BY NORM DIXON
The United States government and military is prepared to exploit the horror of the September 11 mass murders in order to win public acceptance for the use of nuclear weapons in the "war against terrorism" and "rogue states". A report
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BY PETER BOYLE
When the US government declared an open-ended "war on terrorism" in retaliation for the September 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington, world politics shifted into a new and more dangerous phase. US President George Bush
BY ALISON DELLIT
The attention David Hicks has received from the Australian government differs markedly from that enjoyed by Kerry and Kay Danes, following their December 2000 arrest for alleged embezzlement in Laos.
Kerry Danes, an SAS officer
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — While preparations were going ahead for the official jingoistic parade to celebrate Australia Day, around 300 Murris and their supporters gathered on January 26 to mark decades of Aboriginal struggle for land and
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
Lost amid the Howard government's refugee bashing re-election hype was the news of its success in trying to crush another one of its targets, the union movement.
In November the long-running Federal Court case brought against
BY MARGARET ALLUM
A trial of 42 women accused of violating Portugal's strict anti-abortion laws has resulted in a string of convictions, including eight-and-a-half years in prison for Maria do Ceu Ribeiro. Ribeiro, a midwife, was convicted on
BY ANTHEA STUTTER
HOBART — Abortion access in southern Tasmania will resume after the January 18 announcement that a privately run clinic is to be established in Hobart city centre. Public hospital doctors withdrew abortion provision late last
The movement against corporate globalisation is anything but dead:
December 13-14, Brussels, Belgium: European Trade Union Confederation mobilises 100,000 trade unionists; global justice demonstration of 25,000;
December 19, Argentina: Mass
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — The Western Australian Labor government has finally unveiled its draft industrial relations legislation — and what a reaction. The bosses are screaming, the Liberal/National Coalition opposition is foaming at the mouth
GLW sets fundraising target
BY JON LAND
2002 will mark an important milestone for the Green Left Weekly — the 500th issue comes off the presses mid-year. With the contraction of media ownership in Australia during that decade, GLW is an
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Woomera detention centre is hell on Earth. Located in the middle of the South Australian desert, it can reach 40 degrees in summer and is freezing cold in winter. There are no trees or shade, nothing but the scorching sun. Opened
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