BY PHIL GRIFFITHS
The rebellion at Australia's immigration detention centres was no surprise to most refugee advocates.
The government and the corporate media have lied about the cause of the fires. The first fire started at the new detention
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
On January 8, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act came into effect in Britain. Its impact on asylum seekers will be severe, withdrawing entitlements to living allowance and accommodation from those who do not claim asylum
national secretary John Percy; Sydney University student activist Ashisha Cunningham; former BHP steelworker now teacher Geoff Payne; Sudanese political refugee and refugee-rights activist Osama Yousif; feminist activist and trainee teacher at
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Activists have taken to the streets in support of refugees in increased numbers early in 2003 to explain why refugees have a cause to rebel.
An emergency Refugee Action Committee meeting on January 6 was attended by
BY JODY BETZEIN
MELBOURNE — More than 350 people gathered at the state library on January 11 in a resolute display of support for refugees, following the series of fires in Australia's detention centres.
Speakers addressed what became the theme
BY
RICHARD INGRAM
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BY DOUG LORIMER
For a year now, US President George Bush's administration's top foreign policy goal has been violent "regime change" in Iraq. On October 22, on the basis of a leak from the White House, the New York Times reported that the Bush
BY
SARAH STEPHEN
Forging greater left unity through the Socialist Alliance and building
a mass movement in opposition to the US-led war against Iraq were the two
main priorities set for the coming year by the Democratic Socialist Party
The January 9 announcement that 1550 Australian Special Air Service (SAS) and other troops will be sent to the Gulf in coming weeks is further confirmation that Australians will take part in an attack on Iraq.
In fact, some may already be.
Tears in our eyes, our hearts enveloped in sadnessGoing through the pain, sharing the griefFaces of Bali, faces of SIEV-X drowned at seaFaces of Afghans, faces from Iraq, from Palestine, from Kashmir, from Chechnya, from New YorkFrom every avoidable
BY ROHAN PEARCE
In a December 27 BBC radio interview, Ruud Lubbers, UN high commissioner for refugees, said that a war on Iraq "will be a disaster from a humanitarian perspective". This is confirmed by confidential draft UN report obtained by the
BY ROBIN TAUBENFELD
BRISBANE — Police have suggested that the wheels are "now in motion" to close down the Narangba protest camp. The protest camp, which has maintained a 24-hour peaceful vigil opposite the proposed Steritech nuclear irradiation
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