US attorney-general John Ashcroft recently visited an elementary school. After speaking for 15 minutes, he said, "I will now answer any questions you have".
Bobby stood up and said, "I have four questions: 1. How did US President George Bush win
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In This WorldDirected by Michael WinterbottomWith Jamal Udin, Torabi Enayatullah and Imran ParachaScreening nationally at Dendy cinemas
REVIEW BY TIM STEWART
In these times, when rich-country governments lock out or lock up refugees, In This
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — On November 22, a noon protest rally will be held in the Footscray Mall to protest against police racism and violence against Muslim youth in the city's western suburbs. The protest is being organised by the Western
Bush in Babylon: the Recolonisation of IraqBy Tariq AliVerso 2003214 pages, $25
REVIEW BY NICK FREDMAN
"I see a horizon lit with bloodAnd many a starless night.A generation comes and another goesAnd the fire keeps burning." — Iraqi poet al
BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — "Redevelopment" has gone off the rails at Melbourne Central train station. As part of the "new evolving Melbourne Central", rail commuters have been diverted from their usual direct exit point to Swanston Street, which
BY JOHN CATALINOTTO
Tens of thousands of employed and unemployed workers marched through downtown Berlin on November 1 to protest the German governments' plans to cut pensions, unemployment insurance payments and other social services, contained in
BY MARCUS GREVILLE
LONDON — The Stop the War Coalition (STWC) is hoping for a turnout of more than 100,000 people for the November 19-21 demonstrations against the state visit of US President George Bush to London and in opposition to the US and
BY LIZ BRANIGAN
Many progressives and moderates support the principle that parents should share care of children.
In an ideal world: where flexible working hours were common; where women's wages were on a par with men's; where men devoted as much
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — "Contrary to yet another commitment" is how Phillip Baker, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Tasmanian branch secretary, described plans by Labor Premier Jim Bacon's government to privatise software company
BY ALISON DELLIT
These are turbulent times. We are living in a state of permanent war, enforced by the world's ruling corporate elite. Driving the military offensive — by the world's most terrible and expensive war machine — is an economic war
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