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EL SALVADOR: Mass movement defeats privatisation

Following weeks of massive demonstrations, El Salvador's National Assembly voted on November 14 to ratify a decree that prohibits the privatisation in any form of the national health care system (known as the Salvadoran Social Security Institute,

The killing of Angelo Tsakos

SYDNEY — On November 11, a book was launched in the outer Sydney suburb of Blacktown. It coincided with the 17th anniversary of the killing by police of 16-year-old Angelo Tsakos. The book, A Mother's Story, details the agony of those 17 years

Loose Cannons

Free enterprise "Collectible cards depicting portraits of victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center are due to go on sale next month, leading to accusations their manufacturer is trading on tragedy." — Daily Telegraph,

Pressure grows to allow East Timorese to stay

BY JON LAND Pressure is mounting against the federal government's moves to deport 1600-1800 East Timorese asylum seekers, some of whom have been seeking refugee status for up to 10 years. At least 84 may be forced to leave by the end of

Opposing Bracks' privatisation

BY ANNE O’CASEY MELBOURNE — Arun Pradhan, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Melbourne district in the November 30 Victorian elections, has called for mass civil disobedience to stop the controversial Commonwealth Games village planned

INDONESIA: State terrorism and the Bali bombings

BY JOHN PILGER "What passing bells for these who die as cattle?", asked the great WWI poet Wilfred Owen. His famous line might have been written for those who perish in today's secret wars and terrorist outrages. Owen's generation never used the

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone 9565 5522. Visit

Feast Festival refugees' rights forum

BY LUKE SMITH ADELAIDE — Around 100 people gathered at the Queens Theatre on November 17 for a refugees' rights forum. The event, part of the Feast Festival 2002, focused on the plight of refugees fleeing persecution because of their sexuality.

NSW police to get extra powers

BY DALE MILLS SYDNEY — Police will be able to stop and search people without warrants after the NSW ALP cabinet approved new “anti-terror” laws in November. The laws are now being rushed through state parliament. Among other things, NSW

Where is the Socialist Alliance going?

Over the past two months, life in the Socialist Alliance has been stormy. The International Socialist Organisation (ISO) threatened to disaffiliate if the Democratic Socialist Party went ahead with a proposal to its December congress to convert

A story that must be told

Just Another Little Murder: A Brother's Pursuit of JusticeBy Phil ClearyAllen and Unwin, 2002$29.95 REVIEW BY ERIN CAMERON The murder of Vicki Cleary in 1987 shook her family to the core, but what was to devastate them even more was the outcome

Crean and Carr's cop frenzy

NSW Premier Bob Carr's enthusiasm for vilifying protesters, police patrols with sniffer dogs and cooperating with Australia's secret police service is not an aberration for the ALP. Federal Labor is also bending over backwards to increase police