Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to M1 protesters at the morning blockades of Australasian Correctional Management in Sydney and the immigration department in Melbourne, about why they decided to protest.
Kylie Evans, a student at Melbourne University said
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100 protest for M1 in Adelaide
ADELAIDE — Darcie Gannon reports that 100 people attended M1 protests in
Adelaide outside the “department of racism” — the Department of Immigration,
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Protesters demanded an
BY DALE MILLS
On the M1 demonstration in Sydney on May 1 2002 a number of concerns
were expressed about the police. Individuals who have complaints should
date and sign a written statement detailing the nature of their complaint.
Please be
BY DON FITZ
The Bush administration found September 11 to be a golden opportunity to push for control of world resources, to crush political dissent, and to trample the Bill of Rights.
The cornerstone of its propaganda offensive is portrayal of
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — Irene Xavier, a labour activist from Malaysia, warned a
May 3 public meeting that any Australian “anti-terrorism” laws will go
beyond their stated purpose. Xavier, from the Friends of Women Organisation,
and Mabel
BY MICHELLE BREAR
SUVA — Parading as a champion of the poor and landless, Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is backing two parliamentary bills that will transfer government-controlled land to the Native Land Trust Board (NLTB), the authority
BY EMMA CLANCY
PERTH — "How long will the US continue to cover up Israel's war crimes?" Ali Kazak, head of the Palestinian Delegation in Australia, asked M1 protesters. "We cannot have two sets of principles, one for Israel and one for everyone
Third World movements need women leaders
Few of the Third World guests who attended the second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference in Sydney at Easter were women. This reflects the oppression women in the Third World face. It also
BY TIM STEWART & JULIE GJENGEDAL
BRISBANE — More than 400 people protested on May 1, as two separate actions demanded workers' and refugees' rights and freedom from corporate tyranny.
Two hundred activists arrived at the city's main immigration
Melbourne M1
"Hundreds of ordinary workers were unable to access the building for several hours", stated the Melbourne Herald Sun's May 2 editorial (headed "A misguided mob"), referring to the May 1 blockade of the immigration department offices at
BY LANCE SELFA
CHICAGO — People all over Latin America must have let out a hearty laugh when they heard US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice lecture Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez about his post-coup need to "uphold constitutional
BY AHMED NIMER
RAMALLAH — One month into Israel's all-out assault on the Palestinian people of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Palestinian activists are attempting to address questions that are being more sharply posed than at any time in the
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