GLW issue 602, published 2004-10-13.

News briefs

BRISBANE — On October 7, a snap protest was organised by the University of Queensland student union women's rights group outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Bowen Hills. The protest was in response to a Family First candidate's comments that

SRI LANKA: Fears grow of war's renewal

Chris Slee Fears are growing that a renewed war could break out between Sri Lankan government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Tamil guerrillas have complained to Scandinavian peace monitors that government soldiers have

Release Craig Johnston petition

To: The Hon Rob Hulls MLA, Attorney General of Victoria; The Hon Steve Bracks MLA, Premier of Victoria. We, the undersigned, support Craig Johnston's immediate release from jail for the following reasons: 1. Craig Johnston is the only person

On the box

Yolngu Boy — A drama about the coming-of-age of three Aboriginal boys in Arnhem Land. SBS, Sunday, October 17, 8.30pm. Israel's Secret Weapon — The story of Israel's wall of silence over the imprisonment of nuclear bomb whistleblower Mordechai

Further

Australian News

Actors portray refugee tragedy

SYDNEY — A cast of 60 actors, both amateur and professional, got together on October 4 at the Marrickville Town Hall to take part in a reading of writer Alex Broun's new play script, Dead in the Water, which is based on the on the firsthand

Union network launched on NSW north coast

Andrew Watson, Lismore The Northern Rivers Union Network (NRUN) was formally launched at the "End the lies" rally in Lismore on October 2. Richard White, a member of the Community and Public Sector Union, spoke on behalf of NRUN about the

Further Australian News

International News

Peter Camejo: Kerry is stealing votes from us!

Ernest Tate, interviewed Peter Camejo for Relay magazine. Tate has known Camejo since the late 1950s, when Peter was a leader of the Young Socialists Alliance and a leader of the American Socialist Workers' Party. In the 1960s, Peter gained national

HAITI: Violence escalates

Federico Fuentes In the wake of the devastation wreaked by tropical storm Jeanne, Haitians have had to deal with armed looters attacking food depots containing international aid. In the flood-hit city of Gonaives, armed gangs, who earlier this year

Further International News

Cultural Dissent

The blackfellas Eureka

YandyWritten by Jolly ReadDirected by Rachael MazaOctober 9-22, Octagon Theatre, University of Western AustraliaPresented by Black Swan Theatre CompanyTickets available through BOCS (08) 9484 1133. REVIEW BY FEDERICO FUENTES Yandy is the story of

Eye to eye, a Palestinian poem

Look into my eyesAnd tell me what you see.You don't see a damn thing,Because you can't possibly relate to me. Blinded by our differencesMy life makes no sense to you.I'm the persecuted Palestinian.You're the Red, White and Blue. Each day you wake

Further Cultural Dissent

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