Sarah Stephen
A group of 16 Afghan asylum seekers stranded on the Indonesian island of Lombok ended a seven-day hunger strike on January 14. The hunger strikers agreed to finish their protest after a meeting with UN High Commission for Refugees
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Allegations by asylum seekers of the use of cattle prods by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) when boarding refugee boats, especially at the time of the children overboard scandal prior to the 2001 federal election, have again surfaced.
In an
Shua Garfield, Hobart
On January 13, four men were arrested for unfurling a protest banner as the Spirit of Tasmania III ferry left Sydney on its first voyage to Devonport. The protest highlighted the continuing battle between conservationists and
Dale Mills, Sydney
The NSW government is planning to restrict compensation claims to prisoners who sue for injuries received while in prison. This opens the door to prisons being able to risk the health and safety of inmates without effective
Due to an editing error, an article entitled "When right isn't quite right" in GLW #566 incorrectly used the word "coated" to describe depleted uranium munitions.
From Green Left Weekly, January 21, 2004.
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Marcus Greville, London
"The greatest mass movement of our age has brought us together." This is the start of the draft declaration of RESPECT — the Unity Coalition, a new electoral alliance to be launched on January 25. The initial call for the
Igor O'Neill & Cam Walker
Melbourne-based company Newcrest has come under fire from Australian environmentalists for the situation in its gold mine in Halmahera Island in North Maluku, Indonesia.
On January 7, a peaceful protest by community
Anita Lumbus
Two Afghan proverbs: "A broken hand can work but a broken heart can't" and "What you do to your enemies today, you will do to your friends tomorrow".
Ali is 11 years old and lives in the Western Australian coastal town of Albany. He
Matthew Cookson
A successful and important conference took place in Cairo in Egypt on the December 13-14 weekend. The Second Cairo Conference Against Capitalist Globalisation and US Hegemony brought together anti-war activists from across the
Iraq war and the unions
The real question Brian Sketchley (Write On, Green Left Weekly #566) needs to answer, and hasn't yet, is what will it take for the labour movement to take a stand on the war on Iraq?
Yes, protests are not going to stop
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