GLW issue 476, published 2002-01-16.

UNITED STATES: Court decisions set disturbing precedent

BY SARAH STEPHEN A January 7 ruling by 2nd District Utah Judge Michael Allphin allowed the prosecution of a man accused of killing his pregnant ex-wife for the murder of the foetus. Roger MacGuire allegedly shot Susan MacGuire, on January 15, 2001,

Are 'people smugglers' the problem?

BY PAUL BENEDEK They sit just below Osama bin Laden on the "evil" ladder. They are subhuman, and a threat to "our" borders. They are the heinous creatures simply referred to as "people smugglers". With increasing criticism of the federal

NUS and the student left

BY SIMON BUTLER SYDNEY — The 2001 National Union of Students (NUS) conference, held December 9-14, concluded in a frustrating farce. On December 13 the "left"-ALP National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS) rammed through a motion overturning

Loose cannons

Unlawful combat "They will be treated in the right way, not as prisoners of war, because they are not, but as unlawful combatants." — US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussing Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners captured during the US war on

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Australian News

Ruddock abandons Nauru refugees

BY SARAH STEPHEN The UN High Commission for Refugees on January 8 expressed the view that a significant proportion of asylum seekers being housed on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru will be found to be refugees, and that Australia has a special

Large turn out for Pilger meetings

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS& NICK EVERETT There were no spare seats at the Capitol in central Melbourne as 650 people crammed the theatre for an evening with filmmaker and journalist John Pilger on December 15. The occasion was the big-screen premiere of

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International News

UNITED STATES: 'Get rid of women any way you can'

BY SARAH STEPHEN "Women should be home taking care of their husbands and children, chained to the stove, not working in my stores." This sentiment may have been commonly expressed in the 1950s, but the statement is recent, and comes from the

KASHMIR: Independence denied

1947: Pakistan invaded Kashmir on the basis that 80% of its population is Muslim. In response, Kashmir's Hindu feudal ruler sought protection from India. 1948: India and Pakistan fought over Kashmir, resulting in each controlling roughly half of

Further International News

Editorial

Build global solidarity

It is one year into the 21st century, but you could be forgiven for thinking we were back in the 19th century. In the imperialist capitals there is ominous talk of the "clash of civilisations" and the need for the "enlightened" West to lend a firm

Cultural Dissent

US role whitewashed

Holy War Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin LadenBy Peter L. BergenWeidenfeld & Nicholson, 2001$29.95 REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE Despite serious limitations, Peter Bergen's Holy War Inc. is a useful biography of Osama bin Laden. While Bergen

Uncompromising passion for truth

REVIEW BY SHUA GARFIELD Living in these TimesDavid RovicsAvailable at <http://www.davidrovics.com> It is certainly unorthodox to begin a cd with a song about a firefighter being crushed and burned to death by the collapsing World Trade

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