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John Pilger In 1993, I and four others travelled clandestinely across East Timor to gather evidence of the genocide committed by the Indonesian dictatorship. Such was the depth of silence about this tiny country that the only map I could find
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the FreeBy James KelmanPenguin Books, 2004437 pages REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER I've been a fan of James Kelman's books for nearly 20 years, but I have to admit that his last two works of fiction left me feeling
On March 11, Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willy Madisha condemned Israel's apartheid policies at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign trade union conference in London. He said South Africa's apartheid was "characterised by killings,
Sam Wainwright, Perth "With every dispute, it's only as good as the people involved and the families who are backing them. Everyone who was on the picket line had the support of their wives and children. This day is to say thank you to them", said
Murray Smith, Paris Over the last four years, France's right-wing government has forced through a whole series of neoliberal policies. Sometimes resistance has been fierce, such as to the reform of the pension system in 2003. But overall the
Kerry Smith The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a de facto moratorium on "Terminator" technologies in 2000. Terminator technology sterilises crop seeds, preventing the ancient practice of seed saving and giving patent owners
By the time you read this, we'll know the results of the March 18 Tasmanian state election. It's been an election dominated by efforts to keep the Greens out of government. Several years ago, in an effort to exclude the Greens, the state Labor and
Venezuela's communication and information minister Yuri Pimental has proposed the formation of Radiosur, a Latin America-wide radio station. Venezuela, with the participation of Cuba, Uruguay and Argentina, has already launched the Latin America-wide
Jon Lamb On February 6, US President George Bush confirmed his intention to commit the US to a program of reprocessing nuclear fuel. Touted as a key measure in the "Advanced Energy Initiative", outlined in Bush's January State of the Union speech,
Paul Ferris & James Robertson, Sydney On March 16, Sydney University played host to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who spoke to a crowd of select students and members of the university administration at the Conservatorium of Music (the
On March 17, Tirso Cruz from the United Luisita Workers Union was shot dead by gunmen as he walked home. Cruz is a key witness in the November 2004 Hacienda Luisita massacre, in which the army and police attacked a picket line, killing 14 people
Doug Lorimer In a speech to the March 2002 annual conference of the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru party, Elfyn Llwyd, its parliamentary leader, branded Tony Blair "George's Bush's poodle" for the British Labour PM's willingness to commit British