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An evening with John Pilger

SYDNEY — On August 13, Dendy Opera Quays Cinemas' will screen two of John Pilger's acclaimed The Timor Conspiracy and his latest documentary, The New Rulers of The World. Pilger is a renowned Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker whose

BRITAIN: Treatment of asylum seekers reaches new low

BY SARAH STEPHEN Dressed in riot gear, British police and immigration officers broke down the door of a mosque in Lye, West Midlands, with a battering ram in the early hours of July 24. Two Afghan asylum seekers who had sought sanctuary there 28

CMG closes the gates

BY TERRICA STRUDWICK ROCKHAMPTON — On July 29, Consolidated Meat Group decided to close the Lakes Creek meatworks after a seven-month industrial dispute. The 600 remaining staff, including management, have been laid off. The dispute

AFGHANISTAN: US removed evidence of massacre

BY NORM DIXON US soldiers removed vital evidence from the scene of the July 1 wedding massacre in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, according to a preliminary United Nations report leaked to the London Times. The details were published in the Times

PALESTINE: Israeli settlers go on rampage in Hebron

Armed Israeli settlers who went on a rampage throughout Hebron on July 28 shot dead Nevine Musa Jamjoum, a 14-year-old Palestinian from the town. Tens of armed settlers went on a violent rampage, attacking Palestinians, breaking into houses

Write on: Letters to the editor

NTEU elections In response to Vicki Sentas, Bruce Lindsay and Justin Bare's criticism (Write On, GLW 501) of my article in GLW 499 on the NTEU elections: I reported the respective tickets' own characterisation of their achievements without comment

Why the Democrats split

BY ALISON DELLIT If anybody still doubted that the corporate media is dominated by sexist, anti-democratic scandal-mongerers, the coverage of the Democrats' split has provided plenty of proof. The "reporting" on the resignation of former

FRANCE: Sangatte refugee camp to be closed

BY SARAH STEPHEN British Home Secretary David Blunkett and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on July 12 to a timetable for the closure of the Sangatte Red Cross Centre. Sangatte has become a gathering point for asylum seekers attempting

A revolutionary manifesto for the 21st century?

EmpireBy Michael Hardt andAntonio NegriHarvard University Press, 2000480 pages, $47 (pb) REVIEW BY ZANNY BEGG Since being published almost two years ago, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri's Empire has continued to create waves. The popularity of the

and ain't i a woman?: Another present for the fanatics

and ain't i a woman?: Another present for the fanatics "Women and children will die because of this decision." That was the response of Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to the Bush

Asylum seekers beaten in ACM rampage

BY SARAH STEPHEN Alamdar Baktiyari and his uncle, Mahzer, were among a number of detainees caught up in disturbances inside the Woomera detention centre on July 28. Detainees told the August 1 Sydney Morning Herald that an Afghan man required

Challenging ideas of gender

REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM All About My FatherDirected by Even BenestadScreened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival in June Even Benestad made documentary film about his father, but both had very different ideas about what the film would achieve.