BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Targeting major corporations that profit from war and misery, Brisbane's M1 Alliance rallied outside the offices of the giant US corporation Boeing on April 12. Boeing is one of the world's biggest aircraft and weapons
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BY ROHAN PEARCE
On April 10, eight Israelis died and 19 were wounded in a suicide bomb detonation on a bus travelling from Haifa to Jerusalem. Reports indicate that most of the victims of the blast were soldiers from the Israeli Defence Force
Brazilian MST leaders tour
More than 250,000 poor and working class families in Brazil have won
the right to farm a parcel of land, a public meeting in Newcastle was told
on April 8.
Roberto Baggio, one of two leaders of Brazil's
BY ALLEN JENNINGS
Once again, the US government has shown how ridiculous and anachronistic its policies are towards Cuba. On April 3, James Sabzali, a Canadian businessperson based in Philadelphia, was convicted for selling water-purification
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On April 11, US President George Bush told journalists that "[Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat] needs to speak clearly, in Arabic, to the people of that region and condemn terrorist activities. At the very minimum, he
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "The Palestine question is a question of justice, human rights, international law and fairness", Ali Kazak, the head of the Palestinian Delegation to Australia told an April 10 Resistance forum on the Australian
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON Central Queensland University (CQU) Student Association
staff, along with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), has been
fighting for an enterprise agreement since last May. Top management refuse
BY NORM DIXON
The US and British governments' carefully scripted countdown to a massive military attack on Iraq is being disrupted — possibly delayed — by mounting popular anger throughout the Middle East provoked by Israel's murderous
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Pakistani socialist Farooq Tariq wrapped up his Australian speaking tour with an April 12 public address at the Lidcombe offices of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
Tariq, who is general
BY MARK ABBERTON
Two recent public meetings, one in Canberra and another in Melbourne, have revealed the cruelty that takes place in Australia's refugee prisons.
Wayne Lynch worked as a nurse and counsellor at the Woomera refugee detention centre
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — Palestine's supporters have continued to protest against Israel's brutality, and the Australian government's unwillingness to oppose it. After almost daily vigils, many at the Israeli consulate, activists met on April 10 to
I am going to plant peace in the desertI am going to plant hearts and hands togetherIn the desert of my blank pageI am going to draw a peace dove in the sky of WoomeraI am going to draw an open gate for the detention centre.
I am going to draw a
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