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BY CLAYTON McDONALD BRISBANE — "Separately, our voices are weak, together we are strong and can show that the majority of Australians are people of peace", Reverend David Pitman of the Wesley Mission told the 500 people who gathered on December 2
BY NICK CHINNA As a non-affiliated member of the Socialist Alliance, I would like to contribute to the debate on left unity and the nature of the alliance. I am relieved that the Democratic Socialist Party's (DSP) decision to postpone its
Boy Overboard By Morris Gleitzman Puffin Books 144 pages, $14.95 (pb) REVIEW BY ANDREA BLAKE Boy Overboard is a book that tackles the issue of refugees by humanising their experiences. It is written for readers who are 10 years old
BY MARG PERROT WOLLONGONG — The life of prominent union leader and left political activist Peggy Errey was commemorated by 150 people at her funeral in Wollongong on December 5. Peggy Errey was born in Ireland in 1914 to a staunchly republican
A response to Rory Dobson's "pro-life" letter (GLW #519) and Brent Howard's "Church and State" letter (GLW #516). The misnamed "pro-life" movement is regularly assisted by the capitalist press because it reinforces a view that women's primary and
BY MIKE KARADJIS United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, releasing a grand plan for the resolution of the 28-year-old Cyprus conflict on November 11, has given Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders a one-month deadline to agree on its
BY ALISON DELLIT Despite another critical Senate committee report, federal attorney-general Daryl Williams has again refused to accept amendments to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation (Terrorism) Amendment Bill.
BY ANDREW HALL The launch of the revamped Labor Party refugee policy on December 5 has generated a renewed and much-needed debate over the need for a more compassionate refugee policy. Marketed by Labor leader Simon Crean and deputy
Ruddock sued for $750,000 SYDNEY — Iranian refugees Mohammed and Zahraa Badraie announced on December 3 that they would seek $750,000 in compensation from the federal government for the psychological trauma and suffering inflicted on their
BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — Sunkmanitu Tanka Isnala Najin, or Wolf Smoke, is an Indigenous person of Mohawk, Lakota and Seneca heritage. His tireless defence of Indigenous people's rights in North America has brought down the wrath of the Canadian

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