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Action now to stop bad refugee policy

Anna Samson Following last year's deal with four Liberal MPs, it seemed that the Howard government had finally acknowledged that children do not belong in immigration detention. It was tempting to believe this was the beginning of a reversal of the

Loose Cannons

Commander-in-chief all at sea "I think — tide turning — see, as I remember — I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of — it's easy to see a tide turn — did I say those words?" — Emperor George Bush II, June 14, responding to a

Socialist candidate condemns police no-go plan

Tony Iltis, Melbourne Margarita Windisch, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Footscray in the November 25 Victorian state elections, has condemned a Footscray police proposed scheme, dubbed Project Reduction, that would give

GLW publication break

Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break from publication. Our next issue will be dated July 19.From Green Left Weekly, July 5, 2006. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

Students campaign for clean-energy campuses

Rachel Evans As the effects of climate change begin to be felt around the world and with the Howard government pushing for increased uranium mining in Australia, the need for a strong, grassroots environment movement has never been so urgent. The

Write On: Letters to the Editor

Welfare to Work Losing a job may be just the beginning of problems for workers when the Howard government's IR system interacts with its so-called Welfare to Work policies. Under the Social Security Act, losing a job for alleged misconduct, leaving

COLOMBIA: Presidential election result a 'huge fraud'

Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas Hernan Durango is a Colombian journalist for the progressive Venezuelan daily newspaper Diario Vea, who was forced to flee his homeland eight months ago due to death threats from right-wing forces. In Colombia he

EAST TIMOR: Deepening of elite crisis

Jon Lamb The political crisis in East Timor has deepened following the resignation of East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on June 26. As pro and anti-government protests and gang violence continue, a resolution of the present crisis has been

National protests reflect workers' will to fight

Sue Bolton Joan Doyle, Victorian Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union postal division secretary, described the national June 28 protest against Work Choices as "sensational". It showed that, "three months after the laws have been

Global imbalances and the Australian economy

Dick Nichols The second article in this four-part series on the Australian economy (see GLW #672) discussed the causes of the US economy's unprecedentedly large current account deficit (CAD), which reached 6.4% of gross domestic product at the end

VENEZUELA: Army chief warns of US 'war threat'

Jim McIlroy& Coral Wynter, Caracas General Raul Isaias Baduel, commander-in-chief of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FAN) and a key figure in restoring President Hugo Chavez to power after the April 2002 US-backed coup, warned that "One scenario that

IRAQ: Resistance groups reject 'olive branch'

Doug Lorimer On June 25, the US-backed Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al Maliki, announced before the Iraqi parliament a 24-point "national reconciliation" plan, ostensibly an "olive branch" to Iraqi resistance fighters. At a Baghdad press conference