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IRAQ: Ramadi 'most dangerous place' for US troops

Doug Lorimer "US troops repelled an attack Monday by Sunni Arab insurgents who used suicide car bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in a coordinated assault against this city's main government building and two US observation

US students say "Si, se puede!"

Trent Hawkins Chanting "Si, se puede" ("Yes, we can!"), school students from around the United States poured out of classrooms during the "week of the walkouts" in late March, taking the fight for immigrants' rights to the streets. The push by

France shows the way — student strike June 1

Emma Clancy French students have just led millions of workers to victory in the fight against their conservative government's CPE (First Employment Contract) law, which was a major attack on the rights of young workers. Showing the real power that

PALESTINE: Dozens killed by Israeli shelling

Kim Bullimore After weeks of bombarding Gaza with more than 2000 heavy artillery shells, killing more than two dozen people and wounding hundreds, Israel continues to target the region. Shelling began on March 31. On average, 150 artillery shells

UNITED STATES: 'We're going to keep marching'

The Wall Street Journal published a worried analysis about the April 10 day of action for immigrant rights, pointing to widespread absenteeism by workers who participated, which forced many employers to shut down. Workers at an Excel meatpacking

Critics speak out

Refugee Action Coalition, April 13 "[The Howard government] has used the excuse of the crisis over West Papuans to put its preferred policy in place. It is now clear why the government has been building such a large detention centre on Christmas

Well built theatre with a sense of rhythm

We Built This CityWritten and directed by Donna JacksonMelbourne Workers TheatreWith Mark SeymourScienceworks, MelbourneUntil May 6 PREVIEW BY MARGARITA WINDISCH At a time when the Howard government has introduced the most reactionary IR

BRITAIN: A victim of conscience

Rohan Pearce "The invasion and occupation of Iraq is a campaign of imperial military conquest and falls into the category of criminal acts. I would have had criminal responsibility vicariously if I had gone to Iraq. I still have two great loves in

Solidarity with Villawood protesters

MELBOURNE — On April 16, the Easter bunny was locked up outside of St Paul's Cathedral as protesters condemned the mandatory detention of asylum seekers and PM John Howard's proposed new law to process asylum seekers offshore. The action was

Hattah-Nowingi dump 'too big a risk'

Zoe Kenny The Save the Food Bowl Alliance (SFBA), which is campaigning to stop the construction of an industrial waste dump at Hattah-Nowingi, 50 kilometres from Mildura, in north-west Victoria, has called for the seven days leading up to April 26

Policy, public opinion and Papua

Clinton Fernandes When it comes to Australia-Indonesia relations, public opinion has often been under-estimated by policymakers, who have then been frustrated by the challenges it poses. More than a year before Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East

State harassment of Mamdouh Habib continues

Simon Tayler, Sydney Mamdouh Habib, arrested in Pakistan and held without charge in Guantanamo Bay for three-and-a-half years until he was released without charge in February 2005, was arrested again by Parramatta police on March 29. This latest