Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
The Stolen Wages Campaign Working Group has criticised the Queensland government's limitation on resources to pursue claims for "stolen wages" for Aboriginal workers, who had wages withheld or absorbed into state revenue for
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Alison Dellit
On January 9, 19-year-old Andres Raya, just returned from Iraq, decided to utilize his US marine training to take on his town's local police department, and hundreds of police units from the neighbouring area. By the time he was
SYDNEY — On January 12, the Stop the War Coalition web team awoke to find that its website had fallen prey to a malicious hack attack. More than 100 news articles, reports and interviews and details of upcoming events were erased and replaced with
Rohan Pearce
"We are blessed to live in hopeful times", US President George Bush told an admiring audience in Washington on January 18. "In coming days, the Iraqi people will have their chance to go to the polls, to begin the process of creating a
VENEZUELA: Government expropriates paper company
On January 19, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed decree number 3438, expropriating the paper company Venepal. The National Assembly had previously passed a decree unanimously declaring the
Comment by Shirley Shackleton
I have studied the TNI (the Indonesian military) for 30 years and what is happening in Aceh has striking similarities to what happened in East Timor. The TNI terrorised the East Timorese for a quarter of a century and
Aaron Benedek, Sydney
In a statement issued on January 17, Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Raul Bassi welcomed the announcement that Mamdouh Habib is to be released without charges from the US naval base prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
January 26
1938: Day of Mourning and Protest marks 150 years since British invasion of Australia and subsequent attempted genocide against the Aboriginal population.
1982: Unemployment reaches 3 million in Britain (one in eight of the working
Sarah Stephen
On January 14, the same day that he received a letter rejecting his s417 appeal for ministerial intervention, Iranian asylum seeker Ardeshir Gholipour took an overdose of sleeping tablets. He was admitted to Port Augusta hospital and
Dustin Langley, New York
"I am ashamed to be associated with this mess, and I certainly did not join the army to kill women, children and old men. I just don't see how these innocent people could be a threat to the constitution of the United
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Amidst concerns from environmentalists and anti-uranium campaigners, the first shipment of uranium by rail from South Australia to the Northern Territory arrived in Darwin on January 16. The shipment of four containers of
CHIP HENRISS-ANDERSSEN
"What did your protests achieve?" asked the taxi driver, his frustration showing through his Tanzanian accent. "Nothing! No-one listened — they voted for Howard and Bush, it was all for nothing", he said.
His response
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