PERTH — PM John Howard came to Perth's working-class eastern suburbs on July 29 to campaign in the marginal Labor seat of Hasluck. He was met by a crowd of 100 protesters as he entered Midland Town Hall.
"The crowd represented a fair cross
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Sue Bolton
The expulsion from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union on July 21 of former Victorian state secretary Craig Johnston is totally unjustified and violates all union principle.
By this act, AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron and
BY SARAH STEPHEN
ASIO, the Police and YouAustralian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network38 pagesAvailable at <http://www.amcran.org> or phone (02) 9349 7186
This pamphlet is big news, if the audience at its July 26 launch is anything to
I originally come from what is now a developing nation. Malaysia introduced me to racism in school, where three races were pitched against each other and race was used to politically organise people into voting blocks.
Travelling to Britain to do a
Austin Whitten
The administrative guidelines for the controversial Higher Education Support Act 2003 are currently being digested by university staff across Australia. Administrative personnel travelled to Canberra in March to learn how to
Thousands of protesters marched past the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in opposition to the Democratic Party's support for the war on Iraq. Protesters held signs demanding: "Bring the troops home now!" and "End the occupation of Iraq,
Rachel Evans, Sydney
On July 25, at least 250 people rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest bipartisan support for amendments to the federal Marriage Act 1961 that would outlaw same-sex marriage.
Organised by Community Action Against Homophobia
Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy
More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election.
The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
AMERICAN GULAG: Inside US Immigration PrisonsBy Mark DowUniversity of California Press, 2004413 pages, $55 (hb)
"You African monkeys should go back to your country", was how the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service
Message Stick: Marjorie Woodrow — Marjorie Woodrow made a name for herself fighting for "stolen wages" (compensation for the unpaid labour of Aboriginal people). ABC, Friday, August 6, 6pm.
As it Happened: Watergate Plus 30 — Presents how
Alexis Vassiley
In the wake of the National Union of Students' national education conference, held at the University of Sydney on June 30-July 2, student activists around the country have called for rallies to be held in mid August to protest the
Doug Lorimer
The United Nations has failed to persuade enough member countries to contribute troops to provide protection for its planned mission to Iraq, according to the July 21 Los Angeles Times. The UN was seeking at least 1000 troops from
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