Joel Beinin, Cairo
As the Israeli army reimposed a nearly complete lock-down on the West Bank in the aftermath of the Christmas Day suicide bombing outside of Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reportedly deputised a top general to
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Alan Maass, Chicago
The US administration claims that it wants to see Saddam Hussein put on trial for his many crimes. But what about his co-conspirators? Will those who helped Hussein rise to power, supplied his weapons and supported his
Slapping on the Writs: Defamation, Developers and Community ActivismBy Brian WaltersUNSW Press, 200396 pages, $16.95
REVIEW BY DALE MILLS
Melbourne barrister Brian Walters has written a small but important book about the way that Australia's
David Bacon, Baghdad
US occupation forces have escalated their efforts to paralyse Iraq's new trade unions. On December 6, a convoy of 10 humvees and armoured personnel carriers descended on the old headquarters of the Transport and Communications
On December 19, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) granted public and private sector teachers a 5.5% interim pay rise.
Two days earlier, the IRC had granted public hospital nurses a 3.5% pay rise from January 1. As part of its "What's a
Dieter Kursietis, Seoul
A demonstration by more than 100 members and supporters of the Equality Trade Union Migrants Branch (ETU-MB), South Korea's only migrant workers' trade union, was held on December 31 at the Mok-dong immigration office. The
Rohan Pearce
On January 6, the US Army's news service reported that the defence department intended to extend its "stop loss" orders covering active-duty soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, preventing some 7000 soldiers from either retiring
BY PETER BOYLE
At its 21st Congress, held December 27-30, the Democratic Socialist Party changed its name to the "Democratic Socialist Perspective" and reorganised itself as a political tendency in the Socialist Alliance. Only Socialist Alliance
Tressell: The Real Story of the Ragged Trousered PhilanthropistsBy Dave HarkerZed Books, 2003282 pages, $33.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"It made me cry and made me bitter", recalled a socialist who read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists as
Tim Stewart
Family, friends and East Timor solidarity activists were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Andrew McNaughtan, at the age of 49, on December 22.
A tireless campaigner for human rights and justice in East Timor, the scope of
Jeff Shantz, Toronto
On December 11, tens of thousands of workers across Quebec province took direct action against the newly elected government of Premier Jean Charest. Charest's Liberal Party government is taking its cue from other neoliberal
John Percy & Graham Matthews
Dot Tumney, a long-term member of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), passed away on December 25. She had been diagnosed with terminal cancer a few weeks earlier.
Dot was a committed activist and Marxist
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