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PALESTINE: Israeli assault leaves massive destruction

BY AHMAD NIMER RAMALLAH — Despite widespread reports in the mainstream media that Israeli troops have withdrawn from Palestinian cities (excluding the area around Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity), the Israeli

and ain't i a woman?: Howard's sexism and homophobia

and ain't i a woman?: Howard's sexism and homophobia "I believe that all children deserve a dad", Prime Minister John Howard told reporters on April 22, defending his decision to attempt to deny single women and lesbians legal access to

Hundreds protest for Palestine

BY JESS MELVIN MELBOURNE — Three-hundred and fifty people, most of them young, took to the streets on April 27, demanding Israel get out of Palestine. "Palestine will be free — because there will never be a day in which we stop raising our

ITALY: 'The piazzas are too small today'

BY DICK NICHOLS MILAN — Question: How can you tell when a general strike really is a general strike and not just the most organised parts of the working class taking a day off? Answer: When it's like the April 16 Italian general strike against

Why oppose NT Labor's 'anti-drugs' laws?

BY GARY MEYERHOFF DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government has announced that "a legislative package on illicit drugs" will be introduced into the NT parliament this month. Justice minister Peter Toyne has also announced that Labor will

From M1 to M1

BY PETER BOYLE The indications from around the world are that the movement against globalised capitalist power has not been cowed by the United States' military and ideological offensive that masquerades as the post-September 11 "war against

Action Updates

Caltex workers strike for new agreement BRISBANE — On April 23, around 80 maintenance workers employed by sub-contractors at the Caltex oil refinery on the mouth of the Brisbane river, voted to continue their strike. The Australian

AMWU sets a militant way forward

BY JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — At its conference on April 22-23, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) mapped out ambitious industrial goals, condemned an internal investigation into the state branch, and

ACM punishes Villawood detainees for protesting

BY TAMARA PEARSON SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,

UNITED STATES: Fighting for change in the belly of the beast

BY ALISON DELLIT "The idea that the United States is just one big pool of reactionary politics is false — there is resistance to President George Bush, and we want to extend that", Ahmed Shawki, a leader of the US International Socialist

Protesters told Curtin 'worse than Woomera'

BY STUART MUNCKTON CANBERRA — "I hope the staff inside have their pen and paper out because they have been seriously misinformed if they think that it is safe for Hazara refugees to return to Afghanistan", Refugee Action Collective (RAC) activist

Refugee activists plan protest

BY MATT RICH MELBOURNE — Refugee-rights protesters will hit the streets again on June 23, following a decision of the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria (RAC-Vic) to endorse a rally at 1pm that day outside the State Library in the city, around