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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 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 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 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 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 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
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
COMMENT BY MICK BULL The position of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) on the question of “illegal” labour is rather simple in comparison to some of the other branches of the union.
Bowling for Columbine Written, produced and directed by Michael Moore Opens December 26 At major cinemas REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM Visiting the Bowling for Columbine web site is more like visiting an activist site than a film
BY AHMAD NIMER RAMALLAH — As the Palestinian people's intifada (uprising) enters its 27th month, the Israeli government has escalated it strategy of collective punishment. At the time of writing, all Palestinian cities in the West Bank, with the
BY SIBYLLE KACZOREK DARWIN — On November 30, 300 people rallied and marched against the looming US-led war on Iraq. In Alice Springs, 100 people also rallied. Col Friel, a veteran human rights and environmental activist, told the
BY EVA CHENG In November, Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South launched a useful 60-page expose of the dirty tricks that rich countries use to get their way within the World Trade Organisation. Power Politics of the WTO is based on extensive