GLW issue 474, published 2001-12-05.

Protesters oppose new jail

@caption =PENRITH - As part of an ongoing campaign to challenge the ALP state government's proposal to build a new women's prison at South Windsor, the No New Women's Prison Campaign held a week long vigil near the prison construction site from

UNITED STATES: Behind bars for being Arab

BY NICOLE COLSON CHICAGO — "We watch the X-Files on television, but we never thought it would happen here." That's what Pakistani native Asif Kazi told reporters after FBI agents came crashing through the front door of his Chester, Pennsylvania,

Networker: Monopolies don't need to innovate

Monopolies don't need to innovate The October launch of Windows XP, Microsoft's new operating system, had been anticipated as the saviour of the personal computer industry. (An operating system is a piece of software that turns a computer from a

A tragedy for injured workers

BY MELANIE SJOBERG More people die in work-related accidents than on roads each year in this country. According to the construction workers' union, as many as 30% of employers underpay their insurance premiums. In June, New South Wales was rocked

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Rocking the war

HOBART — The socialist youth group Resistance organised a successful "Rock Against War" on December 1, with the support of local "original bands" opposed to the US-led "war on terrorism". Pictured is Lab A. Photo by Alex Bainbridge.From Green

'Peace is possible'

BRISBANE —."Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples have had a strong relationship with Green Left Weekly over the years", indigenous leader Sam Watson told 80 GLW supporters on December 1. The audience had gathered to enjoy food and entertainment

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International News

SOUTH AFRICA: Who's fooling who?

BY DALE MCKINLEY A cursory perusal of the political events in South Africa over the last two months might leave one with the impression that there is a fundamental political battle raging between the South African Communist Party and the African

SPAIN: Millions of students strike

BY MIRIAM MUNICIO More than two and a half million students in the schools and universities answered a strike call all over Spain on November 28, 200,000 of them pouring onto the streets to support demonstrations organised by the Marxist-led

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Editorial

In war, truth is the first casualty

Ever since the US war against Vietnam provoked normally passive civilians into demonstrating against the war, the ruling class has been acutely aware that when it wants to wage war against another country, it needs to control the information which

Cultural Dissent

Pottermania Incorporated

BY ARUN PRADHAN It might have begun as a story in the mind of JK Rowling, but today Harry Potter is an industry that turns over more than many countries' gross domestic product and has multinational corporations falling over themselves for a cut of

Tuff-woman trance music

It's A Groove Thing!Rosie LedetMaison De Soul Records<http://www.floydsrecords.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS ALBUQUERQUE — It's a hot summer night at a south-west juke-joint. Rosie Ledet is on stage. Her head cocked to the right, black

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