GLW issue 480, published 2002-02-13.

Spying after the 'end of history'

Spy GameDirected by Tony ScottWith Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack and Marianne Jean-BaptisteAt major cinemas REVIEW BY ZANNY BEGG Tony Scott's new film, Spy Game, is an intriguing investigation into how to construct a spy film

Rural Australians for Refugees defies 'rural conservatism' myth

BY BRONWYN JENNINGS Since its formation in October, Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) has organised hundreds of people to campaign in defence of refugees. With 16 RAR groups having been formed, the network has boosted the fight to close refugee

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for

Fight for a woman's right to choose!

By Nicole Hoye Women in Australia and in most other countries still do not have control over their reproductive lives. Abortion is still a crime in all states of Australia. Women's access to abortion services still depends on judicial

Further

Australian News

Free the refugees!

BY JESS MELVIN MELBOURNE — On February 8, several young people crowded into a temporary detention center were watched by police as they chanted and waved placards. This was not the refugee detention centre at Maribyrnong, however, but outside the

Trades Hall backs refugees

BY TIM GOODEN GEELONG — At its February 5 meeting, the executive of Geelong's Trades Hall Council recommended to affiliated unions that they call for a more humane approach to the treatment of refugees than that pursued by the federal Coalition

Further Australian News

International News

UNITED STATES: Enron scandal exposes capitalist system

BY ALAN MAASS CHICAGO — "There are business scandals that are so vast and so penetrating that they profoundly shock our most deeply held beliefs about the honesty and integrity of our corporate culture. Enron Corp is one of them. This financial

BRITAIN: Socialist Alliance targeted as press sees red

BY PHIL HEARSE LONDON — On January 28-29, 2500 workers at South West Trains, which daily brings 250,000 commuters to Central London, struck over pay and against the demotion of local union leader Greg Tucker. Over the same two-day period,

Further International News

Editorial

Anti-refugee policy can be abolished

Anti-refugee policy can be abolished Prime Minister John Howard and immigration minister Philip Ruddock stood firm throughout the two-week hunger strike by asylum seekers in the Woomera detention centre. Some said this was proof that

Cultural Dissent

The soldiers' truce

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas TruceBy Stanley WeintraubThe Free Press, 2001206 pages, $39.95 (hb) It was the war that was supposed "to be over by Christmas". It very nearly was. A spontaneous

(Anti)-propaganda

Taliban: Made by the USA and Detention Without TrialBy EyeBlatant PropagandaSend $5 for each CD to PO Box 1327, Woden 2606 ACT, Australia, or visit <http://on.to/propaganda> REVIEW BY MARK ABBERTON "Taliban, Taliban: Made by the USA.

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