Jorge Jorquera, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Gellibrand, led a hunger strike from September 21 to 22 outside Maribyrnong detention centre. The protest finished when Jorquera and supporters were attacked with a car.
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BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Thousands of Ansett workers and supporters demonstrated at major airports throughout Australia on September 21. By continuing to demonstrate, as well as turning up ready to work their shifts, the workers are refusing to
Que sera, sera
"It happens all the time. People who are your allies at one time turn out not to be when things change. Unfortunately that's the way of the world." — Robert Korengold, a retired senior US information officer, quoted in an
BY BEN CASHDAN& DENNIS BRUTUS
DURBAN — Whereas Bill Clinton entertained us with his exploits, throwing apologies around liberally afterwards, George Bush junior seems to prefer pre-climactic withdrawal.
We are referring of course to the US
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW — The September 11 terrorist acts in the US shifted all other news onto the back burner, including the results of the September 9 presidential election in Belarus. But for leftists in eastern Europe, what is happening
Bruce Franklin, Vietnam and Other American Fantasies, University of Massachusetts Press, BILL NEVINS, Vietnam War, culture, history">
H. Bruce Franklin: from loyal liberal to radical dissident
Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce
BY MALIK MIAH
SAN FRANCISCO — Some 400 people packed a local church on the evening of September 20 to establish a city-wide anti-war coalition to respond to President George Bush's war against "world terrorism".
The "Town Hall Meeting to Stop
BY JOHN PERCY
Former political prisoner and militant union leader Dita Sari will head the People's Democratic Party of Indonesia's delegation to the second Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, the party has announced.
Sari, the
Rally for refugee rights
BRISBANE — More than 150 people marched to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs after a refugees' rights rally in Suncorp Metway Park on September 22.
The rally opposed Liberal/Labor bipartisan
Anti-war plans underway
ADELAIDE — Resistance called a public meeting on September 15 to plan anti-war and racism campaigns. The meeting decided to organise a set of publicity stalls in Rundle Mall and to campaign outside high schools to rally
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Trade union leaders in Britain have called on the Labour government to abolish asylum detention centres and to scrap the voucher system of benefits for refugees in Britain, according to a September 11 ABC report.
Trades Union
"Today's brutal crackdown is the reality of Australia's bipartisan approach to refugees. This hell hole cost $25 million to develop, and is one of the most isolated prisons in the world", Kathy Newnam told Â鶹´«Ã½
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