We are looking for any musicians interested in performing at a Rock for the Refugees benefit concert to be held in Sydney some time in August.
We want to hear from any artists who can help out. Please contact Mike Cook at
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BY EVA CHENG
In the latest attack on a growing struggle by peasants for land rights in Punjab, police raided seven villages in the Khanewal district on June 8. Eight people were arrested. Many more would have been detained had it not been for the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
If the 1100 Afghan asylum seekers being detained in Australia, Nauru and Manus Island had been allowed to apply for refugee status when they first arrived, most would already have been resettled in Australia. Now, after the ousting
CANBERRA — The immigration department announced on June 20 that a further 372 asylum seekers on Nauru had received decisions on their applications for refugee status. Only 15 were recognised as refugees.
To date, 1141 asylum seekers have had
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem has conducted an investigation into the murder of Murad 'Awaisa, a 17-year-old Palestinian. 'Awaisa was killed in Ramallah at the beginning of Israel's bloody "Operation Defensive
BY PATRICK BOND
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki made the cover of the June 10 international edition of Time magazine, with the misleading headline: "He has finally faced up to the AIDS crisis and is now leading the charge for
BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH — The Western Australian Labor government has passed legislation that will allow WA police to conduct compulsory DNA tests.
By November 1, WA police will routinely obtain DNA samples from a wide range of suspects,
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Glenn Shields, a campaigner against the Southwood woodchip mill, has been pre-selected as one of the two Socialist Alliance candidates for the seat of Franklin in the upcoming Tasmanian election. Previously an ALP
BY SOPHIE FISCHER
Capitalists like to pretend that young people aren't really people at all. People under 18 are not allowed to drink, smoke, lease a house or even get a library card without "adult" permission.
There are many other restrictions
BY CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN — Responding to widespread opposition, the Mindil Beach Sunset Market Association (MBSMA) on June 19 dropped its attempt to make Green Left Weekly campaigners pay for a "busking licence" in order to distribute the paper.
BY GEORGINA WOODS
NEWCASTLE — Behind police road-blocks, hidden from the gaze of media and the community, the forests of the Jilliby reserve are being massacred.
NSW government conservation data clearly identifies Jilliby as the foremost
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY — Twelve workers from the Dayson compressor manufacturing plant at Rydalmere have been on strike for more than four weeks. The strike began when seven workers, including two union delegates, were sacked without notice on
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