GLW issue 571, published 2004-02-18.

A woman's place is in the struggle: Women's bodies are not 'obscene'

On February 1, pop singer Janet Jackson opened the half-time entertainment at the 2004 Super Bowl (the US football grand final) in Miami, singing her hit song "Rhythm Nation", which refers to a number of social injustices, including racism. During

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Long Night's Journey Into Day — This

RAR sets campaign course for 2004

Sarah Stephen & Andrew Hall, Albury NSW In one of the few national gatherings of any of the refugees' rights organisations which formed in the wake of the Tampa affair at the end of 2001, 320 people attended the second conference of Rural

Behind the NSW rail crisis

Peter Perkins, Sydney How did one of the best metropolitan passenger rail networks in the world get thrown into chaos this month leaving angry commuters stranded on overcrowded platforms, unsure of how they were going to get home or to work? With

Further

Australian News

Timor Sea justice campaign launched

Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne More than 40 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Timor Sea Justice Campaign on January 21. Like many others, they were concerned with the Australian government's exploitation of Timorese oil. The campaign was

Women workers win landmark deal at Sydney Uni

Kathleen Scott, Sydney After almost 18 months of bargaining and three strikes, University of Sydney staff have secured a landmark agreement that includes one of the best paid maternity packages in the country. Enterprise bargaining at Sydney

Further Australian News

International News

VIETNAM: Agent Orange victims sue US chemical companies

Michael Karadjis Three Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange — the herbicide sprayed over Vietnam by the US military during its war against Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s — are suing more than 20 US chemical companies for compensation. The three

PALESTINE: The end of the two-state solution?

Michael Shaik What are we to make of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's extraordinary talk of relocating almost all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and 10 settlements in the West Bank as part of a "disengagement plan" from the Palestinian

Further International News

Editorial

Free trade deal a bad idea

Australian and US government representatives finally agreed on a free-trade agreement (AUSFTA) on February 9, after 11 months of negotiations and widespread protest and controversy in both countries. Amid claims and counterclaims about which national

Cultural Dissent

A tale of two Australias

North of Capricorn: The untold story of Australia's northBy Henry ReynoldsAllen & Unwin, 2003220 pages, $50 (hb). REVIEW BY IGGY KIM Bustling multiculturalism is today associated with the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, while the common

Doco exposes the human impact of deportation

The DeportedA BBC and Arte France co-productionSBSTuesday, February 24, 7.30pm REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN The Deported follows what happens to five asylum seekers, some from Afghanistan and some from Mali, after being deported from France. Most Air

Further Cultural Dissent

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