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Sinister workings of the Bush regime

REVIEW BY OWEN RICHARDS Cutting Edge: The World According to BushScreening on SBS, 8.30pm, July 20 & 27 If you're not yet having nightmares about the world being in the hands of a circle of crazed zealots, this should do it. The World According

Protests planned to 'End the lies'

Pip Hinman Plans to hold national "End the lies" rallies the Sunday before the federal elections are well underway. Groups in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Hobart have adopted the additional demands, "Troops out! Howard out!" Andrew Hall told

A woman's place is in the struggle: Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide

The planned airing of film-maker Julia Black's documentary, My Foetus on ABC Television's August 8 Compass religious program has sparked a media storm. Should a documentary showing a suction abortion and foetal remains be shown on the ABC? Should

Socialists launch election campaign

Paul Benedek, Sydney One-hundred people packed the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on July to launch the Socialist Alliance's federal election campaign across Sydney. Compered by Raul Bassi, the Socialist Alliance's Blaxland candidate, the launch

Labor, war and illusions of Australian democracy

Tim Anderson In the corporate-media-dominated two-party system that passes for democracy in Australia, there is recurrent confusion over what the Australian Labor Party actually represents. Is Labor a force for social democracy, an "imperfect"

Michael Moore, GLW have the political ear of youth

Peter Boyle If you were listening to the Australia Talks Back program on ABC Radio National on July 7, you would have heard Tessa Court, from the web monitoring company Hitwise, say: "If you look at the top websites that Australians visited just

SOUTH KOREA: Troop deployment divides the country

Sun Jung Hwang On June 22, Iraqi militants beheaded Kim Sun-il, a Korean employee of a Baghdad-based food supplier for the US army, after Seoul refused to withdraw its troops from Iraq. The South Korean government plans to send 3000 more in

What's at issue in the ACON-ASU dispute?

Tom Flanagan, Lismore Thirty people gathered in the departures area of Lismore airport on July 15 and chanted "shame ACON, shame" at representatives of the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) as they waited to board their return plane to Sydney. The

Nuclear dump defeated

Jim Green, Adelaide The federal government has been forced to abandon its six-year push to build a national nuclear waste dump near Woomera in South Australia. Polling had shown that the issue could swing marginal seats in South Australia against

Feminists discuss sexism, racism and war

Kay Moore, Lismore Three-hundred women attended the 16th Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference on July 12-16. The conference discussed the impact of sexism, racism, homophobia and war on women. Guest speakers at the conference

PALESTINE: Palestinians and Israelis unite against the wall's 'claws'

Tanya Reinhart ARIEL, West Bank — Along the route of the "separation barrier", in the West Bank, a new culture is springing up: on one side, soldiers and bulldozers; on the other, Israelis and Palestinians embracing the land. In June, Israel's

Celebrating the joy of homecoming

REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN Ita Nian Rasik (Our Own): Songs of East Timor — past, present, futureTeodozio Batista Ximenes$25, including postageEmail orders to <annefor@netconnect.net.au> or phone (03) 5331 1983 Like many who have