BY EVA CHENG
The United States National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) officially declared on November 26 that the US had lapsed into recession, and had been in that situation since March 2001. Soon after, the capitalist media and mainstream
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BY RICK MOLON & CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN — "Refugees YES! Racism NO! Detention centres have got to GO!" echoed around the foyer of the luxury Novotel Atrium hotel on February 1. More than 80 refugee solidarity activists protested federal immigration
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
On January 31, US and Philippines military officials launched the
Balikatan 2002 exercises, which bring together US troops and the soldiers
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). While the exercises are supposedly
BY ADAM HANIEH
RAMALLAH — Over the last week one topic has dominated conversation in the West Bank town of Ramallah: will tonight be the night? A general consensus holds that it is only a matter of time before Israeli tanks and troops take over
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — More than 350 people packed into the Labor Club on January 29 to express their concern about the treatment of refugees in Australia's detention centres.
The meeting was convened be the Refugee Action Committee
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — It says something about the nature of the South Australian election campaign that a highlight so far has been the Liberals' misspelling of Premier Rob Kerin's name (as "Ron") on the front cover of their primary
SYDNEY People gathered on January 31 outside Israel's consulate to
protest against the brutal occupation of Palestine. Since the beginning
of the current intifada, 192 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli
troops and
BY KEEANGA-YAHMATTA TAYLOR
Jamil al Amin, the former 1960s Black Power leader known as H. Rap Brown, is on trial for his life in Atlanta. Al Amin is accused of shooting two Fulton County sheriff's deputies, killing one.
Prosecutors claim that al
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY Refugee rights campaigners across the world have protested
against the Australian governments refugee policy. In Auckland, New Zealand
on January 26, activists picketed the Australian consulate. A similar picket
is
BY SUSAN PRICE
The United States and other First World governments are using the "war on terrorism" as a pretext to launch an offensive against the peoples of the Third World. All around the world, governments are attacking working people's living
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