WOLLONGONG — Six-hundred residents, unionists and environmentalists voted at a September 29 protest to keep the pressure on to preserve the Sandon Point wetlands. The rally was called by the Northern Illawarra Residents Action Group in response the
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[The following is an abridged version of a statement issued September 27 by the national office of the US Vietnam Veterans Against the War. For the full version visit the VVAW web site at <http://www.vvaw.org>.]
The terrorist attacks on
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Despite the long weekend, 250 people turned up to Garema Place on September 30 to oppose the military build-up around Afghanistan. This follows a 500-strong rally on September 20 calling for peace. A meeting called at
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Despite being pushed off the front pages by the September 11 attacks in the US, the Australian government's scandalous treatment of asylum seekers has continued unabated.
The government's "war on refugees" reached a new level of
reflection of the bridge in the train windowwhere it meets other things: most beautifulsad blue harbour in an afternoon light thatcan barely keep itself from darkness; sky-scrapers, hairs of the city standing on endwith all that electricity; ghosts
SAN FRANCISCO — We've all heard about the incidents: "Middle Eastern-looking" passengers being walked off aircraft because of "fear" by other passengers or flight attendants or pilots. At San Francisco's airport up to 10 people daily have suffered
BY ALISON DELLIT
Have you ever indulged in "actions to advance a political, religious or ideological cause directed against the national interest"? If so, you'd better watch out because that is an offence under the new law that defines "terrorism"
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY& KATHY NEWNAM
ADELAIDE — Following the brutal attack on detained refugees during a September 22 solidarity protest outside Woomera detention centre, a refugee action collective has been set up in Adelaide.
The police launched
BY NICK FREDMAN
LISMORE — Two hundred people participated in the September 29 Global Justice Carnival, originally intended as a pre-Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) convergence for the Northern Rivers area. The carnival demanded
BY VIRGINIA BROWN
PERTH — Thirty refugee supporters protested outside a meeting addressed by immigration minister Philip Ruddock at Subiaco Oval on October 3. Organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network, the peaceful protest highlighted
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — In the week after the meeting between Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres on September 26 and the announcement of a much-vaunted joint cease-fire, 30 Palestinians were
BY NATALIE ZIRNGAST
MELBOURNE — Protesters continue to picket the construction of a gas pipeline which will run through Merri Creek, despite an Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) ruling on September 20 overturning a green ban placed on the
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