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Alison Dellit Mark Latham's March 30 claim that the federal Labor caucus voted In March 2003 to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq, initially gave us at Green Left Weekly pause for thought. Had we been too hard on Labor? Had the ALP clearly
Norrian Rundle, Australian Education Union Victorian branch state councillor. If we can't defend Craig, then whenever unionists break the law, they're going to be vulnerable to this sort of attack. Teachers need to understand that these laws can be
Eva Cheng After five decades of mostly military rule by the Nationalist Party (KMT), a former lawyer and member of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — Chen Shui-bian — won Taiwan's second ever presidential election by
3 Protesters greet 'Australia's biggest liar' GEELONG — More than 500 people protested the visit of "Australia's biggest liar", Prime Minister John Howard, on April 2. Visiting the city for a Liberal Party fundraiser reported to cost $1200 a
Reviewd by Sarah Stephen CMI — A Certain Maritime IncidentDevised by version 1.0 and the Department of Performance Studies, Sydney UniversityPerformance Space, 199 Cleveland St RedfernUntil April 11 CMI is very impressive theatre — a
Jefferson Lee Est Timorese President Xanana Gusmao's wife, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, will be the guest of honour at a benefit night at the Sydney Town Hall, at 7pm on April 21. The event will raise funds for the Alola Foundation, which was set up by
Austin Whitten Another notoriously crooked polling question greeted Australians on March 30, compliments of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. Both newspapers claimed a poll conducted by ACNeilson on March 26-28 showed that most
Sarah Stephen, Sydney Following Easter protest actions at Woomera and Baxter detention centres in 2002 and 2003, refugee activists from around the country will this year converge on Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney residence, Kirribilli House.
Expert opinion I "I think the marines will enjoy working in Fallujah. But they'll be bloodied." — Lieutenant Colonel Brian Drinkwine, commander of US Army's 700-member 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaking to reporters after the March 24
Mondli Hlatshwayo, Johannesburg Khanya College, one of South Africa's leading left-wing labour movement support organisations, and the Workers Library are fighting attempts to evict them from their historic premises in Johannesburg's Newtown arts
Dave Riley, Brisbane What was once simply known as Brisbane has morphed over the past 20 years into a new entity: South East Queensland. SEQ, as it is generally referred to, doesn't just straddle the Brisbane River at its mouth, but stretches from
Doug Lorimer Some 400 members and observers attended the sixth annual conference of the Scottish Socialist Party, held in Edinburgh over the weekend of March 27-28. It was the first SSP conference since the election of six SSP members to the