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H. Bruce Franklin: from loyal liberal to radical dissident

Bruce Franklin, Vietnam and Other American Fantasies, University of Massachusetts Press, BILL NEVINS, Vietnam War, culture, history"> H. Bruce Franklin: from loyal liberal to radical dissident Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce

Attack at Woomera

"Today's brutal crackdown is the reality of Australia's bipartisan approach to refugees. This hell hole cost $25 million to develop, and is one of the most isolated prisons in the world", Kathy Newnam told Green Left

Dita Sari to attend Sydney conference

BY JOHN PERCY Former political prisoner and militant union leader Dita Sari will head the People's Democratic Party of Indonesia's delegation to the second Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, the party has announced. Sari, the

Action updates

Rally for refugee rights BRISBANE — More than 150 people marched to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs after a refugees' rights rally in Suncorp Metway Park on September 22. The rally opposed Liberal/Labor bipartisan

BRITAIN: Unions call for scrapping detention centres

BY SARAH STEPHEN Trade union leaders in Britain have called on the Labour government to abolish asylum detention centres and to scrap the voucher system of benefits for refugees in Britain, according to a September 11 ABC report. Trades Union

Resistance in action

Anti-war plans underway ADELAIDE — Resistance called a public meeting on September 15 to plan anti-war and racism campaigns. The meeting decided to organise a set of publicity stalls in Rundle Mall and to campaign outside high schools to rally

Seven reasons to protest at CBF/CHOGM

@box text intr = In the first week of October, thousands of people will take to the streets of Brisbane and Melbourne: in Brisbane, on October 6, they will protest the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), while in

PHILIPPINES: Revolutionary groups merge

We inform the entire progressive community of a milestone in the unification of the revolutionary forces in the country. The Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (PMP) and the Sosyalistang Partido ng Paggawa (SPP) announce their merger through a

'The Australian government was cruel to us'

BY VIV MILEY & SARAH STEPHEN On the weekend of September 22-23, more than 300 asylum seekers had been sitting in boats off Ashmore Reef and the Cocos Islands for days — some for close to two weeks — and the government has yet to announce their

NO WAR formed in Sydney

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Two hundred people packed the Gaelic Club for a hastily called meeting on September 20 and unanimously endorsed the formation of a Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR) committed to stopping the US war drive and

Loose cannons

Que sera, sera "It happens all the time. People who are your allies at one time turn out not to be when things change. Unfortunately that's the way of the world." — Robert Korengold, a retired senior US information officer, quoted in an

Anti-war coalitions

Adelaide: Coalition Against War and Racism. Thursday September 27, 6.30pm, Trades Hall, South Terrace. Ph 8231 6982. Canberra: Community peace forum. Wednesday September 26, 7.30pm, Griffin Centre, Bunda Street, Civic. Ph 6247 2424. Hobart: