Carlo Sands
"The federal Treasurer's tax review will support the case for cutting the top tax rate as a way of discouraging tax avoidance", reported the March 8 Sydney Morning Herald.
Reading that I did a double take. The solution to tax
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Coral Wynter, Santiago
On March 8, 5000 people rallied outside the Catholic University in the Chilean capital to celebrate International Women s Day (IWD). Contingents of students and members of the Central Organisation of Workers (CUT), the peak
As it Happened: The Other Side of SuezDirected by Eron SheeanSBS, Saturday March 25, 7.30pm
REVIEW BY JENNY LONG
A ruthless and bloody imperialist policy, using dodgy intelligence, against an independent country of the Middle East, in order to
"It looks as though we'll have to have a memorial
service for free speech, a state funeral for democracy. These arrests are a symptom of Australia's arrested development. Whilst the A-list enjoyed a tribal gathering at the
expense of the
Rachel Evans & Farida Iqbal, Sydney
On March 14, the NSW Greens launched a campaign to win public support to remove loopholes from the 1977 NSW Anti-Discrimination (Equality in Education and Employment) Act, with a meeting at the Mori Gallery
Farooq Tariq, Lahore
More than 4000 people protested on March 18 in Lahore against the Iraq occupation by US imperialists and other allied forces. The rally, one of the largest held by progressive forces in some time, was organised by the Anti-War
Doug Lorimer
While pushing for international sanctions against Iran for pursuing its legal right under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to research the production of nuclear fuel (low-enriched uranium), US President George Bush has agreed to
On March 14, Huang Hao, a Chinese detainee at the Villawood detention centre, attempted suicide by swallowing four razor blades.
The Haretz newspaper reported on March 15 that a hospital in East Jerusalem refused to release a newborn baby until the mother's hospital bill had been paid. The baby was one of triplets born prematurely, and according to Haretz, "due to the
Peter Boyle
Once a week I have a chat to Simon, an aged pensioner, who learned the meaning of real hunger as a child growing up in a poor family in Ireland. In his working life in Australia, first as a labourer in the Snowy Mountains scheme and
Duroyan Fertl
Several weeks of turmoil have escalated as thousands of workers, students and indigenous groups have taken to Ecuador's streets and highways, bringing the country to a standstill, forcing the resignation of the interior minister and
David Spratt
On February 26, Andrew Buncombe and Patrick Cockburn reported in the British Independent: "Hundreds of Iraqis are being tortured to death or summarily executed every month in Baghdad alone by death squads working from the Ministry of
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