GLW issue 415, published 2000-08-09.

Lift the sanctions on Iraq!

Lift the sanctions on Iraq! BY LEIGH HUGHES When asked in 1996 about the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children from United States-enforced sanctions against the country, US secretary of state Madeleine Albright declared "the price is worth it".

Villawood under siege

Villawood under siege July 24: Hunger strike by 100 asylum seekers begins at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. A roll call occurs five times a day. Twenty Refugee Action Collective activists, outside the camp showing their solidarity, are

Social security control machine gears up

BY JONATHAN STRAUSS The Coalition government is preparing to extend social security "mutual obligation" requirements even further, this time to disability pensioners and to those sole parents and non-working partners of the unemployed who receive

Life of Riley: Tale of a numb bum

Tale of a numb bum For the sake of argument, if I were to get you to sit there for a long time you'd end up with a numb bum. Of course, you'd need a fair share of reading matter or a particularly long movie or speech to warrant being sedentary

Further

Australian News

ALP votes to support mandatory sentencing

ALP votes to support mandatory sentencing The ALP national conference voted on August 3 to withdraw its opposition to Western Australia's mandatory sentencing legislation. In a deal with the WA branch, the party changed its platform so that

Campaign 2000 kicks into action

Campaign 2000 kicks into action BY CHRIS SPINDLER MELBOURNE — A 24-hour strike at white goods manufacturer Email on August 3 marks the first of possibly many industrial disputes here as manufacturing workers begin their cross-industry Campaign

Further Australian News

International News

International news briefs

International news briefs WTO recognises asbestos danger World Trade Organisation officials are claiming a new trade ruling on asbestos proves that the body is not, as critics claim, stacked in favour of business interests. A WTO dispute

VENEZUELA: Left populist wins landslide victory

President Hugo Chavez was re-elected by a comfortable margin in Venezuela's July 30 general elections. Chavez won 59% of the vote, beating his nearest rival and former ally, Francisco Arias, who gained 38%. Chavez and Arias were both leaders of the

Further International News

Editorial

GST — rolling back the opposition

GST: rolling back the opposition In the month since the introduction of the Howard government's goods and services tax, the big-business propaganda machine — commonly referred to as the "mass media" — has mounted a sustained attack on the ALP's

General

Tobin tax: for 'order' or against it?

BY EVA CHENG Prompted by the 1997-98 world economic crisis and after two years of rapid growth, the fledgling international movement for a "Tobin tax" — a tax on currency transactions to help curb financial speculation — is seeking to speed up

Globalisation's myths and victims

Globalisation's myths and victims BY ALASTAIR GREIG When I heard the World Economic Forum was to be held in Melbourne in early September, my mind raced back to an ABC interview I heard around six months ago with Pru Goward — the Prime

Further General

Cultural Dissent

Rules of Engagement — Rules of racism

Rules of racism The Australian Arabic Council (AAC) wishes to bring to your attention the film Rules of Engagement, directed by William Friedkin and produced by Paramount Pictures, which will be distributed in Australia from August 17 by Village

The art of fighting back

BY JACKIE LYNCH MELBOURNE — Art met politics on August 3 when 30 people attended a public forum hosted by anti-sweatshop group Fairwear in Westspace, a gallery run by a collective of "activist artists". The forum was held during a Westspace

Further Cultural Dissent

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