BY SARAH STEPHEN
Federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock was no doubt looking forward to a pleasant speaking engagement at the April 22 Commonwealth Lawyers' Association function in London.
A little awed by the illustrious status of the
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BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — A public seminar being organised by the Socialist Alliance, to be held on May 11 in Parramatta Town Hall, will present militant trade unionists with an opportunity to discuss key political issues confronting workers and
Museworthy: Leaving the Window
"He would be guilty of murderif at the time the deceased left the windowhe had an intent to kill heror cause her grievous bodily harmor had acted with reckless indifference to human life."
Only a quarter of the
BY GARY MEYERHOFF
DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government has announced that "a legislative package on illicit drugs" will be introduced into the NT parliament this month. Justice minister Peter Toyne has also announced that Labor will
BY DICK NICHOLS
France's Lionel Jospin wasn't the worst prime minister as far as capitalist politicians go. His government introduced the 35-hour work week (which produced a clear rise in employment), he resisted the attempts of the European Union
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
PERTH — The royal commission into the construction industry, which has been conducting hearings around Australia since October, has just concluded its first hearings in Perth. The commission, headed by former NSW Supreme Court
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish SufferingBy Norman G. FinkelsteinVerso, 2001182 pages, $29.95 (pb)
BY PHIL SHANNON
One of the great ironies (if that isn't too kind a word for it) of the Middle East conflict is
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — Despite widespread reports in the mainstream media that Israeli troops have withdrawn from Palestinian cities (excluding the area around Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity), the Israeli
BY CAROLINE LUND
SAN FRANCISCO — In the largest protest march since the 1991 Gulf War, tens of thousands of Californians demonstrated April 20 against Israel's murderous assault on the Palestinian people. The San Francisco Chronicle estimated "at
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