BY MICHAEL SHAIK
On August 12, a 40-day ceasefire was shattered by two Palestinian suicide bombings in Rosh Ha'ayin in northern Israel and the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. Two Israelis were killed and 13 wounded in the attacks. The
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Why Do People Hate America?By Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn DaviesIcon Books, $21 (pb)
REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
If you have ever wondered why the United States ("America") is hated around the world, then maybe you did come down in the last shower.
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — It's high time Ontario's low-income workers received a raise. The minimum wage in Ontario has been frozen at C$6.85/hour ($6.40 for students and $5.95 for liquor servers) throughout the eight brutal years of Tory rule.
BY LIZ FEKETE
LONDON — The European Union Border Control Program, introduced with scant regard to refugee protection and human rights, is leading to an increasing number of deaths on the borders of Europe — and beyond.
Over the last 18
BY BRIAN WEBB
Carmen Lawrence, who resigned from the Labor frontbench last December in protest at the party leadership's policies on refugees and the war on Iraq, is now standing for the position of party president.
A postal ballot of all members
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLEY
AUCKLAND — The New Zealand Herald newspaper has sacked its award-winning cartoonist following a censorship row. Malcolm Evans was dismissed after drawing cartoons criticising the Israeli government's treatment of the
The following speech was presented by LEONEL VIVAS, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's ambassador to Australia, to the August 2 "Latin America: New Movements of Resistance and Transformation" conference in Sydney, organised by the Committees in
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When Pauline Hanson burst onto the political scene in 1996, she unleashed a tidal wave of racism, and gave it renewed strength. As she attacked Asian migrants, refugees and Indigenous Australians, Prime Minister John Howard defended her, claiming she
BY LESLIE FEINBERG
With pomp and circumstance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on August 11 took formal command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) "peacekeepers" in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. This is the first time in
In response to a series of beauty contests being held at a local pub, the Newcastle University women's collective has begun organising protests.
The campaign was initiated with a protest against the "Miss University" contest held at the pub in late
BY JUDY McVEY
Thousands of people around Australia marched on World Refugee Day in June. Even war on Iraq could not stop the development of this movement. In fact, more people have shown sympathy for refugees because of the war and the government's
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