Jonathan Strauss, Sydney
Discussion at the Marrickville Socialist Alliance's July 25 Politics in the Pub probed the significance of the demand for same-sex marriage rights.
Rodney Croome, a spokesperson for the Equal Rights Network, and Bernard
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Federico Fuentes
Toronto student Daniel Freeman-Maloy is finally able to return to his studies after York University dropped its bid to ban him for three years for taking part in political protests.
Freeman-Maloy is an active member of Solidarity
Refuge Australia: Australia's humanitarian recordBy Klaus NeumannUNSW Press128 pages, $16.95 pb
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Refuge Australia has an explosive opening. It relates three stories of refugees, which could have been set in the present: the
PERTH — PM John Howard came to Perth's working-class eastern suburbs on July 29 to campaign in the marginal Labor seat of Hasluck. He was met by a crowd of 100 protesters as he entered Midland Town Hall.
"The crowd represented a fair cross
BY SARAH STEPHEN
ASIO, the Police and YouAustralian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network38 pagesAvailable at <http://www.amcran.org> or phone (02) 9349 7186
This pamphlet is big news, if the audience at its July 26 launch is anything to
Sue Bolton
The expulsion from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union on July 21 of former Victorian state secretary Craig Johnston is totally unjustified and violates all union principle.
By this act, AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron and
I originally come from what is now a developing nation. Malaysia introduced me to racism in school, where three races were pitched against each other and race was used to politically organise people into voting blocks.
Travelling to Britain to do a
Austin Whitten
The administrative guidelines for the controversial Higher Education Support Act 2003 are currently being digested by university staff across Australia. Administrative personnel travelled to Canberra in March to learn how to
Thousands of protesters marched past the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in opposition to the Democratic Party's support for the war on Iraq. Protesters held signs demanding: "Bring the troops home now!" and "End the occupation of Iraq,
Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy
More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election.
The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme
Rachel Evans, Sydney
On July 25, at least 250 people rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest bipartisan support for amendments to the federal Marriage Act 1961 that would outlaw same-sex marriage.
Organised by Community Action Against Homophobia
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
AMERICAN GULAG: Inside US Immigration PrisonsBy Mark DowUniversity of California Press, 2004413 pages, $55 (hb)
"You African monkeys should go back to your country", was how the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service
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