BY ALISON DELLIT
In the mid 1960s, protesters in Australia broke the law just by holding
street protests against the Vietnam War. Through persistently defying anti-protest
laws, they won the legal right to hold street marches.
This is an
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BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — "The ALP — whose party is it?" was one of the questions addressed in a lively debate between trade union and other left activists at a Socialist Alliance-sponsored seminar held at Parramatta Town Hall on May 11.
The
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In response to the Easter protests outside the Woomera and Villawood detention centres, immigration minister Philip Ruddock declared that there were no refugees in Australia's detention centres, only "rejectees". They are not
BY MICHELLE BREAR
SUVA — Since the flawed August 2001 general election, which legitimised and formalised the 2000 military overthrow of the democratically elected Fiji Labour Party government, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has refused to honour
Another of the US government's post-September 11 lies has been exposed — and from the horse's mouth. According to the April 28 Newsweek magazine, US officials have confirmed that the alleged leader of the September 11 hijackers, Mohamed Atta, could
Museworthy: Spine-Scar
Light comes inthrough darkness
All yesterday's shedshave fallen
Living things squatin destruction's beauty
Opening their backsto pain
BY MTC CRONIN
MTC Cronin has had seven books of poetry published, the most
Tens of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on May 11 to
call for the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from the Occupied Territories.
Police estimated the crowd at about 60,000, while organisers Peace
Now put the figure at
BY ALISON DELLIT
The Greens and the Democrats oppose the anti-terrorism legislation
and will vote against it in the Senate. Attorney-General Daryl Williams
has been under considerable criticism within the Liberal Party for the
botching
A memorial service for poet, feminist and Democratic Socialist Party
member Connie Frazer (1925-2002) will be held at 1pm on May 25, at the
Box Factory, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide. All welcome. For more information
phone Leslie on
BY BRETT MULLER
On May 1, NSW planning minister Andrew Refshauge approved Australian
Silicon Ltd's proposed development of a charcoal factory at Mogo, on the
NSW south coast. The department received more than 1530 submissions from
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