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Write on: letters to the editor

Congratulations Happy 10th Anniversary! Aziz ChoudryGATT WatchdogAotearoa (NZ) Palestine A response to the letter, "Israel and Palestine" published in GLW #432. Zionists and their adherents are fond of claiming that they do not occupy

In defence of Bob Dylan

BY TOM FLANAGAN In his review of Clinton Heylin's Bob Dylan biography (GLW #433), Phil Shannon attacks Dylan on the basis that he sold out on his politics. Shannon fails to grasp that Dylan was never a political activist. His music took up

UNITED STATES: Corporate crooks and right-wing kooks

BY NORM DIXON George Walker ("Dubya") Bush wasted no time before signalling that his government will move rapidly to implement sweeping pro-big business measures and right-wing social policies. Bush and his cabinet are already training their sights

Labor government approves ADI development

BY ALISTAIR DICKINSON SYDNEY — A regional environment plan (REP) has been approved by the NSW Labor government that allows large-scale urban development on the 1535-hectare former Australian Defence Industries (ADI) factory site at St Marys, in

Looking out: Affirmative action

“Affirmative action in the military has thrived under both Republican and Democratic administrations.” — Retired General Colin Powell, US Army, quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 31, 2000 The words that head this space were

Refugees protest as government plans new attacks

BY ALISON DELLIT The federal government is seeking to use a two-day protest by over 160 asylum seekers held in the Port Hedland Immigration Detention Centre to justify an escalation of attacks on the human rights of refugees. According to the

SRI LANKA: Tamils fear war escalation

Tamil groups are fearful that the Sri Lankan government will escalate its war in the country's north, following the January 24 expiration of a unilateral ceasefire by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE, which is fighting for an

Cuba: what is the US scared of?

BY SUE BOLAND One of the main claims made about the capitalist system by its defenders is that it is based on freedom of choice. If this was true, then the capitalist rulers in the United States and other countries would not go to such

Why be a feminist?

Because: * The average women's earnings (including overtime) are around two-thirds what men earn. * Abortion is still part of the Crimes Act in most states of Australia. * Women are still largely judged by how they look, rather than what they

and ain't I a woman: Angelic Feminism?

"I love the idea of women being women and men being men. [Charlie's Angels] is a way to put forward to girls that you can do anything, achieve anything, be anyone." Cameron Diaz, star of the film Charlie's Angels. Charlie's Angels was the surprise

J20: 'Hail to the thief'

BY SEAN HEALY While corporate media reports focused on "history" being made on the steps on Congress, where George Bush junior was sworn in as the chief executive officer of the world's most powerful state on January 20, there was far more

Casuals win job security

BY CHRIS SPINDLER MELBOURNE — Three hundred thousand casual workers in the manufacturing industry have won a boost to their conditions, following a successful legal claim by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) for improvements in