In his Australia Day address on January 26, Labor opposition leader Simon Crean argued that women and children asylum seekers should be released from refugee detention centres. He called for a "solution that is lasting, bi-partisan and firm, but
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BY SUSAN PRICE
The United States and other First World governments are using the "war on terrorism" as a pretext to launch an offensive against the peoples of the Third World. All around the world, governments are attacking working people's living
BY RAY FULCHER
MELBOURNE — "There is no need for the creation of a new federal offence of terrorism because current criminal law is sufficient to catch all the activities perpetrated by terrorists", Chris Maxwell, from Liberty Victoria, told a
BY NORM DIXON
Last November, US government spokespeople flatly denied reports that mysterious aircraft were taking off in the dead of night from the besieged northern Afghan city of Kunduz. They were lying. The White House secretly approved the
A massive demonstration in solidarity with migrants and asylum seekers took place on January 19 in Rome. Between 100,000 and 150,000 people protested against immigration laws proposed by Italy's far-right coalition government. The three-hour march
LISMORE — Twenty activists from the new Refugee Action Collective (Lismore) occupied a roundabout on February 1 and set up a symbolic detention centre. Many passers-by responded positively. In the previous week, the Refugee Action Collective (Byron
BY KAREN FREDERICKS
BRISBANE — The fight for refugees' rights was given a boost on January 31 when 50 people picketed a meeting attended by immigration minister Philip Ruddock at Brisbane's main immigration department offices.
Organised in 24
BY NADEEM ANSARI & KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — At a January 31 public meeting, Lionel Bopage from Friends for Peace in Sri Lanka appealed to the new Sri Lankan government to begin peace negotiations with the Tamil population. Bopage recently
BY KIM LINDEN
NEWCASTLE — On January 31, a meeting at the Joy Cummins centre decided to set up Newcastle Action for Refugee Rights (NARR).
Attended by 20 people, the meeting was called to organise a Newcastle contingent to the February 12
BY GILLIAN DAVY
MELBOURNE — In the largest demonstration for refugees' rights held
here so far, 4000 people rallied on February 2 in City Square to demand
that immigration detention centres be closed and that the refugees be freed.
The
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for IndependenceBy Ray RaphaelPart of the New Press People's History series, edited by Howard ZinnThe New Press, 2001386 pages, $55.90 (hb)
BY ADAM HANIEH
RAMALLAH — Over the last week one topic has dominated conversation in the West Bank town of Ramallah: will tonight be the night? A general consensus holds that it is only a matter of time before Israeli tanks and troops take over
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