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UNITED STATES: Cuban books banned

On November 29, a US government committee "clarified" in a new regulation that it was illegal to publish books by Cuban, North Korean, Sudanese or Iranian authors without explicit government authorisation. Several groups, led by the PEN American

AIDS becomes feminised

Mark Stephens The latest AIDS epidemic update released by UNAIDS for World AIDS Day shows that the majority of the 40 million are now living with AIDS will soon be female. Over the past two years, the number of women living with HIV has risen in

PHILIPPINES: BMP organises flood relief

Reihana Mohideen, Manila Thousands of people in the Philippines have been victimis of typhoons that ravaged several provinces in the first week of December. The typhoons swept through Bulakan, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan, Rizal, Quezon, and other areas

Questioning the mantra of efficiency

The Decline of the Tea LadyBy Jenny StewartWakefield Press, 2004195 pages, $24.95 REVIEW BY ALEX TIGHE This humorous, yet insightful contribution to discussion on management caused me to ponder my own memories of my early days working in the

Craig Johnston: Letter to the Cuban Five

The following is a letter to the Cuban Five, who were charged with espionage and sentenced to long jail terms in the US. My name is Craig Johnston. I am in prison in Australia for crimes against the capitalist state. Myself and 16 other trade

Jailing Johnston 'makes it easier for Howard'

Joel Wilson, an Australian Manufacturing Workers Union member working at Coode Island and Stephen "Longy" Long, a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) delegate at Coode Island spoke to Green Left Weekly's Sue Bolton about their

The TAC and the 'deputy sheriff'

Jess Melvin Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC) at the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit — held in Vientiane, Laos, on November 29-30 — flows from

On the Box

Fortress Europe: Out they Go — With Europe tightening its refugee policy and border control causing thousands of deaths, human rights are in jeopardy and international law is being violated. SBS, Monday, December 20, 1.55pm. Chiefs: Sitting Bull

The enduring human spirit

Ice RoadBy Gillian SlovoLittle, Brown, 2004544 pages, $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON On the first day of December, 1934, Leonid Nikolayev brought the crisis of the Russian Revolution to a head. Nikolayev, an idealistic communist disillusioned

Christmas carols from Timor Leste

Christmas in East TimorSt Cecilia's Choir, DiliMary McKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies$20, plus postage and handling. To order, phone (02) 9623 2847 or visit <http://www.mmiets.org.au>. REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN The Mary

A woman's place is in the struggle: 'Gender mainstreaming' or sleeping with the enemy?

Sections of the international women's movement today call for gender equality and women's participation in Iraq's "reconstruction". Forums and conferences are organised calling for women's representation in the post-invasion administration and gender

March against deportations

MELBOURNE — On December 10, 300 asylum seekers and refugee-rights activists marked Human Rights Day with a march to draw attention to the plight of refugees, in particular the threatened deportation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, some of whom