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Same people, different hats

BYTAMARA PEARSON SYDNEY — Around 250 of the refugees in Woomera belong to the Hazara ethnic group from Afghanistan. Zaher, a long-time activist in Afghanistan before he escaped in 1999, explained to Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly why immigration minister

INDONESIA: 'Mass anger is deepening everywhere'

BY MAX LANE The Indonesian government's implementation of policies demanded by the International Monetary Fund — the reduction of subsidies on petrol and kerosene, as well as on electricity and telephone charges — has caused widespread price

'War on terror' cloaks rights abuses

BY NORM DIXON The "anti-terrorism" campaign led by the United States is being used as the excuse for attacks on human rights and civil liberties by governments around the world, Human Rights Watch concluded in its annual world survey released on

ANTI-CORPORATE MOVEMENT: The death of a movement? Not likely!

BY ROHAN PEARCE No-one predicted the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. However, it was predictable that the wealthy elite in the First World would attempt to use those drastic events to find a way to derail the growing revolt

Canberra abandons Australian tortured in foreign jail

BY ALISON DELLIT A young Australian is forcibly captured by a foreign power. He is tortured, denied legal representation and detained indefinitely without trial — despite not being accused of any crime. Far from protesting, the Australian

Write on: Letters to the editor

New Zealand and refugees The news that New Zealand has taken a number of refugees from the Tampa and integrated them directly into the community shows up the extreme inhumanity and injustice of the Australian government. It is also worth

Next pro-refugee actions

Melbourne: 1pm, Saturday February 2. City Square. Organised by Refugee Action Collective West. Ph Jody 03 9639 8622. Perth: Noon, Saturday February 2. Wesley Church cnr, city. Ph Nikki 08 9218 9608. Canberra/national convergence: 12.30pm, Tuesday

Union office opens

GEELONG — On January 18, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's (construction division) opened its new Victorian branch office in the presence of 400 members and guests. The new premises will also be home to the Australian

Black Hawk Down: Hollywood joins Bush's war

Black Hawk Down: Hollywood joins Bush's war Black Hawk DownDirected by Ridley ScottWritten by Ken Nolan, based on the book by Mark BowdenStarring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Tom Sizemore REVIEW BY STUART EASTERLING Black Hawk Down is a war

COLOMBIA: On the brink of all-out war

BY ALLEN JENNINGS Colombia reached the brink of all-out war as the government threatened to end three-year-old peace negotiations with the left-wing guerilla organisation, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Buoyed by increased US

Martha Gellhorn: more than a war reporter

Beautiful Exile: The Life of Martha Gellhorn — Reporter, Lover, Traveller and RebelBy Carl RollysonDuffy and Snellgrove, 2001284 pages, $19.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Even without being the lover of HG Wells and the wife of Ernest

Museworthy: Sleeping Child

Make the night your bodyDark child of the chest,how not to clutchthe face to your neck?Symbol of the war,the wonder, the ruin,can this gloryof a thousand black thingsbe born nowin your one last raidon the night?Whisper, day,to the basket droppedat