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BY AARON BENEDEK & ANDREW MARTIN SYDNEY — Around 50 people met in the south-western suburb of Yagoona on June 13 to discuss how to combat racism and police harassment in the local community. The evening, organised by Bankstown Books Not Bombs,
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — On June 17, a left-wing activist will appear in the Sunshine Magistrates Court accused of illegally distributing leaflets. Socialist Alliance member Tony Iltis has been charged with handing out leaflets at the
BY ANGELA VECCHIO MELBOURNE — Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members at Stramit Building Products in Preston have won the first round of a struggle for a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The workers' claim is based on the
BY MAX LANE When Hasan de Tiro proclaimed the independent state of Aceh and launched the Aceh Sumatra National Liberation Front, also known as the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), in 1978, he attracted little support. Contrary to the myth-making of the
BY JOHN PERCY Some supporters of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly have established a national archive of Australian and international political posters. This collection now numbers several thousand, spanning nearly four decades. Steve O'Brien from Newcastle is
BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — The recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) here are shining a harsh light on the inadequacies and outright failures of neoliberal public health policies and practices. It also shows clearly the
BY SARAH STEPHEN There are 437 asylum seekers imprisoned in camps funded by the Australian government on Nauru, 169 of them children. Forty-nine people have been granted refugee status, yet are still waiting to be accepted for resettlement by a
BY DICK NICHOLS MADRID — In the run-up to the May 25 local and regional government elections, all sides of politics were wondering what effect would the vast movement against the war on Iraq have on the result. Surely, the slavishly pro-US
BY KERRY VERNON BRISBANE — On June 12, 800 Queensland Public Sector Union members participated in a march to state parliament to protest deteriorating job conditions and job cuts. QPSU members have also imposed work bans in response to the
BY DOUG LORIMER During his trip to Europe earlier this month, US President George Bush claimed that US occupation forces in Iraq had "found the weapons of mass destruction". The claim was based on the discovery of two trailers bearing laboratory
BY SARAH STEPHEN During the month of April, 85 of the 264 Iranian asylum seekers held in Australia's detention centres — those who have exhausted all avenues for appeal — were given a letter explaining that the memorandum of understanding (MOU)
BY MAIRE LEADBEATER AUCKLAND — Amnesty International activists co-ordinated three successful vigils in solidarity with the people of Aceh on June 6. The vigils, in the morning, at noon and during evening rush hour, took place in Auckland's