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Time to revive the refugee rights movement
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 4 November 2009
OUR COMMON CAUSE: At first, the flow of people fleeing horrors like the Sri Lankan government’s concentration camps for Tamils and Afghanistan’s killing fields didn’t test the capacity of the Christmas Island detention centre »

Michael Moore versus capitalism
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 November 2009
In France, you pay nothing to go to college. In Britain, the National Health Service is free. And in Sweden, any woman who gives birth receives two years of paid maternity leave. »

Australian Tamil: allow refugees in
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 4 November 2009
Justice and Freedom for Ceylon Tamils is a human rights action group based in Melbourne. It was formed in 2007. A spokesperson for the group, Nagamuthu Wickiramasingham, told Green Left Weekly that Tamil refugees had good reason to flee the brutal Sri Lankan regime by boat. »

John Pilger: Peace awards and Obama’s wars
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 November 2009
US President Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his impressive record. »

Military budget could pay for renewables
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 4 November 2009
Admit it: you’re just a little disturbed when industrialists, fossil-fuel lobbyists and the Liberal and National parties thunder that big, quick cuts to carbon emissions would bankrupt Australian business. Well, aren’t you? »

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Emergency rescue worker speaks: refugee solidarity on the high seas
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 4 November 2009
The fatal explosion on board a boat carrying 47 Afghan refugees in April created a storm of controversy in Australian politics and the media. »

Pakistan: The threat of religious fundamentalism
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009
Once again Pakistan has become the focus of world attention. Every day there is news about the latest suicide attack or military operation, with killings, injuries and displaced communities. »

Carbon scam exposed in Bolivia
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009
Greenpeace recently released a report that clearly shows why Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) offset projects will neither address climate change nor stop deforestation. »

Tamil refugees — escaping from hell
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 November 2009
While two boat loads of Tamil refugees fleeing Sri Lanka push their case to be admitted into Australia, two reports on Sri Lankan atrocities against Tamils have been released without a word from the Australian media or government. »

Venezuela: Power workers fight against bureaucracy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009
A 14-month struggle by Venezuelan electrical workers for an industry-wide collective contract culminated with the resignation of the president of the state-owned electricity company Corpoelec on October 22. »

Pakistan: Carnage accompanies Clinton’s visit
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009
A three-day official visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Pakistan occurred against a backdrop of carnage. Within hours of her arrival on October 28, a car bomb exploded in a crowded market in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). »

Honduras: Deal signed for Zelaya’s return, but struggle continues
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009
After more than 120 days of mass resistance by the poor majority against a coup regime that overthrew elected President Manuel Zelaya, the regime has finally signed an agreement for Zelaya’s reinstatement. »

Gay Bangledeshi couple denied asylum
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 4 November 2009
A gay Bangladeshi couple have been battling to gain citizenship in Australia for 10 years. The Refugee Review Tribunal knocked back their claims three times, and three times a higher court has overturned the rulings. »

Socialist Alliance conference to prepare for struggle
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 4 November 2009

Rallies defend Ark Tribe
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 4 November 2009

Mark Steel: United action need to confront BNP
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009

Cuba tops the class in UN development report
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009

Indonesian unions: ‘Give protection and aid to the refugees’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 October 2009

In This Issue:


read »International News

  • Britain: Mass protest against war i...
  • Carbon scam exposed in Bolivia
  • Cuba tops the class in UN developme...
  • Cuba: World opposes US blockade aga...
  • Honduras: Deal signed for Zelaya’...
  • Indonesian unions: ‘Give protecti...
  • John Pilger: Peace awards and Obama...
  • Mark Steel: United action need to c...
  • Michael Moore versus capitalism
  • Pakistan: Carnage accompanies Clint...
  • Pakistan: The threat of religious f...
  • Tamil refugees — escaping from he...
  • Uruguay: Frente Amplio set for vict...
  • Vale Dr K. Balagopal — human righ...
  • Venezuela: Power workers fight agai...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Australian Tamil: allow refugees in...
  • Emergency rescue worker speaks: ref...
  • Gay Bangledeshi couple denied asylu...
  • Military budget could pay for renew...
  • Racism is not a ‘special measureâ...
  • Riding inflation, frozen wages
  • Working-class hero honoured
  • Letters: Write On
  • Our Common Cause: Time to re...

    • read »General

  • The bloody price of playing with pr...

    • read »Australian News

  • A thousand people rally for school
  • ‘In the front line of what is rig...
  • Big union gathering demands strong ...
  • Rallies defend Ark Tribe
  • Rudd expands refugee detention cent...
  • Six hundred jobs to go at Bridgesto...
  • Socialist Alliance conference to pr...
  • Tasmania: Private ferry service sha...
  • Women march to reclaim the night
  • Brief: Aboriginal ‘welfare...
  • Brief: ‘No shooters in nat...
  • Brief: ‘Support Solar Syst...
  • Brief: Greens mayor: ‘Save...
  • Brief: Union attacked over â...
  • Brief: Wildcat TAFE strikes ...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Class war in feudal ...
  • Review: Stories about the hu...
  • Adios, Mercedes
  • Brimstone Bishops


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