Alison Dellit
On June 16, the British government made a mockery of any claim of avowing its colonial exploitation, with a decision to reject the right of return of thousands of Mauritians forced out of their homes 30 years ago.
The story goes
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Like many of the tracks on Warnography, MC Lynx's "Bullet in the Chamber" vents the anger and outrage that many young people feel when they look out at today's world.
Tents have given way to bricks and mortar,but refugees they remain.The years of waiting and neglecthave given way to a grim determinationto hold on against all the odds.For memories persistof that ancient and beloved land.Songs and stories have kept
Josephine Polak
Legal services for Indigenous Australians are about to be destroyed by a dangerous plan driven by the "ideological agenda to mainstream Aboriginal services" and "undermine the right of Indigenous Australians to self-determination",
Pentagon failed to get export permit
"Forced nudity, hooding and the use of dogs all were interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay prison — but, top Bush administration lawyers insisted this week, never meant to be applied in
Jenny Long, Sydney
NSW teachers are disappointed with their 12% wage increase over two years, half of what they sought, and blame Premier Bob Carr's Labor government for being less than honest with the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) about
David is a founder of the Moreland Peace Group and active in the anti-war movement. He is a union delegate with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and recently led a successful strike.
David played a key role in the S11 protests against the
Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader named long-time activist Peter Miguel Camejo as his vice-presidential running mate at a press conference in Washington, DC on June 21.
The announcement was covered by
Ghali Hassan
"Today you are free. The torture chambers and rape rooms have been shut down" — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, told Iraqi women on March 8, International Women's Day.
In one of the most secular countries in the Arab world,
Sam Watson is a well known Aboriginal leader and community activist based in Brisbane. Sam first became politically active as a high school student during the late 1960s, when radical students from across Brisbane used to gather outside the post
David Bacon
In a Service Employees Union hall in Boston, a hospital worker raises her hand. "If Saddam Hussein was such a bad guy", she asks, "why is the US enforcing his law banning unions in Iraq?"
Since January, workers like this orderly have
Our Common Cause: June 30 is not a handover
June 30 is supposed to mark the "return of sovereignty" to the Iraqi people. But the make-up of the new government in Iraq makes it clear nothing will change. The new prime minister has been in the pay
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