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Who is Ariel Sharon?

BY ROHAN PEARCE The brutality of the Israeli government toward Palestinians should be no surprise to anyone aware of the background of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon was born in Kfar Mala in 1928 and joined the Haganah, a military

Cruelty in refugee prisons revealed

BY MARK ABBERTON Two recent public meetings, one in Canberra and another in Melbourne, have revealed the cruelty that takes place in Australia's refugee prisons. Wayne Lynch worked as a nurse and counsellor at the Woomera refugee detention centre

Write on: Letters to the editor

Abortion I just read Pamela Valemont's letter (GLW #485) in which she describes how, through being "united in the political struggle" as we all are, she also happens "to believe very strongly that abortion enslaves women..." I also have that

Children at Woomera

I am going to plant peace in the desertI am going to plant hearts and hands togetherIn the desert of my blank pageI am going to draw a peace dove in the sky of WoomeraI am going to draw an open gate for the detention centre. I am going to draw a

Stop Laughing, this is serious

SYDNEY — Grab a hankie and get set for some serious laughter at New Theatre. Stop laughing, this is serious celebrates 70 years of political revue at New Theatre. It will be an evening of the songs, singers and musicians who brought you last

CMG meatworkers reject deal

BY TERRICA STRUDWICK & SAM KING ROCKHAMPTON — At a 2000-strong mass meeting on April 13, meatworkers locked out by Consolidated Meat Groups (CMG) voted unanimously to reject a new proposed enterprise bargaining agreement, after the Queensland

Museworthy: Olive Tree

Museworthy: Olive Tree (for Demetra Christodoulou) You saw the moonYou named it sweetYou followed the heiferAnd milked her teatI met my deathI tormented the seaI ran the numbersWhich delivered meWide and blueWhere the rain sought homeWe

and ain't I a woman?: Still fighting for equal pay

and ain't I a woman?: Still fighting for equal pay Thirty-two years after Australian law first demanded equal pay for equal work, women are still receiving just two-thirds the average weekly pay of men. According to the Australian Bureau of

Ruddock signals further attacks on Indigenous people

BY ALISON DELLIT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's inaugural policy conference, held March 25-26 in Canberra, should have been a chance to reflect on a decade of struggle by Australia's Indigenous people. Instead, the federal

Rally supports Palestinians

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — Around 300 people rallied peacefully outside the Israeli embassy on April 13 in support of a free Palestine. The intimidating presence of at least 100 police officers, was unable to prevent the impassioned chants

CHINA: Protests spread as workers demand justice

BY EVA CHENG On April 8, thousands of workers gathered again in numbing cold at the Tieren Square in the north-eastern oil city of Daqing, taking their almost daily protests since March 1 into their sixth week. PetroChina Co., which owns most of

'Refugees are welcome'

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest for refugees' rights on the weekend of June 22-23 around Australia. In Sydney alone, organisers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people will be willing to come