BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — A memorial service for long-time activist and socialist Elfriede Burghardt was held here on November 27.
Burghardt was born in Germany in 1918 and grew up as part of an anti-fascist family living under the Nazis.
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BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — The Australian Press Council on November 30 denounced the federal government's restrictions on media access to asylum seekers. Council chairperson Professor Ken McKinnon accused the government of "severely restricting the
BY NORM DIXON
Until 1988, the United States at every turn blocked attempts to secure a negotiated settlement between the left-wing Peoples Democratic Party government in Afghanistan and sections of the right-wing mujaheddin opposition. This delayed
BY SAMYA NASSER
JERUSALEM — While there was never any doubt that the secular groups within the Palestine Liberation Organisation conducted the intifada of 1987, the Islamist Hamas sees itself as the leader of the present one. The Hamas leaders
BY AZIZ CHOUDRY
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We are swamped with information about the impact of corporate capitalism, structural adjustment and the power and
BY NORM DIXON
Speculation is mounting over where Washington will select to be the next target in its bogus "war on terrorism". However, the question may have already been answered: it's Palestine.
In the wake of three suicide bombing attacks in
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — On the eve of immigration minister Philip Ruddock's departure for Geneva to attend a landmark ministerial meeting, beginning on December 12, of signatory states to the 1951 refugee convention, refugee rights activists have
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — "The Australian government, supported by the Labor Party, turns away, terrorises and attacks defenceless people who are themselves fleeing terror, war and persecution", declared Max Lane, coordinator of Action in
BY MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
PHILADELPHIA — With the end-game emerging into view of a bomb-drenched Afghanistan that is now apparently newly pacified, we are seeing the re-emergence of Iraq as America's demon-of-the-month.
The justification for this new
Are women inherently peaceful and men violent? Is there a basic difference between the natures of women and men so that men are the cause of wars and destruction and women are caring and nurturing?
Many people argue that this is the case, not just
BY ADRIAN D'HAGE
[The following is an abridged version of a speech made by retired brigadier Adrian D'Hage, a Vietnam War veteran and head of defence security for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, to the Public Meeting for Peace held in the Brisbane
BY SEAN HEALY
The crisis-wracked Argentine economy looks likely to take another battering after the International Monetary Fund on December 6 announced it blocked a US$1.3 billion loan which the government had hoped would lessen its financial
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