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PALESTINE: 'All Palestinians are targets'

BY ELISABETH KEAN As part of its response to the Palestinian intifada, the Israeli government's policy is to contain and control the Palestinian population in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Part of that policy is to construct impenetrable

Where the stars line up on the war

Those who signed the Artists for Winning Without War statement include: Gillian Anderson, Ed Asner, Kim Basinger, Jackson Browne, Matt Damon, David Duchovny, Olympia Dukakis, Mike Farrell, Mia Farrow, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Samuel L Jackson, Tea

Protests continue despite police attacks

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — Students have been undeterred by the increased police attacks on anti-war protesters, vowing to demonstrate again on April 4. There have been many reports of police assaulting students and other demonstrators in

CHINA: Capitalists gain ground as 'old guard' makes way

BY EVA CHENG Capitalists have been guaranteed new room to expand their interests by the National People's Congress (NPC) — China's parliament — during its annual session in Beijing on March 5-18. The assurances came amid hollow statements by

Building industry royal commission — the bosses' tool

BY SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — The release by commissioner Terence Cole of the royal commission into the building industry’s final 23-volume report showed decisively that this commission had nothing to do with fighting corruption, and everything

VIETNAM: Protesters voice anger at US attack on Iraq

BY TUONG VI PHAM HANOI — The Vietnamese government condemned the US-British attack on Iraq in a statement released on March 20. It stated: "The action constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental principles of international law, including the

Proud of her activism

BY ALISON DELLIT “I’m not ashamed of my beliefs, nor of my role in organising students to protest against the war on Iraq. It’s those who support the slaughter of Iraqi people who should be ashamed”, Kylie Moon told Green Left Weekly. Moon

CAMBODIA: Trial of Khmer Rouge moves a big step closer

BY ALLEN MYERS PHNOM PENH — Cambodian government and United Nations negotiators on March 17 concluded their discussions by initialling a text on cooperation in conducting trials of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge (KR), the brutal regime

A women's place is in the struggle: Hair today, gone tomorrow

As if to prove — yet again — the shallowness and absurdity of the "beauty" industry, the Sydney Morning Herald on March 4 announced that "designer pubic hair is in". The latest Gucci advertising campaign features a woman with her pubes waxed into

7000 protest in Adelaide

BY LEIGH HUGHES Adelaide's student strike on March 26 saw thousands of high school students walk out of school to protest against war on Iraq. The following protest march, led by a huge banner demanding 'books not bombs', swelled to 7000 at its

Carr government bans student peace march

BY EMMA CLANCY SYDNEY — In an extraordinary move, the newly re-elected NSW Labor government has denied a permit for a student peace march on April 2, organised by Books Not Bombs, the national student anti-war organisation. Books Not Bombs

Student anger strikes Melbourne

BY SEAN SEYMOUR-JONES MELBOURNE — Up to 4000 predominantly high school students careened through the streets of Melbourne in a chaotic and energetic display of anger over the war on Iraq on March 26. Even before the speaking platform began the