Green Left Weekly <http://www.greenleft.org.au/index.htm> RSS feed <http://www.greenleft.org.au/rss/glw.xml> Green Left Weekly #626, May 11, 2005 Iraq: Stop this bloody war! <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p24.htm> Anti-war groups across Australia responded quickly to the news that US-based Australian contractor Douglas Wood had been taken hostage in Iraq. Snap protests were held in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in the first week of May to urge his release and repeat the call for Australian troops to leave Iraq. [Full article] <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p24.htm> * Kidnapping highlights horror of war <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p3.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia: Immigration detention out of control! <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p9.htm> The need for a renewed campaign to abolish mandatory detention of asylum seekers has been underlined by the breathtaking revelation on April 30 that Australian authorities de****ted an Australian citizen in 2001. It was only when a family member contacted the immigration department in early April in response to publicity about mentally ill Australian resident Cornelia Rau's detention, wondering if the same thing might have happened to Vivian Alvarez, that the government realised its ``mistake'' -- four years later! 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Why not make an online donation <http://www.greenleft.org.au/fogl.htm>. <http://www.defendcraigjohnston.info> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In Brief # PNG: Police call for Aussie cops to leave <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17c.htm> # PALESTINE: Turkish government hands over land do***ents <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17e.htm> # UNITED STATES: 57% don't think Iraq war was worth it <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17f.htm> # UNITED STATES: Pentagon spending to equal rest of world <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17g.htm> # SOUTH AFRICA: Justice for worker thrown to the lions <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17h.htm> # BRAZIL: Lula rejects US 'aid' for AIDS <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17i.htm> # VENEZUELA: Significant increase in Chavez's popularity <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p17j.htm> Regular Features # Write on: Letters to the editor <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p8.htm> # On the box <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p21e.htm> # Loose cannons <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p11b.htm> # Cartoon <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/toonk.jpg> # SHOCKFACTS: 'Justice' US-style <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p10c.htm> # This week in history <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p9b.htm> Comment and Analysis # A detention system out of control <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p9.htm> # Stop this bloody war <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p24.htm> # Kidnapping highlights horror of war <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p3.htm> # Anti-VSU protests turnout give activists encouragement <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p6.htm> # A woman's place is in the struggle: Soldiers of the revolution <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p8b.htm> # Job cuts to gut Newcastle Uni <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p7.htm> # OUR COMMON CAUSE: Queers need fighting unions! <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p7b.htm> # EDITORIAL: Resisting Howard's neoliberal agenda <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p3b.htm> # Marching under the banner of marriage <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p10.htm> # Development - for profit or for the people? <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p10b.htm> # Pre-emptive strike on university staff <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p11.htm> Australian News # Greens senator denounces Timor Sea offer <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p4.htm> # La Trobe University strikes the first blow <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p4b.htm> # State same-*** marriage bills discussed <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p4c.htm> # Gaywaves ceases broadcasting <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p4d.htm> # 5000 workers protest Howard's IR 'reforms' <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p5.htm> # May Day debate asks the hard questions <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p5b.htm> # Hundreds oppose state funeral for 'dictator' <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p5c.htm> # Unions have no choice but to fight <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p5d.htm> # Fundraising appeal for SIEV X trial <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p2b.htm> # ANZ targeted for war profiteering <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p2c.htm> # Arde****r Gholipour released <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p2d.htm> # Detention policy costs another life <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p2.htm> Cultural Dissent # Barry Sheppard's `The Sixties': The revolutionary heritage of the '60s turmoil <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p22.htm> # `Get Up, Stannd Up': Agitpop <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p21.htm> # Children of the crocodile <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p21b.htm> # A promise made by soldiers <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p21c.htm> # Paddy Keneally <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p21d.htm> Activist Calendar # Check out the Activist Calendar here <http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar.htm>. 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