BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
BRISBANE — Young people will vote with their feet against the Coalition government's racist and inhumane policy of mandatory detention of refugees. In Brisbane, Geelong and Sydney high school students from the socialist youth
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"We hereby declare that we shall continue serving in the Israel Defence Forces in any mission that serves Israel's defence. The missions of occupation and oppression [in the occupied territories] do not serve this purpose — and we shall take no part in them."
BY GARY MEYERHOFF
DARWIN — Socialists, youth workers and human rights activists are alarmed at proposals by Northern Territory police and businesspeople for curfews to be placed on young people aged under 16 in Darwin. Proponents of "zero
BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — On February 8, several young people crowded into a temporary detention center were watched by police as they chanted and waved placards. This was not the refugee detention centre at Maribyrnong, however, but outside the
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART - The Policy and Intergovernment Committee of the Hobart City Council decided on February 5 against holding a public consultation about activities in city's Elizabeth Street mall. The consultation was originally proposed
By Andrea Miles
With the commencement of bombing in Afghanistan, US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair started proclaiming that the fall of the Taliban regime would be a victory for women's rights. If this were the case perhaps
BY BEN REID
PORTO ALEGRE — The outstanding success of the second World Social Forum dealt a severe blow to the proponents of the "end of the anti-globalisation movement after September 11" pundits.
Some 51,300 people from all over the world and
Do you want to help free the refugees? Do you have spare time, some ideas or skills you would like to share?
The Free the Refugees Campaign (FRC) is active in many communities, high schools, workplaces and universities. It organises protest
By Nicole Hoye
Women in Australia and in most other countries still do not have control over their reproductive lives. Abortion is still a crime in all states of Australia.
Women's access to abortion services still depends on judicial
Taliban: Made by the USA and Detention Without TrialBy EyeBlatant PropagandaSend $5 for each CD to PO Box 1327, Woden 2606 ACT, Australia, or visit <http://on.to/propaganda>
REVIEW BY MARK ABBERTON
"Taliban, Taliban: Made by the USA.
BY RAY FULCHER
MELBOURNE — Julia Gillard, Labor's shadow minister for immigration and ethnic affairs, told a February 6 public meeting attended by more than 200 people that she was "not ashamed of the decisions Labor took in the run up to the
Sorry
"I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him." — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat.
Embarrassed
"He can't leave his home. He is so embarrassed about this." — Tom Skilling on his brother,
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