BY
EVA CHENG
Wang Fanxi died in Leeds, England, on December 30. Born in 1907,
Wang became politically active during the anti-imperialist upsurge in China
in the 1920s and participated in the revolutionary communist movement there
for almost
523
REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON
The Quiet AmericanBased on the book by Graham GreeneDirected by Philip NoyceStarring Michael Caine,
Brendan Fraser and Do Thi Hai YenShowing at major cinemas
The Quiet American is a dramatised account of the CIA's role in
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — A showdown between the Victorian Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and construction giant Grocon has been averted at the final hour.
On January 19, a stop-work meeting of 600 Grocon workers
BY MICHAEL KARADJIS
Tens of thousands of Turkish Cypriots in recent weeks have laid to rest the question of whether the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" represents their aspirations or is an outside imposition by the military ruling
BY NEIL EVERLEY
SYDNEY — Two hundred anti-war protesters gathered at Cawper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, on January 23, in a stormy protest against Australian involvement in a war on Iraq.
The protesters were responding to a call put out by anti-war
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In the last weeks, further incidents of abuse of asylum seekers have come to light at detention centres on Christmas Island, Nauru and Woomera.
An Iraqi woman, detained on Christmas Island with her husband and two children, was
BY BRUCE MARLOWE
"Major national resources, including use of the military, should be urgently allocated to fighting the current bushfire crisis, instead of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on sending troops to support the US war against
BY
EVA CHENG
An international campaign against the Hong Kong government's attempt
to introduce an anti-union and anti-civil rights law in the guise of combating
“sedition” and “subversion” have received strong support from trade unions
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — A powerful new anti-war documentary is being screened by Socialist Alliance. Not in My Name tells the story of the US-led "war on terrorism" you have not been allowed to see on tellie. It asks, "why is dropping bombs on
Greens I
Bill Weller (“Write On”, GLW #521) asks why, if the Greens are doing
so well, and are so progressive, would the Socialist Alliance (SA) field
candidates against them? While the Greens play a valuable role in profiling
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — Despite the Canadian state's proud role as junior partner to US imperialism and the federal government's repeated statements of loyalty to Washington's war efforts, the anti-war movement in Canada had been slow off the
BY STUART MUNCKTON
"We have burnt our boats. There is no turning back", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared in a national broadcast on January 6. "We will carry on consolidating and deepening the revolution", the radical pro-poor president
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