Sarah Stephen
On January 18, 43 West Papuans stepped onto Australian soil at Mapoon on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula. Amazingly, they had traversed 425 kilometres at sea in a 25-metre traditional dugout canoe fitted with an outboard motor.
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Pip Hinman, Sydney
On January 9, ALP leader Kim Beazley repeated his call for the Howard government to commit to a timetable for the withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq. According to Beazley, "The war in Iraq is ... significantly compromising
Dale Mills, Sydney
The attack on civil liberties continues with a new riot squad being established in NSW as part of the Counter Terrorism Co-ordination Command. The difference between dissent and terrorism is becoming increasingly thin.
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How do we in Australia move forward into the new year? Is our understanding of Australia as an egalitarian society still valid, or is it merely a myth?
Do we have leaders who believe in "a fair go for all", wherein the dispossessed are treated with
Veteran member of the Venezuelan Communist Party and deputy to the Latin American Parliament Carolus Wimmer will be touring Australia next month. He will be address public meetings on the dates below. Make sure you don't miss this opportunity to hear
Jim McIlroy, Hong Kong
Around 1000 militant protesters against the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting were arrested on December 17 in a confrontation with police, dubbed "The Siege of Wan Chai" by the December 18 Hong Kong Sunday Morning
Federico Fuentes
After 500 years of domination and colonialism, more than 50 years since the introduction of universal suffrage and five years of intense social struggle, the indigenous majority of Bolivia have, for the first time, elected one of
Tristan and YseultKneehigh TheatreThe Seymour Centre, SydneyUntil February 19
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
Live theatre should be a joyful experience. Who wants to be bored or lectured to? The audience should feel emotionally and intellectually
Forty-two Sri Lankan military personnel were killed in the four weeks to December 28, in attacks believed to have been carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in retaliation for the killing of LTTE supporters. The LTTE, which fought a
SYDNEY — Sixty people gathered in front of the DIMIA offices on January 20 to protest the removal of the West Papuan refugees to the Christmas Island and call for their release into the community while their asylum claims are being assessed. The
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