Message Stick: Bob Maza — Profiles Bob Maza — an actor, writer, director, activist and mentor — who campaigned tirelessly for Aboriginal rights and reconciliation and for a better understanding between black and white Australians. ABC, Friday,
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The leaders of the more-than-30 unions that make up the Central American Common Union met on January 18 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to establish the next moves in their campaign against the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement. They slammed CAFTA
Raul Bassi
In the early hours of December 31, more than 4000 people were enjoying local rock band Los Callejeros in Buenos Aires when suddenly joy became misery. A fire ripped through the Republica Cromagnon nightclub, killing 190 people, and
Dale Mills, Sydney
The renewal of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 by the NSW parliament looks certain after a review. The law allows a senior police officer to give special powers to police that will suspend civil liberties. This
Max Lane
"The death toll in Aceh from the tsunami is closer to 300,000 people", Thamrin Ananda, chairperson of the Aceh People's Democratic Struggle Front (FPDRA), told Green Left Weekly by phone from Jakarta on January 27.
The FPDRA has been
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Around 400 Aboriginal protesters and their supporters rallied in Roma Street Forum and marched through city streets to Musgrave Park to mark Invasion Day, January 26, the day white settlers first arrived in Australia.
The
Ruth Ratcliffe, Newcastle
When residents of several Newcastle suburbs received offensive leaflets in their letterboxes demanding "humanitarianism for local Australians, not gang-banging Sudanese" and advertising a January 22 "meeting" in Islington
Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its BackBy Thomas GeogheganThe New Press, 2004355 pages, $37 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
An unhappy love affair drove Thomas Geoghegan to his unexpected career as a labour lawyer.
Jeff Shantz, Toronto
A controversial report released by the Washington Post on January 23 has put a harsh spotlight back on the Canadian government's plans for involvement in the US-sponsored missile defence shield program.
The report, which
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
Local Murdoch rag the NT News is once again rallying the troops in support of the further militarisation of the Northern Territory.
On January 20, the paper carried a report of last year's missile defence program trials just
Stories from Rwanda is an historical account of how, in the space of around two months in 1994, nearly 1 million Rwandan people were killed by their compatriots.
Chris Slee, Melbourne
A meeting held by the Moreland Peace Group in Brunswick on January 24 discussed the arrest of Jack Thomas under Australia's "anti-terrorism" laws.
Thomas is being held in Barwon prison near Geelong. His brother Les Thomas
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