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Doug Lorimer If the US troops leave Iraq, "violence will fill the vacuum as groups struggle for political power, and we risk all-out civil war", John McCain, a leading Republican member of the US Senate armed services committee, declared in a April
Iraq I In Adam Bonner's letter (Write On, GLW #579), which I otherwise agreed with, there is the surprising statement: "Where they [the Iraqis] lacked the courage to take on Saddam, maybe they can redeem themselves by taking on the new military
1 PSA says 'Put it to a vote!' ADELAIDE — The Public Service Association has called on the South Australian government to put its wage offer for public servants to a vote of employees, after negotiations failed to reach a conclusion. The PSA
Will and Dave are committed to repaying reasonable cleanup costs for the removal of their artwork on the Sydney Opera House. The current bill stands at $151,000, of which more than $40,000 has already been paid. All donations will be very
Will Saunders and Dave Burgess are serving nine months of periodic detention for painting the words "No war" on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Green Left Weekly's Niko Leka and Kerry Vernon spoke to Burgess after his first two months of weekend
2 Kids make more sense than Vanstone MELBOURNE — David Glanz, Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Wills, has spoken out in defence of children at Brunswick East Primary School who wrote to the government to criticise its
Alex Miller In a rally called by the Scottish Socialist Party, 2000 people marched against the council tax in Glasgow on April 24. The SSP is campaigning to have the current system of local taxation replaced by a Scottish Service Tax (SST), based
Sarah Stephen On April 26, a team of Australian lawyers, including prominent Melbourne QC Julian Burnside and solicitor Eric Vadarlis, planned to challenge in a Nauruan court the legality of visas issued to 252 asylum seekers to keep them in
Nick Everett, Canberra More than 60 people rallied outside the Israeli embassy on May 1, including supporters of Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine and a delegation of Palestine solidarity activists from Sydney. Anglican bishop of
The impact of Indonesia's election has been widely debated, but little attention has been paid to the movements for change in the country. Green Left Weekly's Vanessa Hearman spoke to Gigih Guntoro, the general secretary of the Indonesian National
(for Etienne Patrice Kevin Mallard, who always cheered for ColonelMathieu and his shades, and, of course, for Liam) Deja vu all over again. Some asshole from Texas is sending 'Merican boysand girls to do what Asian boys and girls should never do.
The severe oppression of women in Afghanistan suddenly became a issue when Washington decided to invade the country in 2001. But how much has improved? According to human rights activist Dr Nazir Gul, a former UN officer in Kabul, Afghan women are