The following is an abridged version of a speech by jailed unionist Craig Johnston's lawyer Rob Stary to a public meeting in Melbourne on September 23. Johnston was formerly the Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
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Federico Fuentes
In the wake of the devastation wreaked by tropical storm Jeanne, Haitians have had to deal with armed looters attacking food depots containing international aid. In the flood-hit city of Gonaives, armed gangs, who earlier this year
Look into my eyesAnd tell me what you see.You don't see a damn thing,Because you can't possibly relate to me.
Blinded by our differencesMy life makes no sense to you.I'm the persecuted Palestinian.You're the Red, White and Blue.
Each day you wake
UNITED STATES: Feds launch new attack on Indymedia
On October 8, the FBI issued an order to internet provider Rackspace to hand over the hard drives of the servers in the US and Britan that host a number of Indymedia sites. More than 20 Indymedia
On October 10, the Greens were celebrating Christine Milne's Senate victory in Tasmania and were confident that they would win further Senate seats.
According to Greens Senator Kerry Nettle, "It's particularly encouraging that in an election which
Jenny Francis, Kabul
"As a matter of fact, it doesn't bother me. If Afghans have two registration cards and if they would like to vote twice, well, welcome. This is an exercise in democracy. Let them exercise it twice." These were comments from
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Twinfish is a dynamic indie band from the south coast of NSW. Guitarist/songwriter Marco Verdugo and singer/songwriter Tracy Verdugo form the core of the band. With Nick Guggisberg on drums, the band delivers powerful and emotive
This email was received by a refugee supporter who corresponds with an asylum seeker imprisoned on Nauru. It is a horrific example of the daily humiliation and mental torture the remaining 79 asylum seekers are subjected to.
On September 28th
MUA veterans back Johnston
WOLLONGONG — We members of the Maritime Union of Australia Veterans Association, Southern Branch (Port Kembla) wish to offer our total support in the campaign to release [former Victorian secretary of the Australian
Sarah Stephen
A peaceful protest by 15 Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained in the Baxter detention centre entered its 21st day on October 6, when one of the protesters, Sarath Amarasinghe, told Green Left Weekly that they were demanding a "positive
Norm Dixon
Sudan's Islamist military government has agreed to the deployment of an extra 3500 African Union (AU) troops in the devastated Darfur region, in the country's west. According to UN officials, the expanded force will not have peacekeeping
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Cold War: Warnings for a Unipolar World
Interview with Fidel CastroPublished by Ocean Press in association with the Office of Publications, Cuban Council of State, 200376 pages, $13.00Order through Ocean Press at
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