GLW issue 572, published 2004-02-25.

Another whitewash of racist cop violence?

Ray Fulcher, Melbourne On February 1, Victoria Police dragged Raymond Merritt through the broken window of an allegedly stolen car and smashed his head against the roof. Merritt, an Aboriginal man, is wanted by NSW police as a suspect in a series

UNITED STATES: Feds back off on harrasment

Nicole Colson, Iowa "Friends, the piece of news that I have is historic," Brian Terrell announced to a crowd of 150 cheering protesters gathered at the federal building in Des Moines, Iowa on February 10. "The subpoenas against the four of us were

Loose cannons

Great strides I "The Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council have made great strides in the security, economic stability and growth, and democratisation of Iraq." — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, in testimony to the

A woman's place is in the struggle: 40% less visible

France's macho internal security minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, is currently braying that his government's re-criminalisation of soliciting last year, has reduced the number of prostitutes on French streets by 40%. French law defines soliciting as

Further

Australian News

Flotillas of Hope gains momentum

Steve Georgopoulos During the 2001 Tampa crisis, the unwritten law of the sea to help those in need was denigrated and broken by Prime Minister John Howard. Some asylum seekers were accepted as refugees by New Zealand and the rest have been sent to

Jailed anti-war activists gain support

Anna Samson, Sydney Will Saunders and David Burgess commenced their first weekend of periodic detention on February 14. The pair were found guilty of malicious damage after painting the words "No war" on the highest sail of the Opera House. They

Further Australian News

International News

HAITI: How Washington set the stage for uprising

Lee Sustar The media have a standard story line to explain the uprising in Haiti — one-time populist leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide has become a corrupt authoritarian who is relying on armed gangs to crush a popular uprising. In reality, the

FRANCE: Elections held amid corruption's stink

Murray Smith, Paris As campaigning for the March regional elections moves into top gear, the familiar odour of corruption is once again wafting across the French political scene. Ex-prime minister Alain Juppe, president of the governing Union for

Further International News

Editorial

Super reform is a super-scam

The February 12 announcement by Prime Minister John Howard that a Coalition party room meeting had approved a reduction in federal parliamentarians' superannuation to 9% (from 69.1%) would have gladdened most hearts. Howard was pleased because he

General

Where is Latham taking Labor?

The electoral fortunes of the ALP seem to have turned around since its national conference. Recent polls have the two major parties level, and the Liberals behind on a two-party preferred basis. The intelligence justifying the Iraq war is being

Auburn: Sick of being dumped on

Tamara Pearson, Sydney Forget the artist's impression of the Sydney western suburb of Auburn: the sleek and slender buildings, clean wide streets, happy people walking dogs in pretty parks with tall, blooming trees. As construction on the Collex

Further General

Cultural Dissent

So who was Sylvia Plath?

SylviaDirected by Christine JeffsWritten by John BrownlowWith Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel CraigNow showing nationally. REVIEW BY JESS MELVIN If Sylvia Plath was a death-glorifying, dull, domesticated homeworker whose suicide epitomised her life,

How Washington ripped-off Asia's stolen treasure

Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's GoldBy Sterling and Peggy SeagraveVerso, 2003332 pages, $49.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON In June 1945, with US tanks less than 30 kilometres away, General Yamashita, head of the Japanese

Further Cultural Dissent

A desperate and unhappy past

FEATURED CONTENT

Supporters raise $24,000 for Green Left Weekly fighting fund in May

The Green Left Weekly fighting fund has received a huge boost over the last couple of weeks, thanks to the efforts of hard working supporters and volunteers around the country. Read how you can help get us closer to meeting our $250,000 annual target."

Support glw

"Australia has the most restrictive media in the western world. Censorship by omission denies Australians their democratic right to make sense of whole stratas of political and foreign policy. That's why Green Left Weekly is a beacon, doing a job of honourable journalism, as an agent of people, not power."
John Pilger

Donate securely online - every cent you donate helps us to keep going.