Cuba
Peter Frost (Write On, GLW #542), criticises GLW for publishing my article on the "independent libraries" project in Cuba (GLW #541), I would like to make a number of points.
Firstly, he incorrectly asserts that some of the 75 opponents of
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BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY NSW unions covering public servants and teachers in TAFE and the Department of Education and Training (DET) have rejected proposed job cuts announced by NSW Labor education minister Andrew Refshauge on June 17.
At least
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On June 18, US troops shot two Iraqis dead at a demonstration outside the Coalition Provisional Authority's office in Baghdad. A military convoy entering the US compound was pelted with rocks by the protesters, and soldiers from
Theater of WarBy Lewis LaphamThe New Press, 2002202 pages, $42 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Back in 1961, when Lewis Lapham was a young reporter in New York listening to US President John F. Kennedy, plump with "good intentions" of reviving
BY JOHN PERCY
Green Left Weekly continues to climb up the web rankings, confirming it as the most visited political web site in Australia.
Last week GLW's Alexa (<http://www.alexa.com.au>) ranking rose to 57,727, while the next most
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART Key Tasmanian government leaders stepped in to water down proposed Significant Personal Relationships legislation before it was presented to parliament on June 19. This is despite the fact that the original
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"I feel almost duped." A US official involved in the search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, frustrated by repeatedly being sent "racing to a series of empty sites", quoted in the Los Angeles Times, June
BY EMMA MURPHY
For many non-Indigenous Australians, the mainstream press' coverage of Indigenous affairs is where we learn most about Aboriginal Australians. It's no surprise, therefore, that our society suffers from a high level of racism
ATO blames GST for budget blow-out
MELBOURNE On June 4, a Senate estimates committee was told that the Australian Tax Office has paid $860 million to IT services company EDS over the last five years. The contract's original budget was $480
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In the face of mounting casualties and humanitarian crisis in Aceh, foreign minister Alexander Downer reaffirmed Canberra's support for Jakarta's war.
Speaking to CNN during the recent ASEAN regional forum, Downer stated that "the
BY ROHAN PEARCE
"I really qualify it as militarily insignificant. They are very small, they are very random, they are very ineffective", Major General Ray Odierno, commander of the US Army's 4th Infantry Division, told a June 18 press briefing from
BY ROHAN PEARCE
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is under increasing pressure to justify his government's support for the US-led invasion of Iraq. Having based his support on the claim that Iraq possessed a substantial arsenal of weapons of mass
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