seriously hit by the 1997-98 economic crisis — Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand — appeared to be recovering sharply. But things swiftly turned sour at the end of last
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SAN FRANCISCO — We've all heard about the incidents: "Middle Eastern-looking" passengers being walked off aircraft because of "fear" by other passengers or flight attendants or pilots. At San Francisco's airport up to 10 people daily have suffered
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Green parties around the world have differing opinions on planned US-led military strikes on Afghanistan in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Most have expressed concern about military attacks, but without opposing them outright.
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[The following is an abridged version of a speechParrilla, Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations, delivered at the UN General Assembly session on October 1, 2001.] In a speech delivered just
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A ConversationBy David WilliamsonDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble Theatre, SydneyUntil November 3 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE The theme of violence against innocents, and the justice or impunity that follows, has never been more timely. The real
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reflection of the bridge in the train windowwhere it meets other things: most beautifulsad blue harbour in an afternoon light thatcan barely keep itself from darkness; sky-scrapers, hairs of the city standing on endwith all that electricity; ghosts
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According to a report in the September 15 Los Angeles Times, the politically charged rock band Rage Against the Machine had the bulletin board service on its official web site closed after fans made postings — including one reportedly threatening
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REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Her Own Woman: The Life of Mary WollstonecraftBy Diane JacobsAbacus, 2001333 pages, $28 (pb) A "hyena in petticoats", wrote London literary eminence Horace Walpole in 1795 in a fit of misogynist pique against Mary