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NETHERLANDS: US brands exiled Filipino leftist 'terrorist'

BY BEN COURTICE On August 9, the US State Department designated the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New Peoples Army (NPA) as “foreign terrorist organizations” and implored other governments to do the same. On August

'No justification for new war'

BY SUE BULL& GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — A public meeting against war on Iraq on September 26 attracted 250 people. The meeting was organised by the Victorian Peace Network. Featured speakers at the meeting were Dr Scott Burchill from Deakin

VENEZUELA: Struggle for power intensifies

BY STUART MUNCKTON A Reuters news-wire report from Caracas on September 19 tells of a joke circulating among wealthy Venezuelans: George Bush wakes from a 10-year sleep to find that Saddam Hussein has embraced democracy. "What about Venezuelan

Socialist Alliance Vic registration close

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — By September 30, 471 Socialist Alliance members had returned letters to the Victorian electoral commission confiming their membership. The commission must receive a further 29 positive responses by October 4

West Papua's struggle revealed

Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for IndependenceBy John MartinkusQuarterly Essay, issue 7Black IncOrder at <http://www.blackincbooks.com> REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN The latest issue of Quarterly Essay features an essay by

Students organise against Nelson review

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — Chanting, "Education for people, not for profit", and "Whose streets? Our streets!", 300 university and high school students and university workers brushed aside police objections to spill onto the streets on September

and ain't i a woman?: Scarlet classifieds

and ain't i a woman?: Scarlet classifieds In late August, a classified ad was printed in the Florida-based Tallahassee Democrat. After listing the name of the author, along with her age, height, hair and eye colour, weight and race, it

Strike against workplace deaths

BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — Two thousand building workers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on September 24 to protest another death in the construction industry. Five days earlier, Des Walsh, a 47-year-old rigger with three

ACEH: Abducted civil rights leaders released

BY JAMES BALOWSKI On September 25, two leaders of the Acehnese civil rights movement — Muhammad Nasir Azis and Kautsar bin Muhammad Yus — who were abducted on September 22 by the Indonesian military (TNI) in the northern Acehnese city of

Write on: Letters to the editor

Commendation As a former United States Marine, Korean War era, I want to commend you on your stand against Bush's war. It is plain that he wants to rush into war before the November congressional elections so as to keep voters' minds off our many

Maralinga: govt covers-up nuclear contamination

BY JIM GREEN "What was done at Maralinga was a cheap and nasty solution that wouldn't be adopted on white-fellas land." This comment was made by nuclear engineer and Maralinga whistle-blower Alan Parkinson on ABC radio on August 5. Parkinson was

Action updates

Support for Palestine, opposition to war in Iraq CANBERRA — More than 160 people pledged their support for a free Palestine at a dinner on September 27. Obada Kayali spoke of the injustice committed against his people and Avigail Abarbanel, a