Prime Minister John Howard's handling of the crisis aboard the MS Tampa, home to more than 400 asylum seekers for more than a week when the government denied the Norwegian ship permission to allow its passengers onto Australian soil, sparked outrage
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Pauline Hanson told a rally on the Sunshine Coast in February how One Nation would deal with asylum seekers coming to Australia by boat: "You go out and meet them, fill them with food and water and medical supplies and say 'Go that way'."
In an
Cuban President Fidel Castro delivered the following address to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, in Durban, September 1. It has been slightly abridged.
Racism, racial discrimination and
BY MAX LANE
Despite protests by human rights groups and large 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the legal profession, Indonesia's police are continuing their prosecution of more than 30 people for their political activities.
In the northern province of Aceh, where the
Reply to Bob Gould
Having only read of Bob Gould's political role in the historical archives, I was surprised to receive the advice he offered (GLW #462). Gould claims that my reference to a Liberal/Labor consensus and the Socialist Alliance's
BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
A recent survey of 10- to 17-year olds, conducted by YouthSCAN, shows that the popularity of the world's most iconic clothing manufacturer, Nike, is dropping among Australian teenagers.
Two years ago, Nike was popular
BY EVA CHENG
Nearly 1000 former residents of the major industrial city of Chongqing, who were displaced by Beijing's US$24 billion Three Gorges Dam project, clashed with police on August 27 when they protested in Yongzhou city, Hunan province,
The Family of True and Well Snails
Stand up!on the pink crossof the poor skinny tree — If you cut your hair, don't!Tear it!The two-hand printsare on your faceand breast.God has his paintbrushes outto paint you.You say to himI have a bottle of
DURBAN — On the opening day of the United Nations-sponsored World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), 20,000 people marched to protest the failure of the South African government's land
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — Teachers throughout the Northern Territory have voted overwhelmingly to reject the 6% pay rise offer made by the new Labor government and to go on strike for a day.
If the strike goes ahead it will be the first full
BY GRANT COLEMAN
Secondary students across the country took action in protest at the government's handling of the refugee crisis on the MS Tampa, taking part in school walkouts and rallies organised by the socialist youth group, Resistance.
In
Sexism everywhere you look
A recently released Just Jeans television commercial for "candy stitch" jeans shows three women moving along the conveyor belt of a production line. They are still and their faces shiny, as if they were mannequins. The
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