BY GILLIAN DAVY
MELBOURNE — RMIT University has made a landmark commitment to support refugees and asylum seekers, with a range of bold initiatives being implemented this year. RMIT plans to urge other Australian universities, through the
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LISA MACDONALD
& OWEN RICHARDS
Osama Yousif, 35, arrived in Australia as a political refugee from
Sudan in June 2000. Today, he is an upper house candidate for the Socialist
Alliance in the March 22 NSW election.
Yousif first
WollongongÂ’s peace train and IWD plans
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — After the 5000-strong February 8 anti-war rally here, a
large crowd was expected to travel from Wollongong to Sydney on February
16. Although originally NOWAR had
BY NICOLA DZIADKIEWICZ
MELBOURNE — Colour My World is an art exhibition being held to support asylum seekers who are without work rights, Medicare or social security benefits.
Hundreds of displaced and distressed people, who have been granted a
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — On February 16, 800 people packed into St Michaels Uniting Church for a forum organised by Women for a Humane Refugee Policy.
Federal Labor MP Carmen Lawrence told the forum that the Howard government's treatment of
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — February 15 marked the Canadian anti-war movement's impressive growth. In Toronto, Canada's largest city, between 30,000 and 50,000 people braved bitter cold and icy winds to assert their unconditional opposition to war
BY JOHN PILGER
[The following speech was delivered at the anti-war rally in Sydney on February 16, which was attended by 500,000 people.]
On this historic day, we should be very clear about one thing: George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard are
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Last weekend one million people marched against Australia joining the US
war against the Iraqi people. An unprecedented movement has taken over
the stage of Australian politics.
If it can keep its resolve
BY SUSAN PRICE
SYDNEY — "If the Howard government won't consult the people by holding a nationwide referendum on the war, then the people should organise their own referendum", Lisa Macdonald, the Socialist Alliance's lead candidate for the NSW
BY
PATRICK QUINN
CHICAGO — On February 15, close to 10,000 Chicagoans participated
in a spirited march and demonstration opposing the impending US war against
Iraq. Given the brutally cold weather, the size of the march was all the
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