Memories of former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright's callous 1996 declaration that the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children due to US-sponsored sanctions were "on balance ... worth it" were evoked on January 8 when the US envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, touched down in Kabul.
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
"Women should be home taking care of their husbands and children, chained to the stove, not working in my stores." This sentiment may have been commonly expressed in the 1950s, but the statement is recent, and comes from the
January 22, 2002, marks the 29th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision by the US Supreme Court. The decision provided for legal abortion in the United States.
Supporters of women's liberation still celebrate this landmark. But neither in the US,
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DSP strengthens global solidarity
BY ALISON DELLIT
"In these times, which side you stand on becomes a crucial test. There is no halfway house, no sitting on the fence. That is the challenge that Resistance and the Democratic
Unlawful combat
"They will be treated in the right way, not as prisoners of war, because they are not, but as unlawful combatants." — US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld discussing Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners captured during the US war on
BY SIMON BUTLER
SYDNEY — The 2001 National Union of Students (NUS) conference, held December 9-14, concluded in a frustrating farce. On December 13 the "left"-ALP National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS) rammed through a motion overturning
BY SARAH STEPHEN
"The articles ... seek to erode the pride that we as a nation are entitled to feel about the hand we extend to those in such great need" — that's what immigration minister Philip Ruddock had to say about two feature stories in
Among the campaigning plans and activities projected at the conference were:
Building large, vibrant anti-war and pro-refugee demonstrations on May 1 in every major city around Australia.
Support for the second Asia-Pacific Internationakl
It is one year into the 21st century, but you could be forgiven for thinking we were back in the 19th century. In the imperialist capitals there is ominous talk of the "clash of civilisations" and the need for the "enlightened" West to lend a firm
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS& NICK EVERETT
There were no spare seats at the Capitol in central Melbourne as 650 people crammed the theatre for an evening with filmmaker and journalist John Pilger on December 15.
The occasion was the big-screen premiere of
BY DANIEL JARDINE
SYDNEY — Ten thousand tonnes of toxic hexachlorobenzene are stored at the Orica plant in Botany, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The HCB is the by-product of more than 30 years of the production of chlorinated solvents by both
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — Since September 11, the "war on terrorism" has provided a pretext for the rich countries, led by the United States, to further their dominance over world affairs. By spreading "fear and respect", as a Washington Post
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