BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — "Newspapers often categorise people into moderates and extremists. You are the moderates, the government are the extremists", declared John Pilger, addressing an anti-war rally in Sydney on November 30.. The Australian
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BY JIM GREEN
The fracture, and subsequent sinking, of the oil tanker Prestige off the Spanish coast has created a major environmental disaster, brought the region's fishing industry to a standstill and put the spotlight on the controversial
BY KATHY NEWNAM
NEWCASTLE — On November 26, the Newcastle City Council gallery was packed with an impressive number of refugee-rights supporters, who cheered on the passing of a motion making Newcastle a "Welcome City" for refugees.
Moved by
BY
MATT MACKAY
SORRENTO, Victoria Hundreds of angry Mornington Peninsula residents
brought their concerns to the city on November 1, holding a rally at the
steps of the State Library to protest at the state government's and Melbourne
BY
RENFREY CLARKE
It is astonishing what the bourgeoisie will let slip when they're
talking to one another and don't think we're listening! In light of federal
trade minister Mark Vaile's ludicrous claims that the people who protested
A furore has broken out in mainstream papers and on radio talk-back programs about the a line of clothing and "lifestyle accessories" for young girls. Released by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the twin actors who first appeared on the TV program Full
BY ROHAN PEARCE
A United Nations investigation into the killing of British UN worker Iain John Hook in Jenin on November 22 has begun. An investigator from the UN arrived in Jerusalem on November 24.
The Israeli army maintains that it "responded"
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BY ALISON DELLIT
On November 20, NSW's largest selling tabloid, the Daily Telegraph, screamed "Direct threat" on its front cover. Prominently displayed above the headline was a quote from acting federal attorney-general Chris Ellison: "The
BY AMY GARDNER
HOBART — Around 400 people gathered in Franklin Square on November 30 to protest against the planned US-led war on Iraq. The rally was organised by the Peace Coalition of Tasmania. The people then set off on a short march to
On November 25, the trials of Australian-based, British-born academic Lesley McCulloch and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler began in Aceh. They are being tried for visa violations, after the prosecution failed to make espionage charges stick. McCulloch is a
BY CONN HALLINAN
The "troubles" in Northern Ireland are back, courtesy of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Protestant loyalists who refuse to share power with Ulster's Catholics.
The current crisis, during which the British government
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