Prime Minister John Howard's December 1 statement in an interview on Channel Nine's Sunday program that his government would launch pre-emptive military attacks on neighbouring countries to stop any suspected terrorist strike on Australia has
520
BY
ROHAN PEARCE
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US rulers hoped that by
whipping up mass patriotism and fuelling fears of terrorist attacks,
they could finally overcome the Vietnam syndrome. However, evidence is
mounting,
BY
ANDREW HALL
The launch of the revamped Labor Party refugee policy on December
5 has generated a renewed and much-needed debate over the need for a more
compassionate refugee policy.
Marketed by Labor leader Simon Crean and deputy
BY
SUE BULL
MELBOURNE Many in Melbourne are watching as Australias biggest
builder takes on Australias strongest union. Every media outlet raced
to get pictures of 650 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
members working
Solid lies
"The president of the United States and the secretary of defence would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction ... if they did not have a solid basis for saying it" — White House
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — On November 21, students from Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, labeled the Coalition government "out of order" and started their "walk for a better education". The journey has taken them through the Blue
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — The Terrorism and Police Powers Act, which was rushed through NSW parliament on December 3, amounted to a political hijacking of the public's fears of terrorism by Premier Bob Carr and police minister Mick Costa, said the
BY ALISON DELLIT
On December 5, ALP federal parliamentarian Carmen Lawrence announced her resignation from the party's shadow cabinet in protest at Labor's new policy on refugees and asylum seekers. In a blistering 20-minute statement, Lawrence
BY EVA CHENG
After being stalled for two years by the Third World's objections, a new round of haggling on world trade rules being pushed by the imperialist governments was launched at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) fourth ministerial meeting
BY PAT POWER
Is an Iraqi life of any less value than an American or an Australian life?
A US-led attack on Iraq will lead to inevitable loss of life — hundreds, thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens will perish as a result. These are people who
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Community and Public Sector Union members at Centrelink met November 27-29 and rejected management's offered enterprise agreement. CPSU members conducted a half-day strike on December 2, with another scheduled for
BY
NORM DIXON
Munyaradzi Gwisai, the revolutionary socialist MP who was elected
to Zimbabwe's parliament in 2000 with the backing of the opposition Movement
for Democratic Change, has been stripped of his seat. Emmerson Mnangagwa,
the
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