Melbourne greets Tampa
MELBOURNE — On May 16 the MV Tampa was greeted by a flotilla of boats organised by both the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria and the City of Port Phillip.
Messages of support for Captain Arne Rinnan's rescuing of
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Against war and capitalist Europe
Up to 200,000 people protested in Madrid on May 19, the culmination
of a weekend of protests outside the EU-Latin American and Caribbean summit,
which included 50 government leaders. Protesters marched with
REVIEW BY
ELIZABETH TERZAKI
Since September 11, the media has dedicated itself to dishonesty
and spinelessness in its support of George Bush's war on terrorism.
Need some air? Then pick up a copy of Terrorism and War,
a collection
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Relatives of Shahraz Kayani, who died as a result of setting himself alight on the Parliament House forecourt on April 2, 2001, have been prevented from coming to Australia on the anniversary of his death. On May 27,
BY WILL WILLIAMS
WOLLONGONG — "Seventy-nine-year-old great-grandfather, tribal initiate, retired coal-miner, unabashed socialist and enduring activist", was how the May 7 Illawarra Mercury described Fred Moore after the Wollongong Trade Union
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY — "If it wasn't for the Tampa, we'd have a Labor government today", former NSW premier Neville Wran told a May 23 Labor for Refugees forum which heard calls for an end to the government's present policy towards asylum seekers.
BY SARAH STEPHEN
DILI May 19 marked the turning point of a historic period of transition
for the East Timorese people. It was the last day of operation for the
UN Transitional Administration of East Timor (UNTAET), bringing to a close
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — "The workers united will never be defeated", 300 unionists chanted, led by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) national secretary John Maitland, on May 22. The event was a public meeting, titled "They
'Peace for the world - pretzels for Bush'
A crowd of 50,000-70,000 rallied on May 21 in Berlin against George
Bush's phony war on terror, preparing to give the US president a not
so much warm as heated welcome to the city when he arrived
BY CLAYTON MCDONALD, TONY ILTIS & SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
MELBOURNE — "We have lost hope in the Australian government", said refugee Fahim Fayyazi, a member of Afghanistan's Hazara minority of the attitudes of his fellow asylum seekers. "Our only
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