This photo
was sent to student anti-war organisation Books Not Bombs by a supporter
who attended the April 2 anti-war protest in Sydney. It shows two plain
clothes police officers. Shortly after the picture was taken, he indiscriminately
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BY ALLEN MYERS
PHNOM PENH — The Not In Our Name movement has been holding weekly gatherings here to express opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Two events have provided additional opportunities for opponents of the war to make themselves
BY PAUL SCHEMM
CAIRO — On March 28, for the second consecutive Friday, thousands of Egyptians gathered at the al Azhar mosque to voice their opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. But it was immediately apparent that the demonstration would
BY IGGY KIM
The Ceasefire of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, which was signed on December 9, is near collapse. This follows a series of major violations by the Indonesian military
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — The Great Lakes Security Summit, held here April 7-9, brought together Canadian provincial premiers and US state governors from the Great Lakes region for a conference on Canada-US "border security". Also present were US
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
OAKLAND, California — Police in full riot gear attacked a peaceful anti-war picket line at the docks here on April 7. The cops shot protesters and wharfies, who were nearby, with 2.5-centimetre diameter wooden dowels that left
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — The Members First group in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) is running a national ticket against the ALP-dominated incumbent team in the union elections starting on May 2.
The Members First candidates
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — The Socialist Alliance in the ACT has doubled its financial membership over the past month, a result of intense involvement in the anti-war movement. The alliance has also collected thousands of signatures on a
BY
SARAH STEPHEN
Afghan refugees, some of whom have lived in Australia for three years,
are being taken from their houses in the early hours of the morning and
put into detention because the immigration department argues that they
are not
BY ROHAN REARCE
Since the White House set its sights on the invasion of Iraq, the Murdoch family-owned press around the world has been solidly pro-war.
However, the April 7 edition of the Daily Telegraph, Murdoch's Sydney tabloid, set a new low
BY ALISON DELLIT
Federal Labor leader Simon Crean has signalled yet another retreat on Labor's "anti-war" position. Speaking to the ABC's AM program on April 11, Crean said, "If we are part of the occupying force, the ability to bring [the troops]
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Hundreds of refugee-rights campaigners will converge on Baxter detention centre from all over Australia on the Easter weekend to focus the national spotlight on the horrors of mandatory detention.
There is disconetent among local
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