GLW issue 539, published 2003-05-28.

An insult to opponents of the death penalty

REVIEW BY HELEN REDMOND The Life of David GaleDirected by Alan ParkerWith Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura LinneyAt major cinemas Now should be the best time ever for a Hollywood drama that exposes the barbarity of the death penalty in the

Weapons convention to be targeted by protesters

BY DANNY FAIRFAX CANBERRA — Anti-war and anti-corporate activists in the ACT have begun organising protests to take place against the Defence and Industry 2003 conference, which will be held in the National Convention Centre on June 24-26. The

Multi-tendency rights protected in Socialist Alliance

BY PETER BOYLE The Socialist Alliance is a multi-tendency socialist party which welcomes and protects the right to campaign for a diversity of political positions within the framework of its broad socialist objectives. The second national

Gordon (Vic) Little: 1914 2003

BY MARGARITA WINDISCH MELBOURNE — More than 300 people packed the Brunswick Town Hall for Vic Little's memorial service on May 20. Born in Mildura in 1914, the son of a poor mining family, Vic knew from an early age on what "struggling" meant.

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Anti-deportation campaign launched

During a national phone hook-up on May 24, refugee rights activists decided to launch a campaign against the threatened deportation of Iranian refugees. On April 29, Iranians in the Baxter detention centre were told by the immigration department

Students protest Coalition education 'reforms'

BY MARCUS PABIAN MELBOURNE — Part of the May 22 national day of protest called by the National Union of Students (NUS) against the Howard government's education "reforms", announced in its May 13 budget, 330 students marched in protest from

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International News

UNITED STATES: Bush greets Cuban terrorists

BY DOUG LORIMER US President George Bush met with 11 "exiled Cuban activists" (as the US corporate media described them) at the White House on May 20 — the 101st anniversary of the adoption by Cuba of a constitution which guaranteed Washington

IRAQ: Security Council approves US occupation

BY DOUG LORIMER On May 22, the United Nations Security Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution which approved the Anglo-American military occupation of Iraq, lifted UN economic sanctions imposed in August 1990 and put revenue from sales of Iraqi

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Editorial

Crean's 'alternative' budget

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Matrix Reloaded: Take the red pill

REVIEW BY NICK FREDMAN Matrix ReloadedWritten and directed by Larry and Andy WachowskiWith Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence FishburneAt cinemas every-bloody-where Recently, the US anti-war coalition Not In Our Name issued a leaflet,

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