What's The Point Of The Wall Street Protests?
Young women being pepper-sprayed by cops on Wall Street? A protest movement claiming to represent…More
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We're Deporting People To Danger
Last week my friend, Mohammed, was deported from Australia and I feel sick. I believe…More
Why Would A Hazara Quit Pakistan?
An old Persian saying goes like this: as the lamb worries about its life, the…More
How To Get Away With War Crimes
The startling recent admissions of violence in Burma by two Burmese Australians are shocking for…More
Why Refugees Still Flee Burma
The big beneficiaries of the Malaysia Solution would have been the 4000 refugees from Malaysia…More
All In Favour Of A Palestinian State?
Over the past month or so, several well-intentioned friends and family members from Australia and…More
Europe's Long Hot Summer Of Debt
Three years after the failure of Lehmann Brothers, the international financial crisis that "continues to…More
What It Looks Like Inside The 9/11 Memorial
In 2008, during my first visit to New York since 9/11, I took a tour…More
Island Leaders Drowned Out At Forum
Speaking to journalists at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, President Anote Tong of Kiribati had…More
Residents Flee As Troops Mobilise
Thousands of people have deserted their homes and are living in fear in jungle in…More