BY SARAH STEPHEN
While the spotlight may have moved off refugee detention centres, the misery of asylum seekers there has worsened.
On November 18, six Iranian asylum seekers escaped from Woomera, the "hell-hole" of Australia's detention centres,
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BY STEPHANIE LONG
The living standards of the industrialised Northern countries owe a great deal to the massive flow of natural resources and work (either as slave or underpaid labour) from the countries which make up the Third World, the
BY BRENDAN DOYLE, GLW travel writer
VILLAWOOD DETENTION CENTRE, SYDNEY — A little out of the way, but definitely worth a look!
How to get there
By train: Alight at Leightonfield Station and walk north for 15 minutes. Don't be daunted by the
Museworthy: The Law of Ears and Also Things Close
"If sound waves carry on to infinity,where are their screams now?"Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
sound as close as my earsand upon the side of the green hilla lace of seagullsunravelling its own
Corporate scumbags: Scumbucks
The coffee industry is one based on the super-exploitation of Third World farmers, many of whom live in dire poverty, at the mercy of the weather and a fluctuating market, whilst speculators and corporate heads
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON, November 16 — There is no victory in Afghanistan's tribal war, only the exchange of one group of killers for another. The difference is that President Bush calls the latest occupiers of Kabul "our friends".
However
BY JIM GREEN
The Howard government approved the Honeymoon uranium mine in north-eastern South Australia on November 21. Canadian-based mining company Southern Cross Resources is expected to begin commercial production next year.
The mine,
BY FRED FUENTES
MELBOURNE — Activists from around the country will converge on Melbourne on December 2-3 for an anti-war and anti-racism conference jointly organised by the National Union of Students and ANSWER, Act Now to Stop War and End
BY RACHEL EVANS
Herb Feith, renowned Indonesianist and community activist, and my uncle, died tragically in a train accident on November 15. Herb will be missed by people all over the world who he touched with his compassion, intellect and
and ain't i a woman?: Stand together for lesbian rights
Western Australia's laws regarding gay men and lesbians — some of the most repressive in the Western world — have been challenged by a working body established by the state Labor
On July 3, 1979, US President Jimmy Carter signed a secret document that began a terrible train of events which may have culminated in the September 11 mass murders in New York and Washington.
BY URI AVNERY
At the reception desk of the War-Against-Terror Coalition, there lies an application form for new partners. After stating his name, country and function (king/president/emir/dictator/tyrant), the applicant is invited to answer the
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