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Flotilla of hope for Nauru detainees

Perry Brown, Newcastle Refugee rights activist Steve Georgopoulos is organising a flotilla of yachts to sail to the Pacific island state of Nauru as a gesture of solidarity with the remaining asylum seekers imprisoned there by the Howard

Surviving 'civilisation'

Cast AwayDirected by Robert ZemeckisWith Tom Hanks and Helen HuntWritten by William Broyles JuniorReleased on Universal Pictures DVD REVIEW BY LOUIS PROYECT Director Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away, made in 2000 and starring Tom Hanks as an air-crash

UNITED STATES: Green mayoral candidate almost wins

Barry Sheppard, San Francisco The Democratic Party nationally got a big scare when Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez came close to winning the race for mayor of San Francisco on December 9. Gonzalez received 47% of the vote, while his

Grant the Nauru asylum seekers Australian citizenship!

The following statement was issued by national co-convenors of the Socialist Alliance on January 6. There is an obvious, simple and humane solution to the tragedy unfolding on Nauru — grant Australian citizenship to the 248 refugees who have been

Master and Commander: an ode to Francophobia

REVIEW BY JOE ALLEN Master and Commander: the Far Side of WorldDirected by Peter WeirScreenplay by Peter Weir and John ColleeWith Russell Crowe and Paul BettanyAt major cinemas Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has received

On joining the socialist movement

Dot Tumney I have no idea what triggered the mental processes that caused me to take up political activity in 1971 or why I have kept the habit to one degree or another ever since. I can, however, describe the circumstances the caused me to join

Refugee Supporters Say: 'Let them in!'

Simon Butler, Newcastle & Amy McDonnell, Adelaide In response to the desperate, month-long protests of the refugees imprisoned on the pacific island nation of Nauru, protesters marched, picketed and spoke out in three Australian cities in early

When 'right' isn't quite right

Pauline Rigby John Howard is doubly right. Earlier this year when Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" were being touted as a reason to go to war, he said, we should be prepared to act when "we know that a country has weapons of mass destruction

In memory of Andrew McNaughtan

Max Lane, Perth All of those who were involved in working for East Timorese independence are terribly saddened by the sudden death of Dr Andrew McNaughtan. All the activists in Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor, and later Action

WEST PAPUA: Students face 20 years' jail for raising flag

Jason MacLeod On December 3, Indonesian security forces detained four West Papuan students for their part, two days earlier, in releasing West Papuan flags — known as the Morning Star — attached to balloons in the central Java town of

IRAQ: Hussein's capture fails to end war

Doug Lorimer Immediately following the December 13 announcement that US troops had captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the corporate media in the US, Britain and Australia was full of claims that the resistance movement had been

Poem

Will you please observe through the wire I am sewing my feet together They have walked about as far As they ever need to go Will you further observe Through the wire I am sewing my heart together It is now so full of The ashes of my days It