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
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BY EVA CHENG
General Pervez Musharraf has claimed that 70% of those eligible to
vote in Pakistan's April 30 referendum participated, and that 97% endorsed
his bid to remain the country's president for a further five years.
However, a
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
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
Free World I
“[The United States'] goal is not combating a rival, but maintaining our
imperial position, and maintaining imperial order... we are in the business
of bringing down hostile governments and creating governments favorable
BY PETER LEWIS
[The following comment appeared on Workers Online, the NSW Labor Council web site, on May 3. The author is the site's editor.]
Unionists watching the shambolic and violent affair that was the M1 protest could be forgiven for
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
The Truth About Maori — An engaging film about the Maori identity. SBS, Friday, May 10, 1.30pm.
Movie: Leaf On A Pillow — The rough and tumble daily life of three homeless kids battling to survive on the streets of Java. SBS, Wednesday, May
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 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
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