BY DOUG LORIMER
During his trip to Europe earlier this month, US President George Bush claimed that US occupation forces in Iraq had "found the weapons of mass destruction". The claim was based on the discovery of two trailers bearing laboratory
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BY KERRY VERNON
BRISBANE — On June 12, 800 Queensland Public Sector Union members participated in a march to state parliament to protest deteriorating job conditions and job cuts. QPSU members have also imposed work bans in response to the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
During the month of April, 85 of the 264 Iranian asylum seekers held in Australia's detention centres — those who have exhausted all avenues for appeal — were given a letter explaining that the memorandum of understanding (MOU)
BY MAIRE LEADBEATER
AUCKLAND — Amnesty International activists co-ordinated three successful vigils in solidarity with the people of Aceh on June 6.
The vigils, in the morning, at noon and during evening rush hour, took place in Auckland's
BY KERRIE BARRON & JAMES CAULFIELD
CANBERRA — A group of activists gathered outside the Royal Thailand Embassy in Yarralumla on June 12 in response to the Thai government's "war on drugs".
The "war" began around three months ago, and has
In justifying the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the warmongers claimed "liberation" of the women of that country to be a motivating factor. In justifying their campaign to put in place a pro-US puppet regime in Iran, the imperial warmongers are
Excuses for Cuba
I am a regular reader of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, primarily because I support the causes you support, and secondly because I find it an antidote to the mush we get from the so-called mainstream media.
However, I must take issue in the
BY MAREE KENNY
"We get this guy out of bed early in the morning...he clings on to the bedstead. My job is to unwind his fingers. Struggling, Shouting. He won't go."
These words, spoken by an officer employed at Sydney's Villawood detention centre
BY DALE MILLS
There have been more sensational revelations about British state-sponsored terrorism in Northern Ireland following the publication on April 17 of an official report — by Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens — that found that
But no banned weapons
"I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out that they did have a weapons program." — Emperor George Bush II, June 9.
Friends only in high places
"I talked about the visit to Poland and to Russia, where we've got
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
MELBOURNE — More than 600 manufacturing companies were hit by a 24-hour stop work on June 12. The action was initiated a week earlier by a shop-stewards meeting of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers
BY DOUG LORIMER
When Australian Federal Police raided the homes of 10 Iranian Australians on June 3, the AFP agents carried warrants authorising them to seize information relating to refugees' rights organisations and the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK),
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