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Write on: Letters to the editor

Israel I welcome Philip Mendes' reply (Write On, GLW #471) to my letter in GLW #470. I would suggest he read my letter again. He has tried to confuse my attitude toward the Israeli state with my attitude toward individual Jews in Israel.

Senate refugee inquiry inadequate

No other country in the world has gone to such lengths to close its borders to those fleeing repression and terror than Australia has. No other country turns back leaky fishing boats packed with hundreds of asylum seekers and refuses to take

Museworthy: The Natives Came Bearing Gifts

They placed on a growing heapAll the goods they had broughtLater we would each takeWhat we wanted Rosario BaluyotPosthumously famousTen years oldEyes blue as eyeshadowRaw mouthSplit like a tomatoBody not cookedBreasts just starting to riseNo

Greens capture humanitarian vote

BY ALISON DELLIT The large swing to the Australian Greens on November 10 was the bright spot in the gloom of the Coalition victory. It reflected the growing number of people who are disgusted with the Coalition and Labor parties' inhumane and

UNITED STATES: Rulers launch massive attack on civil liberties

BY CANDACE COHN CHICAGO — After September 11, people in the US have widespread and understandable fears about hijacked airplanes turned into flying bombs and anthrax sent through the mail. But few understand the scale of the danger unleashed last

Kangaroos and land degradation

BY PAT O'BRIEN We all know that land degradation and salinity are some of the biggest environmental problems that Australia faces. Currently in Queensland alone, around 100 times more trees are being cleared than are being planted. So what about

Action updates

'Die-in' highlights war casualties BRISBANE — Around 50 people gathered in the Queens Street Mall on November 16 for a "die-in" to show solidarity with the Afghan people killed by US bombs. Chalk lines were drawn around their bodies to

The war on (insert your own boogieman)

BY MICHAEL ARNOLD International intelligence agencies are keeping their eyes on a new fifth column that has emerged to undermine the war on terrorism. No longer simply content to drop out of the system, heroin users, utilising the proceeds of the

SOUTH AFRICA: Mbeki's neoliberal blueprint for Africa

BY PATRICK BOND JOHANNESBURG — Everyone seems worried about Africa's health and welfare these days. If you have an open mind and regularly read the London Financial Times — or its South African subsidiary Business Day — you would have seen

Alliance turns its sights to state election

BY LIAM MITCHELL SYDNEY — Following the success of its ground-breaking campaign in the federal election, the Socialist Alliance in NSW is setting its sights on the March 2003 state election and has launched a campaign to get electoral