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SOUTH AFRICA: ANC orders arrest of anti-privatisation protesters

BY FLORENCIA BELVEDERE JOHANNESBURG — After having participated in march upon march to protest against evictions and electricity and water cut-offs, more than 1000 Soweto residents decided at an April 5 public meeting that Johannesburg's African

Write on: Letters to the editor

Abortion I just read Pamela Valemont's letter (GLW #485) in which she describes how, through being "united in the political struggle" as we all are, she also happens "to believe very strongly that abortion enslaves women..." I also have that

Ruddock signals further attacks on Indigenous people

BY ALISON DELLIT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's inaugural policy conference, held March 25-26 in Canberra, should have been a chance to reflect on a decade of struggle by Australia's Indigenous people. Instead, the federal

M1: solidarity with the Palestinian people

On May 1 last year, May Day was reclaimed as a day of struggle for the oppressed and against the corporate rich. Thousands of demonstrators blockaded stock exchanges around Australia. A key goal of M1 was to promote the globalisation of solidarity,

'Aceh is the next East Timor' says visiting activist

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — The news that two Acehnese activists sought refuge in the Finnish embassy in Jakarta on April 10 didn't surprise Erwanto, an Acehnese activist currently visiting Australia. "Aceh is like hell on Earth", he said. "Already

Museworthy: Olive Tree

Museworthy: Olive Tree (for Demetra Christodoulou) You saw the moonYou named it sweetYou followed the heiferAnd milked her teatI met my deathI tormented the seaI ran the numbersWhich delivered meWide and blueWhere the rain sought homeWe

300 rally to repeal abortion laws

BY KERRIE BARRON & KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — "Against abortion? Don't have one!" was the popular slogan of a rally attended by 300 people outside the ACT Legislative Assembly on April 9. The rally was called by Options for Women in support of

SOUTH KOREA: KCTU leaders resign after ranks revolt

BY SUE BOLTON The leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) resigned en masse on April 3, in response to heavy criticism of their decision to call off general strike in solidarity with striking power workers on the day it was due

Rally supports Palestinians

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — Around 300 people rallied peacefully outside the Israeli embassy on April 13 in support of a free Palestine. The intimidating presence of at least 100 police officers, was unable to prevent the impassioned chants

M1 protests war on refugees

The Socialist Alliance, NSW Greens, Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, International Socialist Organisation, Socialist Alternative, Refugee Action Collective, Free the Refugees Campaign, Sydney People Against a New Nuclear Reactor, Wilderness

'Refugees are welcome'

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest for refugees' rights on the weekend of June 22-23 around Australia. In Sydney alone, organisers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people will be willing to come

US policies create terrorism

The United States and the World After 2000, Nicholas Guyatt, Zed Books, Pluto Press, MELANIE SJOBERG, September 11, terrorist attacks, terrorism"> US policies create terrorism Another American Century? The United States and the World After