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M1: Uniting progressive activists

BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — The city's immigration department offices are almost certain to be closed on the morning of May 1 when protesters against racist attacks on refugees, the US war drive and union bashing will converge on them. The Community

Legal challenge against reactor

BY JIM GREEN SYDNEY — Greenpeace is legally challenging the construction license granted for the new nuclear reactor, to be built at Lucas Heights in Sydney's southern suburbs. A Federal Court hearing has been scheduled in May. The basis of the

M1: Demand money for jobs, not war

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, First World governments have exploited the fear that was generated to justify the diversion of government funds from programs that benefit working people and the poor to the

Why we're blockading ACM

BY ZANNY BEGG As part of this year's May 1 protest events, protesters will blockade the Sydney offices of Australasian Correctional Management (ACM). Here are some reasons why we will be doing this. ACM, and its US parent company Wackenhut, are

ITALY: Communist Party adopts radical left turn

BY DICK NICHOLS RIMINI — Since it was launched in 1991 by opponents of the dissolution of the old Italian Communist Party (PCI), Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) has not only kept the communist name alive in national politics, but

We Were Soldiers: Turning defeat into victory

REVIEW BY PAUL D'AMATO We Were SoldiersDirected by Randall WallaceWith Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear and Sam ElliotShowing at major cinemas from April 25 Hollywood has released a string of movies lately that claim to give us a realistic portrayal of

News Briefs

NTEU campaign against homophobia BALLARAT — After the University of Ballarat endorsed a student contingent at the 2002 Pride March, two public emails were sent by staff members condemning "sexual perversion". Although the NTEU responded with a

SOUTH AFRICA: Protesters released on bail

The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) will continue to demand free water and electricity, which were promised by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) during its election campaigns, SECC chairperson Trevor Ngwane declared on April 16.

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org>

Students deported for 'visa violations'

BY CHRIS ATKINSON DARWIN — At 6am on March 20 five international students were woken from their sleep by someone at the door. When one of the students opened it, he was confronted by a team of immigration department officials and NT police

Capitalism without carbon

REVIEW BY JIM GREEN Running from the Storm: The Development of Climate Change Policy in AustraliaBy Clive HamiltonUNSW Press, 2001176 pages, $35 (pb) Running from the Storm, Clive Hamilton's book on climate change, and in particular climate

Sacked Rio Tinto miners supported

BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — Two hundred people demonstrated outside mining giant Rio Tinto's annual general meeting on April 18. The action, organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), was in protest at the company's