Susan Austin, Hobart
When the news broke on March 30 that a local El Salvadoran family was being threatened with deportation, the Socialist Alliance and Tasmanians for Refugees called a protest action for that afternoon.
The Refugee Review
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SYDNEY — On March 29, as news of the general strike in France began to reach Australia, 20 Sydney University students and staff attended a Resistance-organised forum on the revolt against the French government's new First Employment Contract (CPE).
Sol Salbe
Palestinians and their supporters were generally indifferent to the March 28 Israeli election. And for a good reason: they couldn't tell the difference between most of the parties. Few of the parties offered even the most minimal program
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
On March 28, supporters of the head of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), Dr Jorge Rodriguez, who announced his resignation the day before, marched to the gates of the National Assembly. Rodriguez said
A VPRC poll conducted on march 14-15 and published in Kathimerini on March 18 found that 94% of those surveyed believe the world is a more dangerous place as a result of the war on Iraq. Just 3% of Greeks believe the decision to invade Iraq was
Dickens: His Work and His WorldBy Michael Rosen and Robert IngpenWalker Books 200595 pages
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
According to Peter Ackroyd, Karl Marx once said to Frederick Engels that Charles Dickens had "issued to the world more political and
Sue Bolton
Just three days before the implementation of the Howard government's Work Choices legislation on March 27, federal workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews was downplaying its impact. He told the March 24 Workplace Express: "People
SYDNEY — On March 23, NSW Labor and Coalition MPs voted to deny a request by Greens parliamentarian Lee Rhiannon to join a NSW Legislative Council inquiry visit to the "Supermax" (maximum security) wing of the Goulburn prison.
"The major parties
Dale Mills
The FBI has long been known to engage in extensive surveillance of activists in the United States. However, the sheer extent of those operations has shocked civil libertarians following the release of a large amount of material under
Nick Everett, Canberra
British PM Tony Blair received a 21-gun salute and gushing praise from both PM John Howard and Labor leader Kim Beazley when he arrived at federal parliament on March 27. But a more fitting tribute was provided by 150
Karen Fletcher, Melbourne
A rally and march against racism on Sydney Road in Melbourne's City of Moreland attracted more than 120 people on April 1. Chanting "Migrants are welcome, racists are not", the marchers drew smiles and waves from shoppers
Little Britain
What kind of publication should Green Left Weekly be? Clearly Dave Riley and I have very different opinions on this, if his review of the Little Britain TV show (GLW #662) is anything to go by.
I have also pondered the character of
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