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Real-life Middle East satire

BY ROHAN PEARCE Demonstrating the total bankruptcy of the so-called “leaders” of the Arab world, the secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, gave an interview to Insight Magazine on April 17 which bears more than a passing

UNITED STATES: Powell's 'peace' mission a sick joke

BY ROHAN PEARCE If it weren't for the horrendous death toll of Palestinians, the destruction of West Bank towns and the fierce repression of dissent of anti-war protesters within Israel, US Secretary of State Colin Powell's tour of the Middle East

More people needed to save Goolengook

BY ALEX MILNE EAST GIPPSLAND — More than 20 logging areas (coups) have been planned for Goolengook, in East Gippsland in Victoria, of which four have already been logged. Much has been lost already, but a lot can still be saved if enough people

VENEZUELA: US role in coup exposed

BY FEDERICO FUENTES The April 22 edition of Newsweek magazine reported that the plotters behind the failed April 12-14 coup in Venezuela had revealed their plan to the US embassy in Caracas less than two months earlier. A senior US state

UNITED STATES: 100th death row prisoner freed

BY LARRY DOUGLAS On April 8, Ray Krone, became the 100th person in the United States since 1973 to be released for a crime that put him on death row. Krone, 45, was convicted for the 1991 stabbing death of 36-year-old Arizona bartender, Kim

FRANCE: An unknown to represent the unknowns

BY PENNY DUGAN PARIS — On March 23, the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR, French section of the Fourth International) deposited at the Constitutional Council the 500 "sponsorships" that will enable its candidate, Olivier Besancenot, to

500 rally for forests

HOBART — Five hundred people rallied to stop logging in old growth forests on April 20. Built at short notice, the sizeable turnout reflected the considerable activism in defence of the forests in recent months. In addition to previously formed

M1 protesters: 'Palestine must be free'

BY ALISON DELLIT SYDNEY — Organisers of the April 19 pro-Palestinian protest are supporting planned protests on May 1, arguing that defence of Palestine and demands on Israel to withdraw from the Occupied Territories be a central part of

PALESTINE: The immortal heroes of Jenin

BY URI AVNERY TEL AVIV — One hundred and five years ago, the day after the first Zionist congress in Basel, Theodor Herzl wrote in his diary: "In Basel I founded the state of the Jews." Last week, Ariel Sharon should have noted in his diary: "In

CUBA: 'End barbarity against Palestinian people'

BY RICARDO ALARCON [The following message was sent on April 5 by Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National Assembly, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.] In the face of the barbaric acts unleashed in Palestine with the invasion by Israeli

Resistance in action

Resistance activists summonsed MELBOURNE — Two members of the socialist youth group Resistance have been summonsed to appear in court in late May for "trespassing" while attempting to visit hunger-striking refugees at the Maribyrnong detention

and ain't i a woman?: Raising the alarm about women's health

and ain't i a woman?: Raising the alarm about women's health On newsstands advertising the Melbourne Herald Sun on April 11, the banner headline declared a "Women's Health Alarm". This was a reference to the ruling by the Health Insurance