GLW issue 498, published 2002-07-03.

Fo, Rame and theatre of intervention

Won't Pay!, 25 Monologues for a Woman"> Fo, Rame and theatre of intervention Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Harlequins of the RevolutionBy Joseph FarrellMethuen, 2001308 pp, $49.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Dario Fo and Franca Rame hit certain

INDONESIA: The IMF: A globalising debate

INDONESIA The IMF: A globalising debate BY MAX LANE JAKARTA � The debate between minister Kwik Kian Gie, who is in charge of the National Economic Planning Board, and the other ministers in President Megawati Sukarnoputri's cabinet

Woomera detainees: 'Freedom for all!'

BY PIP HINMAN& SARAH STEPHEN On June 23, the same day that 13,000 people took to the streets across Australia to oppose the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, detainees at the Woomera detention centre began a hunger strike. By June 24, 180-190

Museworthy: The Game

The Game I must tell you of my felony. It is, that at every moment, I was falling away from beauty. In a woman's face I was the eternal coldness, in her hands the unmaturing child growing heavier, disturbing her spine year

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Australian News

Spanners in Beattie's dirty work

Spanners in Beattie's dirty works BY ANDREW PHILLIPS BRISBANE � Workers at QBuild, the state government agency responsible for building all Queensland government buildings, schools and offices, are fighting for justice after being

Senate approves 'anti-terror' laws

BY ALISON DELLIT On June 27, the Senate passed five of the six �anti-terror� bills, in effect introducing a new �terrorism� offence into Australian law, broadening treason offences to include any support for any group engaged in armed

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International News

Fortress Europe takes steps to bar refugees, migrants

BY SARAH STEPHEN The European Union faces an ironic contradiction in coming decades. As birth rates continue to decline, many countries face negative population growth. The EU needs more immigration. Yet the European Council's June 21-22 meeting in

PALESTINE: 'Operation Determined Path' to massacre

PALESTINE: Operation 'Determined Path' to massacre BY ROHAN PEARCE The expression �peace process� has become increasingly meaningless. As Israel's murderous �Operation Determined Path� continues, and White House pronouncements lose any

Further International News

Editorial

Unwarranted praise

Unwarranted Praise Greens Senator Bob Brown, in a June 14 press release, congratulated federal Labor leader Simon Crean for having �taken a large step in moving Labor from the 'me-tooism' on asylum seekers it proffered during the [2001

Cultural Dissent

In the shoes of asylum seekers

REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN Escape to Paradise Directed by Nino Jacusso With Duzgun Ayhan, Fidan Firat, Nurettin Yildiz and Walo Luond Distributed by First Hand Films Frontieres (Borders) Directed by Mostefa Djadjam With Lou

Global Circus

Global Circus Roll up, roll up, to the head of the queue. Step up, step up, come take a pew. Gather round you clowns applaud the acrobats of global domination. Cheer on the jugglers Of world-wide manipulation. Come to the

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