In a dramatic new attack on abortion access, on June 4 the US House of Representatives passed a bill by 282 votes to 139, banning late-term abortions.
The bill criminalises the dilation and extraction method of abortion of a live fetus, used after
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BY BARRY SHEPPARD& CAROLINE LUND
We met Heinrich Fleischer by accident, at a retirement home in Minneapolis while visiting Caroline's father. Fleischer was born in Germany in 1912, where he studied to be an organist. His lifelong profession was as
BY SONJA FORSBERG
MELBOURNE — Gaylene Seardon died this week after a long battle with cancer. A single mother, Gaylene was an advocate of the rights of working people, the unemployed, youth, women and all who fought injustice and, as was recalled
BY PIP HINMAN & STUART MUNCKTON
As news of Indonesian military atrocities in Aceh — including girls as young as six being raped — spreads, so does the solidarity with the Acehnese people's struggle for democracy.
On June 5, 33 people gathered
Textile workers protest tariff cuts
MELBOURNE — Hundreds of textile and clothing workers from across Victoria rallied in central Melbourne on June 3 to protest against proposed cuts to tariffs on textile imports.
"If the Productivity Commission
BY IGGY KIM
Four out of six high-profile political prisoners, held under Malaysia's draconian Internal Security Act, were released on June 1 after the government decided not to renew their ISA detention orders. The other two are awaiting the
BY JIM McILROY& ROBYN MARSHALL
LIMA — Thousands of workers marched through the streets here, and in other Peruvian cities, on June 3 to protest against the declaration of a state of emergency by the government of President Alejandro Toledo, and
BY SHANE BENTLEY
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members may have had a chance to read the April 2003 edition of the Sea and Waterfront Voice. The edition marks the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Unionist Socialist Activities Association
BY DON MONKERUD
The US administration announced Monday that former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair will replace Ari Fleischer as White House press secretary.
Known as a cautious and calculating press secretary who constantly ducks tough
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The TasDEC Global Learning Centre is looking at ways to continue functioning after a March review by its government funding agency threatened to cut $40,000 from TasDec's funding for next year.
TasDEC is the primary
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) released a report on May 28 recommending that adoption by same-sex couples be legalised.
The report strongly argues that adoption should be an option for same-sex couples
COMMENT BY SOL SALBE
Green Left Weekly is partisan on the issue of Palestine and Israel. Like some others on the Jewish left, I regard this as redressing the balance of media coverage on this issue.
My own background as a child of two Holocaust
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