Dot Tumney
I have no idea what triggered the mental processes that caused me to take up political activity in 1971 or why I have kept the habit to one degree or another ever since. I can, however, describe the circumstances the caused me to join
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Pauline Rigby
John Howard is doubly right. Earlier this year when Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" were being touted as a reason to go to war, he said, we should be prepared to act when "we know that a country has weapons of mass destruction
Max Lane, Perth
All of those who were involved in working for East Timorese independence are terribly saddened by the sudden death of Dr Andrew McNaughtan.
All the activists in Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor, and later Action
Doug Lorimer
Immediately following the December 13 announcement that US troops had captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the corporate media in the US, Britain and Australia was full of claims that the resistance movement had been
Jason MacLeod
On December 3, Indonesian security forces detained four West Papuan students for their part, two days earlier, in releasing West Papuan flags — known as the Morning Star — attached to balloons in the central Java town of
Will you please observe through the wire I am sewing my feet together They have walked about as far As they ever need to go
Will you further observe Through the wire I am sewing my heart together It is now so full of The ashes of my days It
Boris Kagarlitsky, Moscow
With more than 36% of votes the pro-Kremlin United Russia party looks like the only real winner in Russia's parliamentary elections, held on December 7. It also succeeded in getting a massive victory in single-member
Igor O'Neill, Jakarta
On January 7, riot police opened fire on local residents protesting against the environmental and social impacts of Melbourne-based mining company Newcrest's Toguraci goldmining operation on the Indonesian island of Halmahera.
Richie Venton, Glasgow
In a monumental breakthrough for socialism and genuine political representation for working people, the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT) in Scotland has voted to ditch the British Labour Party and affiliate to
"Any kind of discrimination and privilege between the citizens of Afghanistan are prohibited. The citizens of Afghanistan — whether man or woman — have equal rights and duties before the law." This statement was enshrined in Afghanistan's new
Sarah Stephen
Asylum seekers held in the Australian-funded
detention centre on the Pacific island state of Nauru
suspended their hunger strike on January 8, due in part to
news of the Nauru government's request for an independent
Australian
Alan Maass, Chicago
The US administration claims that it wants to see Saddam Hussein put on trial for his many crimes. But what about his co-conspirators? Will those who helped Hussein rise to power, supplied his weapons and supported his
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