467

Laying the blame Yula Geredov ("Write On", GLW #466) claims that I have distorted the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by only providing the "Palestinian's account of the story". She claims that "blaming will not do a thing except
BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — Living in northern NSW, it has been impossible to miss anti-war activities with four actions in less than a week. The most high profile action was a picket of National Party member for Page Ian Causley's campaign
BY KYLIE MOON MELBOURNE — In a win for left-wing students, activist ticket No War No Racism has won the position of education officer on the La Trobe University Students Representative Council in the student elections which finished on October
General Electric is one of the biggest corporations in the world — and one of its biggest arms manufacturers. Its engines power the war machine. GE operates in more than 100 countries, including Australia, and employs 313,000 people. Its products
BY SARAH STEPHEN SYDNEY — For two days, beginning on October 7 every section of the corporate media, from TV to newspaper, reported that a group of around 220 Iraqi asylum seekers had callously thrown their children overboard before themselves
ONE Day eleven people poisoned themselves here.Somewhere between those blinded by diseaseand those blinded by rockets. TWO Eyes that rested in fever and never moved again;eyes that saw the atom. THREE Armies who have taken chargehave banned
BY SALEH AL MASRI 0nly by the latter years of the first intifada (uprising), which erupted at the end of 1987 did the buds of Palestinian military activity appear. However, this is in no way comparable with the developments witnessed in the "Aqsa
[Australian Arabic Council chairperson Roland Jabbour issued the following statement on October 8.] In principle, we support any action against international terrorism in all its forms. However, we are concerned that the latest attacks on
BY AHMAD NIMER RAMALLAH — Over the last week a new political term has entered the lexicon of Israeli political commentators and government spokespersons: "Arafat's Alatalena moment". The reference is to the ship which was shelled by the leader of
BY SUE BOLTON Following in the tradition of unions which took a strong stand against the Vietnam War, some unions have adopted motions opposing US military retaliation for the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11. The
More than 40,000 people marched in London on October 13 against the US-British military attacks on Afghanistan. At the same time, 5000 people protested against the war in Glasgow. The London anti-war protest, which marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar
BY SEAN HEALY US firm Kerr McGee and French oil group TotalFinaElf have won lucrative concessions from the Moroccan government, granting them permission to explore potentially rich oilfields off the coast of occupied Western Sahara. During an