OLFAT MAHMOUD is director of the Women's Humanitarian Organisation in the Burj el Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon, which houses 20,000 Palestinians in a space one kilometre square. She is currently on a speaking tour of Australia, organised by the
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Mighty AphroditeDirected by Woody AllenReviewed by Afrodity Giannakis Woody Allen, in Mighty Aphrodite, has apparently given up his exploration of relationships, having found the answer to his previous preoccupations. And the answer lies in the
By Stephen Marks
Looking from the tall hill called "El Cerro" on the western side of Montevideo harbour, you can see the destruction which neo-liberalism has brought to Uruguay. Wealth has been orientated towards speculation rather than
Beijing and US threaten war in Taiwan
By Eva Cheng
Beijing has launched another series of missile "tests" and military exercises near Taiwan, using live ammunition this time and endangering air and sea transport in the area. The US
By Paul Howes
SYDNEY — On March 10, 400 people marched from Town Hall to Circular Quay to mourn the death of more than a million Tibetans who have died since the Chinese occupied Tibet in 1951. The protesters marched behind an eight-foot
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — A meeting of almost 100 people here on March 16 debated the question, "Where to for the ALP — which way for the left?". All speakers and contributions from the floor agreed that there needed to be a united
Green Left Weekly's PIP HINMAN interviewed PETER BOYLE, the Democratic Socialists' national campaign director, about their results in the March 2 federal election. Question: What is your assessment of the Democratic Socialist campaign?
We
By Shane Hopkinson
NEWCASTLE — Cuts to elective surgery are expected in most Hunter Valley hospitals beginning the day after the state government's waiting list reduction program ends on March 31. The Mater Hospital, which was reportedly
Write on: letters to the editor
Tamil Tigers
We refer to the article written by Ana Pararajasingham in your paper titled "Behind the War in Sri Lanka". It is clear that the author has presented a one-sided view of the events happening in
Within two weeks of the federal elections, workers were told of brutal staff cuts planned for Telstra, which the Coalition intends to privatise. JENNIFER THOMPSON spoke to COLIN COOPER, national president of the Communications Division of the
By Trish Corcoran
Alpa Vora, director of the children's rights organisation YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) recently toured Australia with Community Aid Abroad. YUVA is based in Bombay and is "a group that works on issues of
OneWorld Online (http://www.xmediapartners.com ) — According to Bruce Cohen of South Africa's Weekly Mail and Guardian, there are now more than 600 newspapers on-line worldwide. Pooling the resources of the alternative media, OneWorld Online is a
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