"It's not fair. That's how I feel. That a person in America could go to the doctor, get a prescription, take Effexor, and all of a sudden be unable to quit." These comments were posted on March 23 by "Sean9" on the message boards of the British Social Audit website.
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Sam Pillay
Seven days after India's voters ditched the Hindu chauvinist BJP-led government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh was shown in as India's 14th prime minister, at the head of a new Congress Party-led government.
The
Doug Lorimer
Ahmad Chalabi, who up until a few months ago had been the Bush administration's favourite to head Washington's puppet regime in Iraq, now stands accused of duping the US into invading Iraq.
On May 18, US deputy defence secretary Paul
Daya Varma& Vinod Mubayi
May 13, 2004, will be remembered as a memorable day in the history of independent India. Belying the predictions of media "experts", pre-election polls, exit polls and commentators of all shades, the voters of India threw
Roberto Jorquera
On May 6, US President George Bush announced new measures to tighten the 43-year US economic embargo against Cuba, based on recommendations made in a 450-page report to Bush from the presidential Commission for Assistance to a Free
Shua Garfield, Hobart
Since the Coalition's federal budget was launched, the Socialist Alliance has waged a campaign to raise support for its demands to tax the rich more and the poor less.
A tax tug-of-war has emerged in the local newspaper,
Eva Cheng
In the May 13 Indian parliamentary elections, the Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian Peoples Party) won 138 seats — 42 less than in the previous election in 1999 — in the 545-member lower house of India's
Stuart Munckton, Sydney
Waving placards declaring "Free Izhar now!", "ASIO — Australia's System of Injustice and Oppression" and "Guilty until proven innocent!", supporters of University of New South Wales medical student Izhar Ul Haque gathered
This year saw the debut of the first ever radio program broadcast by and for outworkers in Australia. The program airs on community radio station 3CR, which is gearing up for its annual radiothon, to run from June 7-21. The radiothon aims to raise
You can't listen to the radio, watch the news or read the papers these days without being reminded that this government is consistently, blatantly and outrageously acting against the wishes of the great majority of people.
Recently, yet another a
Alex Tighe, Adelaide
Months of rumour and doubt over the future of two Mitsubishi car plants in Adelaide have been put to rest with an announcement by the parent company Daimler-Chrysler that the Lonsdale plant will be closed down in 18 months.
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier to go public with his refusal to fight Bush's war in Iraq, was convicted of desertion on May 21 and sentenced to a bad conduct discharge and one year of hard labor. Tod Ensign, the director of GI
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