Issue 512

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — In a massive outpouring of anger against proposed Australian support for war on Iraq, 45,000 people rallied on October 13. Jammed shoulder to shoulder across several city blocks, the participants marched

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — “I've been knocked off by the Tories, I've been knocked off by stinking grubby builders, I've been knocked off by the [building industry] task force, but it was a bit hard to cop getting knocked off by the Labor

BY CHRIS LATHAM PERTH — On October 2, 80 people attended a forum on "Why war?" at the Fremantle Hotel, organised by the Fremantle branch of the ALP. The meeting was addressed by local federal MP Carmen Lawrence and WA Legislative Council member

BY RACHEL EVANS MELBOURNE — Braving wet and windy conditions on September 26, 45 people came to Melbourne's Federal Court to support the prosecution of 30 companies over alleged breaches of the outworker and contractor provisions of the

BY LESLIE RICHMOND ADELAIDE — On October 5, some 3000 people joined a protest rally and march organised by the Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR) against the US-led war drive against Iraq. Anglican archbishop Ian George, Uniting Church

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On October 10, 30 people gathered at the Manly library to watch John Pilger's documentary Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq. The screening was organised by the Northside Socialist Alliance branch.

SYDNEY — On October 10, unionists gathered outside the Hilton hotel to protest the proposed sacking of 450 workers. Photo by Amy McDonnell. From Green Left Weekly, October 16, 2002. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page. 

BY GRANT COLEMAN WOLLONGONG — “War and racism affect us all and students have an important role to play in struggles against injustice”, Belinda Selke told Green Left Weekly. Selke is part of the “No War No Racism” ticket running in the

BY SARAH STEPHEN The 168 East Timorese asylum seekers whose claims were rejected by the immigration department on September 25 are the first of almost 1700 asylum seekers who face the prospect of being forcibly returned to East Timor, despite many

Sympathetic "If they've done it because they expect that naming a child after me that they may get a more sympathetic claim... You don't get preferment through flattery", immigration minister Philip Ruddock told Associated Press on October 8, after

BY STUART MARTIN MELBOURNE — On October 4, the Federal Court handed down its judgement on the dispute over control of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The decision was not a clear victory for either the

BY EVA CHENG "The [World Health Organisation's] objective is 'the attainment of all peoples of the highest possible level of health', and WHO defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence

BY JOHN PERCY On September 20, the Bush administration released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) document. The document justifies US aggression on a world scale — pre-emptive strikes, "regime change", unilateral action. "We will not

BY BEN REID Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva — candidate of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers Party) — received over 46% of the vote in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections, held October 6. He must contest a second round

BY SHANE BENTLEY US President George Bush has thrown his weight behind the bosses of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) in their struggle to break the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) which covers 10,500 US west coast dock

Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of SanityBy Richard NevilleOcean Press, 2002126 pages, $18.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON "The wounded Goliath" (the US after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001) "is on a rampage — armed to the

WoomeraWritten by Joshua WakelyPerformed by Joshua Wakely, Susannah Hardy, Laurence Coy, Hillary Manning, Ben Barrack and Craig MenaudOld Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, corner of Cathedral and Dowling streets, WoolloomoolooTuesdays to Saturdays, 8pm;