BY SARAH STEPHEN
In a March 30 media conference condemning protesters at Woomera detention centre, immigration minister Philip Ruddock asserted: "The bulk of the detention population in Australia today are not refugees", instead calling them
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BY SEAN VICKERY, GABRIELLE YATES & EMA CORRO
The events at Woomera during the Easter weekend have inspired refugees' rights protests across Australia. In Brisbane 40 protesters gathered on the morning of March 30 outside the immigration department
BY DICK NICHOLS
BOLOGNA What did it take to get up to 3 million people
of all ages, from widely different social backgrounds and from every
corner of the country to the March 23 demonstration in Rome against billionaire
media
1200 join Palestine rally
PERTH — About 1200 people attended a rally in Forrest Place on April 6 to protest Israel's war on the Palestinian people.
Speakers at the rally included students from the Australian Islamic College, Anthony Benbow from
BY MAX LANE
The following speech was the opening presentation to the final plenary session of the Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference held in Sydney, March 29-April 1. Max Lane is a member of the national executive of the Democratic
BY VITTORIO LONGHI
ROME — Italy is getting ready for a massive general strike, the first for 20 years, against Silvio Berlusconi government's labour law "reform". On April 16, at least 11 million workers will strike.
This general strike call
BY ROB GRAHAM
ADELAIDE Ive been reticent to express my support for refugees
before, but after this weekend everyone needs to go back and speak to as
many people as they can and join in any organised demonstrations. We can
start really
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BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — The promised attack on Iraq will test free journalism as never before. The prevailing media orthodoxy is that the attack is only a matter of time. "The arguments may already be over", says the March 17 Observer, "Bush and
BY MARY MERKENICH
MELBOURNE — On March 31, Jews for Refugees held its first public event — a 700-strong rally during the Festival of Passover, Pesach — outside Maribyrnong detention centre. A car pool and cavalcade led by Yids on Wheels — a
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