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When injustice becomes law

Ruth Ratcliffe "The High Court of Australia's decision to keep refugee children imprisoned in detention centres makes it crystal clear that injustice has become law in this country", Lisa Macdonald from the Socialist Alliance said on October 6.

On the box

Yolngu Boy — A drama about the coming-of-age of three Aboriginal boys in Arnhem Land. SBS, Sunday, October 17, 8.30pm. Israel's Secret Weapon — The story of Israel's wall of silence over the imprisonment of nuclear bomb whistleblower Mordechai

IRAQ: Kurds call for autonomy referendum

Rohan Pearce Thousands of Kurds took to the streets of towns in northern Iraq on October 2 to call for a referendum on autonomy for southern Kurdistan (the portion of Kurdistan incorporated into Iraq). In the city of Sulaimaniya, Associated Press

IRAQ: US military 'recaptures' Samarra

Doug Lorimer One day after sending 3000 US troops into the rebel city of Samarra in the early hours of October 1, General John Batiste, commander of the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, announced that US troops had "taken control" of the rebel

Ray Alexander, 1913-2004

Saranel Benjamin, Durban Rachel (Ray) Alexander died at her Cape Town home on September 12. She had lived a long life of 90 years and during this time she painted the South African political landscape with courage, fierce determination and

Write on: Letters to the editor

Nukes Paul Barnsley (Write on, GLW #601) has missed the point entirely. Whether or not Iran's decision to develop a nuclear power industry — given the insoluble problems of radioactive waste disposal — is a good idea, is a matter for Iranians