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Alison Dellit In the first week of June, the German cabinet decided to equip the army with "riot control agents" when abroad. Article 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention explicitly prohibits the use of "riot control agents as a method of warfare".
Robyn Waite, Dili The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) is a coalition of Asian human rights groups and East Timor solidarity networks that was founded at a conference in Manila in 1994 with the aim of galvanising solidarity with East
Justin Tutty, Darwin The latest instalment in the rapid industrialisation of Darwin is the proposal for a coastal industrial estate at Glyde Point, on the Gunn Point Peninsula — the eastern-most arm of Darwin Harbour. The proposal is vast by
A carpenter by trade, Tim is a shop steward for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and also the assistant secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall Council. Tim has a long experience of union struggle. He worked in the public service
Doug Lorimer On June 22, for the second time in three days, US F16 warplanes fired missiles into Fallujah, a Sunni Muslim holy city of 250,000 residents located 50 kilometres west of Baghdad, that had been freed from the presence of US occupation
Afghan refugee and Free the Refugees Campaign activist Riz Wakil spoke to a 3000-strong rally in Sydney on June 20, World Refugee Day. The following is an abridged version of his speech. This year, the refugee-rights movement in this country has
Peter Boyle The Greens and the Socialist Alliance have condemned the ALP's support for the Coalition government's reactionary legislation on pharmaceutical benefits, "free trade" and "anti-terrorism". Greens Senator Bob Brown said that it is now
Nick Everett, Canberra On June 23, the Socialist Alliance launched its election campaign for the ACT federal seat of Fraser. Attended by 25 alliance members and supporters, the meeting was addressed by James Vassilopoulos, the alliance's candidate
Guantanamo Bay lawyer praises Green Left Weekly SYDNEY — At the first event of its kind in the Bankstown area, 150 people packed out the Bankstown Senior Citizens Centre on June 19 for a Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly fundraising
Chris Slee, Melbourne MELBOURNE - Two activists from Thailand discussed the conditions of Thai workers at a June 22 meeting in the Trades Hall bar. Sompit, currently a clothing worker at a cooperative enterprise, previously worked at the Bed and
On June 18, Prime Minister John Howard addressed the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a government-sponsored think tank dedicated to developing Australian foreign policy. Howard outlined his vision of an aggressive militaristic foreign policy
As US President George Bush's plane touched down at Shannon Airport in Ireland's west, more than 10,000 protesters turned out in Dublin on June 25 to protest his visit, and call on their government to stop allowing US war planes to refuel at Shannon.