BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — Israel's invasion of Palestinian towns and refugee camps over the last two weeks was accompanied by the largest military manoeuvres since the June 1967 war, in which Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
During
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SYDNEY — A key episode of Australian trade union and working-class history, the great strikes of the 1890s, will be brought to life when New Theatre stages Reedy River. 2002 is the New Theatre's 70th anniversary year.
In an attempt to offset
BY KATE WILSON
Refugees, often fleeing war, poverty or government repression, risk
their lives getting to Australia. They are then locked up in detention
centres for months, sometimes years, in totally inhumane conditions. Australia
BY KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR
ATLANTA — Jamil Abdullah al Amin, the former 1960s Black Power leader, then known as H. Rap Brown, was found guilty on March 9 of shooting one Atlanta cop to death and injuring another. Prosecutors are seeking the death
Rally for Palestine I
BRISBANE — A speakout against Israel's terror against the Palestinian people was held on the steps of King George Square on March 22. Organised by the M1 Alliance, the action drew attention to the Palestinian people's
Bob Crow, newly elected general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, RMT">
ENGLAND: Socialist Alliance holds trade union conference
LONDON — The first trade union conference organised by the Socialist
BY MAX LANE
Almost every day, details of the murder of Acehnese civilians by Indonesian military forces are reported by democratic and human rights organisations and international news agencies. At least 300 killings have been reported since
GEELONG — On March 23 the Geelong branch of the Democratic Socialist Party unveiled its new shopfront and opening hours. The bookshop is open Monday to Wednesday from 4-6pm, Thursdays noon to 6pm, Fridays 5-7pm and Saturdays 9.30am to 12.30pm. The
BY LINDA WALDRON& NATALIE ZIRNGAST
MELBOURNE — Workers at Flair Menswear Preston, manufacturers of Hugo Boss fashions, held a victory barbecue on the morning of March 18, after a two-week picket.
A planned solidarity sausage sizzle at the
BY SUZIE AMBROSE
DARWIN — The prediction of the March 7 NT News editorial — "No votes for ratbags" — was disproved in the March 16 elections for Lord Mayor of Darwin. Socialist Alliance candidate Ruth Ratcliffe received 1057 votes after
BY SARAH STEPHEN
At the end of March 2001, an estimated 450,000 New Zealand citizens — 2.3% of the Australian population — were visiting or living in Australia. Under various arrangements since the 1920s, there has been a free flow of people
BY ROBYN MARSHALL
BRISBANE In the Brisbane City Gallery of the Town Hall is a remarkable
collection of photographs, selected by radical Australian journalist John
Pilger. The photographs that are included in Reporting the World
are a
[The following is an excerpt from a statement issued by the Socialist
Alliance in Melbourne on March 20.]
Dean Mighell is 100% correct to say that the ALP has turned its back
on the working class.
One of the first acts of the Bracks
and ain't i a woman: US army harasses lesbians
Last year, women were twice as likely to be dismissed from the US army for being lesbians than men were for being gay, according to a report released on March 15 by the Servicemembers Legal
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
The US government has requested an additional 300 troops be allowed to perform "civic duties" on the Philippines island of Basilian as part of the Balikatan 02-1 war games nominally aimed at destroying the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group.
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA I used to be an activist, where I was very flexible and
could criticise everything, but now I'm representing East Timor, East
Timor's deputy minster for foreign affairs and cooperation Fernando de
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