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  • Narangba protest camp threatened with closure

    BRISBANE — Police have suggested that the wheels are "now in motion" to close down the Narangba protest camp. The protest camp, which has maintained a 24-hour peaceful vigil opposite the proposed Steritech nuclear irradiation

  • Refugee rebellion inspires surge in activism

    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

  • Loose Cannons

    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

  • Costa slings gun suspicion against Mufti

    SYDNEY — NSW police officers subjected the Mufti of Australia and Imam of the Lakemba mosque, Sheikh Taj el-Din al Hilaly, to demands for a body search on January 6. According to al Hilaly's lawyer, Stephen Hopper, as a

  • Centrelink workers reject non-union agreement

    BRISBANE — Centrelink workers have overwhelmingly rejected management's new enterprise agreement. More than 70% voted against what was an attack on Centrelink workers' wages and conditions. The vote was even more emphatic in

  • Hundreds support refugees

    MELBOURNE — More than 350 people gathered at the state library on January 11 in a resolute display of support for refugees, following the series of fires in Australia's detention centres. Speakers addressed what became the theme

  • Socialist Alliance does better in Footscray, Geelong

    MELBOURNE — Although the big news of the November 30 Victorian election was the massive swing to Labor and the Greens' remarkable results (particularly in inner-city seats), the Socialist Alliance has been quietly celebrating

  • Loose Cannons

    Solid lies "The president of the United States and the secretary of defence would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction ... if they did not have a solid basis for saying it" — White House

  • 'No to war'

    PERTH - On December 8, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth to oppose the impending war in Iraq. Organised by the NOWAR Alliance, the protest demanded: no war on Iraq; no Australian support for war; an end to sanctions on Iraq;

  • River cruise for Green Left Weekly

    PERTH — Seventy-five people dined and wined on a November 30 river cruise on the Swan River. Greetings were presented by trade unionist Craig Johnston and Democratic Socialist Party member Anthony Benbow. The cruise raised $900 for Green Left

  • Peggy Errey remembered

    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

  • Growing movement against war in the NT

    DARWIN — On November 30, 300 people rallied and marched against the looming US-led war on Iraq. In Alice Springs, 100 people also rallied. Col Friel, a veteran human rights and environmental activist, told the