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Activists protest trespass charges

Protesters gathered outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court on March 9 in defence of three activists facing trespass charges. The charges relate to a protest at the Australia Defence Industries factory in Benalla, which highlighted the damage

BRITAIN: Inquiry hears 'gladiator-style' fights led to murder

On March 3, a Prison Officers Association official told the inquiry into the 2000 murder of 19-year-old Zahid Mubarek in Feltham Young Offenders Institute that prison officers had been engineering "gladiator style" fights between inmates for

INDONESIA: IWD rallies dominated by fuel protests

James Balowski, Jakarta International Women's Day rallies, held in most major Indonesian cities on March 8, were dominated by protests against fuel subsidy cuts, which were announced by the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on March

Political protest returns to Mardi Gras

Rachel Evans, Sydney One-hundred-and-fifty people joined the Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) contingent in the 27th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on March 5. The Socialist Alliance, the Canterbury Bankstown Gay and

On the box

The Mary G Show: Race and Stereotypes — Showcases the Indigenous humour, music and personalities of the Kimberley region. SBS, Saturday, March 19, 5.30pm. Dreamtime to Dance : Proving Your Worth — Documents the struggles of the staff and

Pilger: 'Protest on March 20!'

Pip Hinman &Ben Edwards, Sydney "On March 20, millions of people will protest across the globe against the war in Iraq. It won't stop the war but it may, just may, deter them from pursuing the next part of their project — to attack Iran, or

Debate in the Socialist Alliance

As the Socialist Alliance's annual conference approaches (scheduled for June in Melbourne), members are debating the best way forward for the alliance. In the interests of furthering this discussion, Green Left Weekly presents contrasting views on

The unrivalled power of a media giant

The Murdoch ArchipelagoBy Bruce PageSimon and Schuster, 2003580 pages, $24.95 (pb) REVIEW BY RUSSELL PINK Bruce Page's The Murdoch Archipelago is, at nearly 600 pages, the most comprehensive and penetrating study of how two men, father and son,

IRAQ: US used chemical weapons in Fallujah assault

Doug Lorimer The US military used internationally banned chemical weapons, including nerve gas, during their assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah last November, Dr Khalid ash Shaykhli, an Iraqi health ministry official, told a March 3 Baghdad

Media incites more violence

Peter Boyle, Sydney Peter and Barbara Perkins are relieved that the police hunt for their grandson Jesse Kelly, in the wake of recent youth riots against police in the poor outer Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields, is finally over. Kelly surrendered

Media treatment of Muslims criticised

MELBOURNE — More than 150 people attended a lecture at Melbourne University by University of Technology Sydney journalism professor Peter Manning, on the treatment of Arabs and Muslims by the Australian media. Manning, who conducted a

BRITAIN: Newspaper declares 'war on gypsies'

The March 9 edition of the Sun featured a blazing "Stamp on the camps!" headline, with an article underneath calling for a "war on gipsy [sic] free-for-all", and warning of a "gipsy invasion". The newspaper is campaigning against recent governmental