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Refugee crisis: a global solution is needed

Stephen Garvey, Melbourne One hundred and twenty people attended a forum on September 27 to discuss the treatment of refugees in the global social and political context. Melbourne QC Julian Burnside, Green Left Weekly's Sarah Stephen, former Manus

GERMANY: Left MPs assess election outcome

Axel Troost, national co-chairperson of the west German-based WASG (Electoral Alternative for Jobs and Social Justice), and Michael Leutert, vice-chairperson of the east German-based Left Party-Party of Democratic Socialism (Die Linkepartei.PDS) in

A glimpse behind the "war on terror"

REVIEW BY BEN COURTICE Justice For Jack: the real story behind the 'Jihad Jack' caseBy Stefan MarkworthAvailable from <http://www.justice4jack.com> While many are familiar with the case of David Hicks, currently held by the US at the

Correction

In the article titled "New ACT peace coalition" in Green Left Weekly #643, Mohammed Berjaoui was mistakenly said to represent the Canberra Islamic Centre. He is in fact a representative of the ACT Islamic Society.From Green Left Weekly, October 12,

PHILIPPINES: Murder of Nestle union leader

On September 22, Diosdado Fortuna, a union leader at the Cabuyao Nestle factory, was shot by unidentified gunmen as he travelled home from a picket line. An international campaign has been launched to demand that the Philippines government

VENEZUELA: Government moves to increase economic control

Stuart Munckton While the land reform process and expropriation of idle factories led by the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez has captured the most media attention, a series of other measures are being put in place that give the

UNITED STATES: Student attacked for protesting military recruitment

On September 28, Tariq Khan, a sociology student who served four years in the US Air Force, was beaten and brutalised by right-wing students and campus police for staging a peaceful protest at a military recruitment table at George Mason University

Ballot of Boeing workers rejected

Ruth Ratcliffe, Newcastle The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) has rejected an application by the Australian Workers Union for a secret ballot of striking maintenance workers at Boeing's Williamtown RAAF site. "We proposed the

More cynical spin from Howard

Ian Jamieson, Fremantle In yet another cynical move to deflect criticism from his draconian industrial relations plans, PM John Howard announced on September 29 that legal aid will be made available to some workers sacked under the government's new

Nuclear power PR campaign debunked

Takver, Melbourne Anti-nuclear activists have replied to advocates of nuclear power with a comprehensively damning report, "Nuclear power - no solution to climate change". Fifty people attended the launch of the report at Northcote Town Hall on

MALAYSIA: Audacious socialists fly the red flag high

Eva Cheng For the last few decades, Malaysia's capitalist rulers have governed with an iron fist, using the notorious Internal Security Act (ISA) inherited from British colonial rule to jail dissidents without trial and for an indefinite period.

Write on: Letters to the editor

Breached and pissed off A week ago, I inadvertently missed my fortnightly meeting with my job network member. The meeting is next to useless, involving things like getting a CV together (for the 100th time) and "self-esteem improvement". For