Amina Lawal has been sentenced to death by stoning for the "crime" of bearing a child by a man she divorced two years previously. Under sharia laws in effect in many of Nigeria's northern states, which are based on a strict interpretation of Islam,
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BY
PHIL SANDFORD
I would like to comment briefly on some of the issues in the important
and welcome discussion which the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has opened
up around left unity.
The term “united front” is being used in a very
Socialist Alliance
In her letter (GLW #513) regarding the Democratic Socialist Party's proposal to cease operating as a public party and build the Socialist Alliance, Angela Budai argues that this will create the perception that the Socialist
BY MEG WHITE-FOX
& DANNY FAIRFAX
SYDNEY — On October 30, 200 students congregated at Sydney University's
Manning Bar to listen to a debate on the question, “Is the World Trade
Organisation a positive step for world development?”. It
BY NORM DIXON
In recent months, Turkish government and military leaders have repeatedly threatened to invade northern Iraq to prevent Iraqi Kurds creating an "independent state" in the aftermath of Washington's planned war on Iraq.
Even though US
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — The Tasmanian ALP state conference, held October 26-27 in
Launceston, voted overwhelmingly to not debate a motion put by Denison
MHR Duncan Kerr to end logging in areas of high conservation value.
Instead, it
SYDNEY — Around 1000 people
enjoyed themselves at the inaugural Rock 4 Refugees concert on the afternoon
of October 27. The concert was held at Henson Park, Marrickville. Among
the bands that performed were Mental As Anything (pictured), the
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Labor joins attacks on civil liberties
In a stunning display of just how far to the right a Labor leader can
go, NSW Premier Bob Carr has called for even more attacks on civil liberties,
paving the way for a crackdown on dissent, and
BY JOHN PERCY
[The following letter was sent on October 22 by Democratic Socialist
Party national secretary John Percy on behalf of the DSP political committee
to the national executive of the International Socialist Organisation.
It was
BY NORM DIXON
SYDNEY - The federal minister for trade, Mark Vaile, announced late on October 30 that the November 14-15 World Trade Organisation (WTO) informal meeting of trade ministers will be held at a new venue, the Novotel Hotel within the
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY — On November
1, the organising coalition for the November 14 rally against the World
Trade Organisation (WTO) decided against a march. Instead, the coalition
will leave it up to different contingents to hold their own
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