BY PHIL GRIFFITHS
The rebellion at Australia's immigration detention centres was no surprise to most refugee advocates.
The government and the corporate media have lied about the cause of the fires. The first fire started at the new detention
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Around 30,000 people staged a candlelight rally at Gwanghwa Gate, Seoul,
on New Year's Eve to protest the killing of two high school students, Shin
Hyo-Soon and Shim Mi-Sun (inset), by US soldiers driving an armoured vehicle
in June. The
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Activists have taken to the streets in support of refugees in increased numbers early in 2003 to explain why refugees have a cause to rebel.
An emergency Refugee Action Committee meeting on January 6 was attended by
BY ROHAN PEARCE
A report in the December 26 Washington Post has revealed that US forces are torturing Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners at its Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
According to the report, "Those who refuse to cooperate inside this secret
BY DOUG LORIMER
For a year now, US President George Bush's administration's top foreign policy goal has been violent "regime change" in Iraq. On October 22, on the basis of a leak from the White House, the New York Times reported that the Bush
Only attack those who can't hit back
"There are countries which are developing weapons of mass destruction and we will deal with them appropriately. One country is Iraq... if they won't [disarm], we'll lead a coalition to disarm them. Another
Tears in our eyes, our hearts enveloped in sadnessGoing through the pain, sharing the griefFaces of Bali, faces of SIEV-X drowned at seaFaces of Afghans, faces from Iraq, from Palestine, from Kashmir, from Chechnya, from New YorkFrom every avoidable
BY MIKE BYRNE
Punk rock legend and lead singer of the Clash, Joe Strummer, died of a heart attack on December 22, aged 50. Born John Graham Mellor in 1952, the son of a British diplomat, Strummer became disillusioned with his middle-class
BY DALE McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — In the words of South African President Thabo Mbeki, "the question cannot be avoided for too long", especially in light of the recently concluded 51st national congress of the ruling African National Congress
2003 opens to impending war and $3 trillion in tax cuts for the richest
people in the world. We are living in extreme times, terrorised even here
in Australia by a $15 million government advertising campaign for free-floating
anxiety and
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