GLW issue 618, published 2005-03-09.

in

IRAQ: Bush's coalition continues to shrink

Doug Lorimer US President George Bush's "broad coalition" of countries participating in the US-led "multinational force" (MNF) occupying Iraq is steadily shrinking. Since Spain's pull-out of its 1300 troops last April, a dozen other countries have

CPSU members debate union's direction

Paul Oboohov, Canberra Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are currently debating the future direction of the union in response to yet another round of proposed restructuring. Under the proposal, decision-making power will be

Labor 'fails' Macquarie Fields

According to Ben Raue, the Greens candidate for the Werriwa by-election (former Labor leader Mark Latham's seat), the Macquarie Fields riots have demonstrated the failure of the major parties to address poverty in western Sydney. "The actual car

A woman's place is in the struggle: Women resisting occupation

Amnesty International has just published a disturbing report on the plight of women in Iraq. The report reveals how sanctions, war and occupation have wiped out years of advances made by Iraqi women. Two years of war and occupation have driven women
Further

International News

LEBANON: US pressures Syria to withdraw

Lee Sustar, Chicago It's still far from clear who ordered the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut on February 14. But under the guise of the "war on terror", the US is seizing an opportunity. Washington is working

VENEZUELA: This revolution has woken women up

Tamara Pearson On February 7, Venezuela's governing party, the Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR) established a 50% quota for women candidates for the National Assembly and district and municipal council elections. This will be applied to the
Further International News