EmpireBy Michael Hardt andAntonio NegriHarvard University Press, 2000480 pages, $47 (pb)
REVIEW BY ZANNY BEGG
Since being published almost two years ago, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri's Empire has continued to create waves.
The popularity of the
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and ain't i a woman?: Another present for the fanatics
"Women and children will die because of this decision." That was the response of Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to the Bush
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Alamdar Baktiyari and his uncle, Mahzer, were among a number of detainees caught up in disturbances inside the Woomera detention centre on July 28. Detainees told the August 1 Sydney Morning Herald that an Afghan man required
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
All About My FatherDirected by Even BenestadScreened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival in June
Even Benestad made documentary film about his father, but both had very different ideas about what the film would achieve.
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — The Refugee Action Collective promoted its "no detention" model for processing refugees at a public meeting attended by more than 150 people at Brunswick Town Hall on July 30. The racism and inhumanity of Australia's
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On July 24, the Australian government voted against the adoption of an optional protocol to strengthen the United Nations convention against torture. The government claimed its decision had nothing to do with preventing
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE — Students at campuses across the country are organising
referendums calling for their universities to be declared “refugee safe
havens”.
“We want students to think about this question”, said campus refugee
BY GARRY M. LEECH
NEW YORK — During the 1980s, the Reagan administration became mired in the Iran-contra scandal following revelations that it illegally sold weapons to Iran and used the proceeds to covertly arm and fund Nicaraguan "contra"
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — It is 10 months since September 11, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous day, the rulers of the world have since ground our language into a paean of cliches and
BY DAVE ROBINSON
Working with the ALP presents the union movement with challenges and some immense difficulties at times. I guess, like me, many are immensely disappointed, if not outraged, at some of the decisions made by the ALP, both in WA and
BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD
SYDNEY — Plans
for a week of on-campus activity around Tampa Day (August 26) on Sydney
University are well underway after a hugely successful inaugural Refugee
Collective meeting August 1. The 60-strong meeting was
BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — Around 250 students at the University of Queensland successfully blockaded the university's senate meeting on August 1, preventing a vote that would have seen course places sold to wealthy students with lower entry
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