BY GARY MEYERHOFF
DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government has announced that "a legislative package on illicit drugs" will be introduced into the NT parliament this month. Justice minister Peter Toyne has also announced that Labor will
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BY PETER BOYLE
The indications from around the world are that the movement against globalised capitalist power has not been cowed by the United States' military and ideological offensive that masquerades as the post-September 11 "war against
Caltex workers strike for new agreement
BRISBANE — On April 23, around 80 maintenance workers employed by sub-contractors at the Caltex oil refinery on the mouth of the Brisbane river, voted to continue their strike.
The Australian
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,
BY JUSTINE KAMPRAD
MELBOURNE — At its conference on April 22-23, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) mapped out ambitious industrial goals, condemned an internal investigation into the state branch, and
BY ALISON DELLIT
"The idea that the United States is just one big pool of reactionary politics is false — there is resistance to President George Bush, and we want to extend that", Ahmed Shawki, a leader of the US International Socialist
BY STUART MUNCKTON
CANBERRA — "I hope the staff inside have their pen and paper out because they have been seriously misinformed if they think that it is safe for Hazara refugees to return to Afghanistan", Refugee Action Collective (RAC) activist
BY CAROLINE LUND
SAN FRANCISCO — In the largest protest march since the 1991 Gulf War, tens of thousands of Californians demonstrated April 20 against Israel's murderous assault on the Palestinian people. The San Francisco Chronicle estimated "at
BY MATT RICH
MELBOURNE — Refugee-rights protesters will hit the streets again on June 23, following a decision of the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria (RAC-Vic) to endorse a rally at 1pm that day outside the State Library in the city, around
BY MIKE LEON
WASHINGTON — On September 11 an al-Qaeda-led terrorist network struck at the heart of US financial and political centres, killing thousands, troubling a shaky economy, and for many, destroying the notion that the US is immune from
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — Speakers at a public meeting, held in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west on April 23, described how the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in early 2001 brought a change in Israel's policy toward the Palestinian
BY DICK NICHOLS
[At its fifth congress, held April 4-7, Italy's 90,000-member Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) endorsed a radical left turn. This is the second part of two articles on the congress. The first part appeared in last week's Green
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