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Massive show of support for Palestine

BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — More than 8000 people rallied in Sydney's Town Hall Square on April 6 to demand an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Protesters carrying placards, banners and Palestinian flags poured out of the square

Bishops condemn war on Palestinians

BY KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — Auxiliary Catholic Bishop Pat Power and Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulbourn George Browning issued a statement on April 1 condemning the Israeli assault on the Palestinian people. "At a time when Christians

'Poodle' nuclear regulator approves reactor

BY JIM GREEN SYDNEY — The head of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), John Loy, approved construction of a new 20-megawatt nuclear reactor in the southern suburb of Lucas Heights on April 5. ARPANSA

More abuse for detainees

BY ARUN PRADHAN "Since the protest there has been close to no communication with Woomera [detention centre] inmates", refugees' rights campaigner Pamela Curr told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on April 6. "The two phone lines normally available to detainees

and ain't i a woman?: Sexism and anorexia

Sexism and anorexia “I want to be thin. I want my cheeks to sink and my bones to stick out. I want my skin to sit over my bones like cling-wrap on clay, mimicking every shape. I want to be thinnest... And I want it now.” I wrote

Write on: Letters to the editor

Palestine I David Murray (Write On, GLW #485) writes, “The methods of the Palestinian terrorists, whose only desire is to have all Jewish people thrown into the Mediterranean, is a dead end which socialists everywhere should clearly

Errinundra

BY PETER DEERSON MELBOURNE — If you aren't aware of the continuing violence being meted out to anti-logging protesters in the East Gippsland forests, don't be too embarrassed — it's been easy enough to miss — one or two brief mentions hidden

Whose 'shame'?

BY RALF SCHARRMAN DARWIN — "Shame — our shame" — these March 7 words, used to describe the behaviour of Aboriginal people by the Northen Territory minister for indigenous affairs, John Ah Kit, in the NT Parliament, have sparked debate in the

More Ruddock distortions

BY SARAH STEPHEN In a March 30 media conference condemning protesters at Woomera detention centre, immigration minister Philip Ruddock asserted: "The bulk of the detention population in Australia today are not refugees", instead calling them

Asia-Pacific solidarity boosted by conference

Filipino Workers (BMP) trade union federation; Philippines Socialist Party of Labour; Khanya College, South Africa; Power of the Working Class, South Korea; Communist Party of Sudan; Left International Forum and Left Party of Sweden; Freedom and

@Museworthy: 'Little Daffodils of Spring'

'Little Daffodils of Spring' for Michelle A Taylor The killing is warm and separates us, keeps us going We run to the dead as we never would to the living There is a secret about this badly kept because we know the way

CUBA: 'A better world is possible!'

BY FIDEL CASTRO [The following is the text of the speech made by the Cuban President Fidel Castro on March 21 at the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico.] Not everyone here will share my thoughts.