Peter Robson

  • Mundine victimisation exposes 'free world' freedom

    BY PETER ROBSON& TROY SAXBY "I really feel that it's not our problem. They call it an act of terrorism, but if you understand the religion and our life, it's not about terrorism — it's about fighting for God's laws, and America's brought it upon

  • Poison pens scribble about M1

    NEWCASTLE — "M1 shares its name with a recent generation US Army tank, the M1 Abrams. It's ironic that today's crisis-addicts campaign against US imperialism — economic and cultural — when they enthusiastically take-up all the

  • Labor students take NUS NSW branch

    SYDNEY — “Student organisers don't need to live in the areas that they represent, or attend the campuses that they organise. Regional organisers shouldn't be asked to live in the regions they organise, it would be like

  • Newcastle protests treatment of refugees

    Newcastle protests treatment of refugeesNEWCASTLE — As the refugees, some fleeing political oppression, others fleeing poverty, left the ferry in hope of finding a new life they were met by grim grey-suited

  • Inciting hatred: behind the KKK

    Inciting hatred: behind the KKKBRISBANE — For a few days this month, far right organisations operating in Australia dominated the mainstream media. Several members of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party were

  • UQ council condemns anti-VSU activists

    BRISBANE — The University of Queensland Student Representative Council has passed a motion condemning the existence of the Cross-Campus Anti-VSU Collective (CCAVSUC), the organising committee for the campaign against voluntary

  • Starting up on Brisbane high schools

    BRISBANE — Resistance high school members initiated Resistance clubs on two schools, Brisbane State High and Coorparoo State High, on November 5. Called RAGE (Resistance AGitate Educate), the Resistance clubs are the result of

  • Election of One Nation senator condemned

    Election of One Nation senator condemnedBRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist Party organised a speak-out of 50 people in the Queen Street Mall on October 9 to protest the election of One Nation member Heather Hill to the Senate

  • Amien Rais visits Australia

    BRISBANE — Speaking to a full lecture theatre at the University of Queensland, Amien Rais, chairperson of the Partai Amanat Nasional (National Mandate Party of Indonesia), declared himself a candidate for president in

  • Queensland students defy threats

    Queensland students defy threatsBRISBANE — Threats of expulsion didn't stop more than 2000 high school students protesting here on July 28 against racism and One Nation. The rally, which started at King

  • Police violence at Hanson meeting

    BRISBANE — Around 1000 people rallied against the Pauline Hanson One Nation party's "Prosper Australia" meeting in Festival Hall on October 4. The protesters were peaceful. The same cannot be said for the

  • Democracy in the student movement

    Student unionism is vital to the protection of students' rights and education standards. For a union to be truly effective, it must be active and capable of voicing student opinions, and it has to be democratic. It's