'Little Daffodils of Spring'
for Michelle A Taylor
The killing is warm
and separates us,
keeps us going
We run to the dead
as we never would
to the living
There is a secret about this
badly kept
because we know the way
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BY RALF SCHARRMAN
DARWIN — "Shame — our shame" — these March 7 words, used to describe the behaviour of Aboriginal people by the Northen Territory minister for indigenous affairs, John Ah Kit, in the NT Parliament, have sparked debate in the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In a March 30 media conference condemning protesters at Woomera detention centre, immigration minister Philip Ruddock asserted: "The bulk of the detention population in Australia today are not refugees", instead calling them
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — On April 4, immigration minister Philip Ruddock named the Meeandah Army Stores site at Pinkenba as the preferred site for a new 200-bed refugee prison.
Although he initially claimed the new site would only house
Dear friends of the second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference, the Brazilian organising committee of the World Social Forum wishes that the Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference will succeed in what it is proposing,
BY FIDEL CASTRO
[The following is the text of the speech made by the Cuban President Fidel Castro on March 21 at the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico.]
Not everyone here will share my thoughts.
1200 join Palestine rally
PERTH — About 1200 people attended a rally in Forrest Place on April 6 to protest Israel's war on the Palestinian people.
Speakers at the rally included students from the Australian Islamic College, Anthony Benbow from
BY SEAN VICKERY, GABRIELLE YATES & EMA CORRO
The events at Woomera during the Easter weekend have inspired refugees' rights protests across Australia. In Brisbane 40 protesters gathered on the morning of March 30 outside the immigration department
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — In a demonstration aimed at "breaking the silence" over Israel's murderous aggression against the Palestinian people, more than 1000 Palestinians and their supporters massed on the steps of Victoria's parliament on
BY JON LAND
Two-and-a half years after East Timor's referendum on independence, the effect of the Indonesian military and militia's post-ballot destructive rampage are painfully apparent. Burnt out shells of buildings stand dotted around the
BY ROB GRAHAM
ADELAIDE — “I’ve been reticent to express my support for refugees
before, but after this weekend everyone needs to go back and speak to as
many people as they can and join in any organised demonstrations. We can
start really
BY MAX LANE
The following speech was the opening presentation to the final plenary session of the Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference held in Sydney, March 29-April 1. Max Lane is a member of the national executive of the Democratic
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