BY MICHAEL MOORE
LOS ANGELES, September 12 — I was supposed to fly today on the 4.30pm American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in LA with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where
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(S)Hell in Nigeria
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, commonly knowN as Shell, controls over 1,700 companies and is one of the largest producers of petroleum and related products in the world. Some of its largest operations are in Nigeria, where it
A Place to StandJimmy Santiago BacaGrove Press, 2001US$24.95 (available at <http://www.amazon.com>
REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
Jimmy Santiago Baca loves good food. He has eaten in the finest restaurants of Santa Fe, LA and Europe. He still
BY SEAN HEALY
If you've seen the movie, you'll know that, once it had hit the iceberg, the Titanic took a long time to sink. That might be just what we're seeing happen to the World Trade Organisation.
Almost two full years after its plans to
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — If those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, believed they were acting on behalf of the victims of US imperialism, the events of the last few days in the occupied Palestinian territories
BY MATT RICH
MELBOURNE — Many students are expected to attend protests outside the October 3-5 Commonwealth Business Forum, as activists have been fiercely publicising the events.
At Melbourne University, support for the blockade is growing
Socialist Alliance briefs
Speakout supports refugee rights
BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in
Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM
BY MICHELLE BREAR
Since the emergence of the anti-corporate movement in Seattle in 1999, women have played an integral role in organising and leading protests against the agendas of imperialist
BY NORM DIXON
In the aftermath of the horrific obliteration of New York City's landmark World Trade Center towers by terrorists on September 11, the US government is rapidly preparing the ground for a massive military attack — most probably
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent ConflictBy Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVallPalgrave, 2000505 pages., $35.00 (pb)
REVIEW BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
A Force More Powerful tells a lot of history: general strikes, boycotts, demonstrations,
Those who have followed the work of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan).
Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government was punished by voters in the September 8 by-election for the western Sydney seat of Auburn. Labor retained the seat, which it had held with a 17% majority, but suffered an 11% swing against
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