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ISRAEL: Vanunu re-arrested

Kim Bullimore On March 17, the Israeli state moved to re-arrest and charge nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu with 22 counts of violating the restrictions placed upon him when he was released from jail in April last year. Vanunu's arrest came

Privatise Aboriginal land rights? The lessons from Papua New Guinea

Tim Anderson The federal government, backed by mining company-funded "think tanks", has a new agenda for Aboriginal land rights: privatise them. And privatisation here, as elsewhere, means that the sharks will move in. In February, Indigenous

Loose cannons

Permanent war will bring peace "We're talking about a part of the world in which, uhh, you know, our foreign policy was, let's just hope for the best and tolerate the fact there's no free societies. And — what ended up happening was, there was a

VENEZUELA: Notebook from Caracas: Eyewitness to revolution

Roberto Jorquera, an activist from the Venezuelan Solidarity Network in Australia, is in Caracas to help prepare for the solidarity brigade the network is organising from July 25-August 15, and to report on the unfolding revolution there. Regular

Write on: Letters to the editor

Socialist Alliance Hear hear, Dave Riley (GLW #620), a broad-based Socialist Alliance is essential, and it is this very quality that gives it its strength and attraction for so many. If the Socialist Alliance did not speak out for refugees, for

DIMIA: 'an abusive system'

Dr Michael Dudley I think that the Four Corners program showed (among other things) how immigration department (DIMIA) and detention centre staff were very slow in responding to Cornelia Rau's distress, despite the signals given from visitors,

Correction

The article in GLW issue #621 entitled "UNSW Guild staff strike over redundancy pay" stated that the previous year's guild executive officer had agreed verbally to the NTEU's demands. It was the staff management committee negotiating team that agreed

Aboriginal elder convicted for reclaiming cultural symbols

Lara Pullin, Canberra Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott appeared in the ACT Supreme Court on March 29-April 6 on charges of stealing a coat of arms. On January 27, 2002, Buzzacott removed the metal Australian coat of arms from Old Parliament House,

On the box

Message Stick: Koori Court — "Broken Bones" is a gritty tale of social realism, portraying both the negative and positive aspects of Indigenous family culture. ABC, Friday, April 15, 6pm. Get Up Stand Up: We Shall Overcome — Identifies the

UNITED STATES: Racists with guns patrol border

From March 31-April 30, the US-Mexico border in Arizona will be flooded with dangerous, armed idiots, as an estimated 2000 volunteers join the "Minutemen Project", which describes itself as "Americans doing the job Congress won't". The volunteers

SCOTLAND: Soldier's mother to contest seat

Rose Gentle, the mother of Gordon Gentle who was killed in Iraq last year, announced on April 5 that she would stand against minister for armed forces Adam Ingram in the May 5 British general election. The Scottish Socialist Party immediately

This week in history

April 13 1949: 10,000 people attend the Australian Peace Congress in Melbourne. April 14 1930: More than 100 Mexican and Filipino farm workers are arrested in California, USA, for union activity. April 15 1944: Fred Paterson becomes