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Networker: The medium that got away

The medium that got away By the time the first bombs dropped on Afghanistan in early October, thousands of images and millions of words had been fired in the US propaganda war. The purpose of these was clear: to "prove" that the US and its allies

Loose cannons

Civilisation vs barbarians "American investigators are considering resorting to harsher interrogation techniques, including torture, after facing a wall of silence from jailed suspected members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, according to a

...and ain't i a woman?: Vote for women's liberation, not just a woman

It's election time and many people are thinking about who to vote for in order to best advance women's liberation. As in every election, some feminists are organising to support women candidates. But simply getting women elected will not ensure a

RUSSIA: Ten years after the end of the USSR

BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY MOSCOW — When I am asked to name some indisputable achievement that marks the 10 years since the collapse of the USSR, I always recall that Russians have learnt to brew good beer. In the Soviet Union the beer was

Film showing: Teater Buruh Indonesia Factory Lives, Factory Theatre

A documentary about Indonesian factory workers who make theatre, produced and presented by Actively Radical Television November 10, 7pm, Tap gallery, cnr Burton and Palmer streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney Also music, wine, poetry and chat by Tim

Anti-war protesters defy police-state tactics

BY EVA CHENG The protests against Bush's war on Afghanistan are growing in many parts of the world despite initial signs that some countries, especially the US, are seeking to respond to any civil disobedience with heavy-handed repression. In the

Write on: Letters to the editor

Reclaim the Night I This year's Reclaim the Night rally in Melbourne highlighted the need to raise politics in the women's movement. The speakers talked either of their own personal experiences of abuse, or of the abuse of women in general. There

Intelligent digs at urban neuroses

I am Moderately Fond of AustraliaCartoons by Phil SomervilleHardie Grant Books$24.95 REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY Phil Somerville has contributed cartoons to the Bulletin, the Australian and is a semi-regular humourist at the Sydney Morning Herald. I

Shock-jock attacks Socialist Alliance candidate

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — During an October 25 interview on Radio 3AW, Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Victoria Alison Thorne faced a barrage of abuse and accusation. Thorne was invited by 3AW drive-time host Steve Price to talk

AFGHANISTAN: Pentagon says civilian casualties not its problem

BY EVA CHENG Despite rhetoric to the contrary, the Bush regime has shown breathtaking disregard for the growing civilian casualties that its round-the-clock bombing in Afghanistan has inflicted on a long-traumatised and now-terrorised population.

Museworthy: 'I have sent hope to the scaffolding'

I have sent hope to the scaffolding to find thescaffold and to the lake to find the onedrinkable cup but in truth had nointerest in such worthless purposes simplywanted hope away. It is such a round-facedscavenger an icon that never

Correction

In GLW #469, a picture of Naomi Arrowsmith from the WA South Coast Waters and Rivers Commission was mistakenly used to illustrate an article about Port Kembla Community and Public Sector Union organiser Naomi Arrowsmith. GLW apologises for the