Dave Riley
Palm Island is 70 kilometres north-west of Townsville. The Indigenous settlement was established in 1918 after a cyclone blew away the Hull River reserve near Tully.
While it was one of the last settlements to be created under the
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Katelyn Mountford, Sydney
When Zanny Begg set up 10 life size stencils of checkpoint soldiers around Blacktown for an Out of Gallery exhibit, she had hoped to provoke surprise and empathy for people in Iraq who face checkpoints and soldiers every
Bronwyn Powell, Sydney
In February 1965, a group of Sydney University students called Students for Aboriginal Rights, led by Aboriginal students Charles Perkins and Gary Williams, set out in a bus across regional Australia to expose and confront
Kim Bullimore, West Bank
Palestinian presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti was beaten by Israeli occupation forces as he toured the West Bank as part of his election campaign.
Barghouti, a leading democracy and civil rights advocate and
Peter Boyle
Ern O'Malley is the pen name used by Nige Edwards when he writes a satirical column called "Smoko" for the Online Opinion website. The pen name is a reference to the celebrated hoax of 1944, when a collection of writings from a
Four refugee supporters have been summoned to face charges of signing false passport statements in relation to escaped asylum seekers attempting to flee Australia to find safe haven in other countries.
We the undersigned recognise that
Honouring Leila Murray: Heart of JusticeEdited by Roderic Pitty and Ruth Braunstein$7.95, available from http://www.gleebooks.com.au
REVIEW BY CHRIS MARTIN
"Leila Murray was a great source of strength and wisdom to all her large family, to all
Stuart Munckton
At a government-sponsored World Forum of Intellectuals and Artists in Defence of Humanity, held in Caracas on December 2-3, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's radical left-wing president, "pledged to provide an office and resources in
Sarah Stephen, Sydney
Sydney's Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) held a meeting on December 6, attended by 25 people, to organise a defence campaign for four refugee supporters charged with helping asylum seekers who escaped from detention obtain
Nicole Hilder, Wollongong
Land prices in the Illawarra region have quadrupled in the past five years, fuelled by a land shortage and an influx of Sydney "sea-change" buyers, according to the December 9 Illawarra Mercury. There has been a rush by
The Scottish Socialist Voice, newspaper of the Scottish Socialist Party, has celebrated the publication of its 200th issue. The Voice was initially published in 1996 as the fortnightly paper of Scottish Militant Labour, and became the paper of the
East Timor: TestimonyElaine BriereBetween the Lines Books128 pages, 64 photographs, $56.95
REVIEW BY STEPHEN LANGFORD
For people involved in East Timor's struggle, this book is a must-read. I have Elaine Briere to thank for my start in East
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