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In war 'the weak suffer what they must'

Women of TroyWritten by Euripides, translated by Jenny GreenDirected by Jenny Green and Robert KennedyA Hoi Barbaroi productionPlayed by Jeanette Cronin and Zoe HoughtonBelvoir St Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, SydneyUntil February 16Tuesdays, 7pm;

IRAQ: US army trained Iraqi military in bioweapons use

BY NORM DIXON The Global Security Newswire on January 28 revealed that the US Army trained 19 Iraqi military officers in the United States in offensive and defensive chemical, biological and radiological warfare from 1957 to 1967. The information

Judy Horacek: Australia's leading feminist cartoonist

I am Woman, Hear Me DrawCartoons by Judy HoracekState Library of Victoria, Keith Murdoch Gallery, Swanston Street, MelbourneUntil mid-FebruaryFree REVIEW BY RACHEL EVANS Cartoonist Judy Horacek's work, now showing at the Victorian State Library,

Carmen Lawrence backs March 5 student strike

BY KYLIE MOON Support for the March 5 national student strike against the war on Iraq is quickly gathering momentum. Federal Labor MP for Fremantle Carmen Lawrence has endorsed the strike. Lawrence declared her support for the March 5 strike at

Write on: Letters to the editor

Terrorists According to George Bush not all terrorists are equal even though their crimes are. Real terrorists, it seems, are those identified in some way with Islam, but those who hate Fidel Castro and smoke Cuban cigars are "good old boys".

600 march in Leichhardt

BY LACHLAN MALLOCH SYDNEY — In an historic local action that reminded participants of the anti-Vietnam war movement, six-hundred people gathered on a Saturday evening to march through the Norton Street caf‚ strip on February 1, showing their

No war on Iraq: campaign notes

500 protest in the ACT BY MARK ABBERTON CANBERRA — On January 31, 500 people participated in rally opposing a war on Iraq. The protest was called by an ACT Network Opposing War (ACTNOW) public meeting on January 23. Bob Douglas from

Woolloomooloo soap

SYDNEY — Imagine you're on the TV set of a Sydney soapie — fast paced, full of conflict, emotion and energy. That describes A Moment on the Lips. The play is written by Jonathan Gavin and features Nicole Winkler, Susan Godfrey, Kirrily White,

Iranian asylum seekers face deportation

BY CLAUDIA QUINNELL MELBOURNE — On January 31, a small but vocal rally, attended by 50 people, was held outside the department of immigration to oppose the likely deportation of 190 Iranian asylum seekers. The rally was called following a

BRAZIL: WSF calls for anti-war protests

BY FEDERICO FUENTES PORTO ALEGRE — This year's World Social Forum (WSF), a countersummit to the corporate elite's World Economic Forum, held in this southern Brazilian city, January 23-28, attracted 100,000 participants, including 20,763

ISRAEL: Elections reveal fractured society

BY AHMED NIMER RAMALLAH — January 28 was a typical day in the life of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Nine Palestinians — including a 13-year-old girl — were shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Three others were killed by an