Among the hundreds of protesters who converged at the Baxter detention centre over the Easter weekend were a dozen activists from Newcastle University. Green Left Weekly's Simon Butler spoke to Lucille Palmer, Zane Alcorn and Emma Wasson about the
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Max Lane, Sydney
More than 500 people participated in the biggest gathering of social justice and international solidarity activists in Australia since 2002, when they attended the Third Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference (APISC
At dawn on March 6, 14 immigration officials raided the home of the Murselaj family — Tade, her husband Sadush and their three children Agnese (15), Gentian (12) and Leonard (9) — and took them into immigration detention. Roma refugees from
Graham Matthews, Sydney
The decision by the NSW Labor government to allow defence contractor Boeing exemption from the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act was slammed by NSW Greens MP Lee Rhiannon as nothing more than the government sponsoring racism.
Kim Bullimore
Palestinian women in the Salfit district of the Israeli-occupied West Bank were joined by international and Israeli peace activists to marked the 29th annual Palestinian Land Day on March 30.
Palestinian Land Day, known as Yom al
BY DERRICK O'KEEFE
Like so many, I've by now become used to my childhood heroes letting me down. I long ago accepted that hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, to whom I dedicated many an early adolescent hour of memorising statistics (just ask me how many
Peter Benenson
The recent passing of Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International, is a sad event. In correspondence with him some years ago, I found him a far more interesting and radical person than the incarnation of AI in this country would
CANBERRA — More than 100 students gathered at the Australian National University on March 31 for a speak-out organised by the student association's education department against the federal government's moves to introduce "voluntary student
Someone said somethingand it flew overone ear and passedthrough the other.
And the third worldrolled over and groanedfor it had been beaten.and its organs were seeping outof deep, blood red wounds.
it was tired.hungry.its bed mate, unhurt,white
Brianna Pike, Melbourne
Students campaigning against "voluntary student unionism" at Deakin University won a victory against the university administration on March 25. The university's attempts to use security guards and police to forcefully remove
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