Pip Hinman, Sydney
"The August 8 statement by 43 former service chiefs and diplomats, accusing PM John Howard of lying about the reasons for Australia going to war on Iraq, underlines what most Australians already know", Anna Samson from Sydney's
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I have just spent three months living in Venezuela, an oil-rich Third World country with a population of 26 million, of whom 80% live on or below the poverty line. But there are exciting events taking place in this country.
In 1998, left-wing
REVIEW BY JESS MELVIN
The CorporationDirected by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.Written by Joel Bakan, with narration written by Harold Crooks and Mark Achbar.Produced by Big Picture Media CorporationReleased by Zeitgeist Films.145 minutes.
The
One of the most famous writings in the history of
socialism is the Junius Pamphlet, written by German
socialist Rosa Luxemburg in 1915 while she was in prison for
opposing the first world war.
Obviously, many things have changed in the world
Sarah Stephen
On August 6, the High Court ruled that the federal government has the legal power to detain failed asylum seekers indefinitely — potentially for the rest of their lives.
In making its decision, the High Court considered the
In 2000, 29% of people in the US failed to fill a prescription because they couldn't afford to.
In 2001, the nine largest pharmaceutical companies raked in US$30.6 billion in profits.
The five most highly paid drug company executives pocketed
Art Under OccupationBy Nicholas Rowe & Maysoun Rafeedie387 Guildford Road, GuildfordAugust 22-25 Phone Reeda Kassis on 0404 070 755 or Alissar Chidiac on 9217 0409 or email <alissarc@phm.gov.au> for more information or bookings.
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Norm Dixon
Despite their public "resolve" and "care" for the people of western Sudan, Western governments are allowing more than 2000 hungry and sick Darfuris to die every single day for want of urgently needed food, medicines and shelter.
The
On the last day of the NSW government inquiry into building products firm James Hardie's asbestos compensation fund, the barrister representing the company at the inquiry made an anouncement implying that James Hardie would pay full compensation to
Rohan Pearce
Michael Moore's blockbuster documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 isn't just an assault on the Bush regime and the "war on terror" — it indicts the corporate vultures who rushed to cash-in on the warmongers' post-9/11 crusade.
"This is an
Sam Wainwright
On July 28, federal transport minister John Anderson announced a $100 million package of new maritime "security measures", which included background checks on workers in the industry to be carried out by the Australian Security
University of Western Sydney (UWS) students have returned to their campuses after the semester break to discover significant course cuts and other changes and restrictions to their degrees. The Bankstown UWS campus has been especially hard hit. Green
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