BY
NORM DIXON
Munyaradzi Gwisai, the revolutionary socialist MP who was elected
to Zimbabwe's parliament in 2000 with the backing of the opposition Movement
for Democratic Change, has been stripped of his seat. Emmerson Mnangagwa,
the
520
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Community and Public Sector Union members at Centrelink met November 27-29 and rejected management's offered enterprise agreement. CPSU members conducted a half-day strike on December 2, with another scheduled for
COMMENT
BY MICK BULL
The position of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry,
Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) on the question of illegal labour is
rather simple in comparison to some of the other branches of the union.
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — As the Palestinian people's intifada (uprising) enters its 27th month, the Israeli government has escalated it strategy of collective punishment. At the time of writing, all Palestinian cities in the West Bank, with the
Bowling for Columbine
Written, produced and directed by Michael Moore
Opens December 26
At major cinemas
REVIEW
BY MARGARET ALLUM
Visiting the Bowling for Columbine web site is more like visiting
an activist site than a film
BY
SIBYLLE KACZOREK
DARWIN On November 30, 300 people rallied and marched against the
looming US-led war on Iraq. In Alice Springs, 100 people also rallied.
Col Friel, a veteran human rights and environmental activist, told the
BY EVA CHENG
In November, Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South launched a useful 60-page expose of the dirty tricks that rich countries use to get their way within the World Trade Organisation.
Power Politics of the WTO is based on extensive
BY CLAYTON McDONALD
BRISBANE — "Separately, our voices are weak, together we are strong and can show that the majority of Australians are people of peace", Reverend David Pitman of the Wesley Mission told the 500 people who gathered on December 2
Boy Overboard
By Morris Gleitzman
Puffin Books
144 pages, $14.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY ANDREA BLAKE
Boy Overboard is a book that tackles the issue of refugees by humanising
their experiences. It is written for readers who are 10 years old
BY KAREN FLETCHER
MELBOURNE — Although the big news of the November 30 Victorian election was the massive swing to Labor and the Greens' remarkable results (particularly in inner-city seats), the Socialist Alliance has been quietly celebrating
BY NICK FREDMAN
The Terrorism (Police Powers) Bill 2002, passed on December 4 by the NSW parliament, is a serious threat to democratic rights. It builds on increasing police powers granted by previous Labor and Coalition administrations, and shows
BY MARG PERROT
WOLLONGONG — The life of prominent union leader and left political activist Peggy Errey was commemorated by 150 people at her funeral in Wollongong on December 5.
Peggy Errey was born in Ireland in 1914 to a staunchly republican
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