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Love is Mighty CloseVika and LindaBullbar records REVIEW BY MOLLY WISHART Vika and Linda Bull's latest album, Love is Mighty Close, arguably lacks the joie de vivre of earlier recordings, but the songster siblings nevertheless evoke an
BY WALDEN BELLO The unravelling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant
Intelligence only an option "We will look at all options and we will consider all technologies available to us, and diplomacy and intelligence." — George "The Crusader" Bush, August 22, discussing his plans to launch a war on Iraq. Burning
BY KIM BULLIMORE Despite claims by the Western media that women are now “free” in Afghanistan, women and organisations that support women's rights are still being targeted by the Northern Alliance-dominated, US-backed government in Kabul.
BY JODY BETZEIN In the past few weeks the immigration department has begun sending letters to those refugees who were first granted temporary protection visas (TPVs) in late 1999, demanding that they must provide justification for their
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — On August 11 the Canberra Times printed dramatically incorrect results from a Telepoll on attitudes to refugees. The report claimed that 18% of respondents voted yes and 71% no to the question, "Should children be
GLASGOW — Three-hundred ancillary workers at Glasgow's biggest hospital, the Royal Infirmary, on August 16 celebrated a sweeping victory over Sodexho, one of the most powerful multinational corporations in Europe. The company has been
BY RAJ PATEL The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently chartered a ship — the Liberty Star — to deliver 36,000 tonnes of grain to an estimated 13 million starving people in southern Africa. The Malawian
BY MATT EGAN & TOM FLANAGAN LISMORE — During the last five years, workers at Telstra's directory assistance call centre in Molesworth Street, Lismore, have repeatedly won recognition as the top performing call centre team in their region. One
CARACAS, August 18 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez today initiated a protest caravan against an August 14 Supreme Court ruling that absolved four senior army officers charged with having participated in the April coup d'etat against him. To
BY EVA CHENG Although the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was formed in 1995, its predecessor — the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade — came into existence in 1948. GATT was part of a three-pronged mechanism created by the United States
Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-1945, and the American Cover-upBy Sheldon H. HarrisRoutledge, 2002385 pages, $57 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON In the last days of World War II, as the Japanese retreated from the Soviet