Lockheed Martin is the largest producer of weapons in human history, the product of a 1995 merger of the world's two largest defence corporations.
Their lines of business include government satellites, information technology base systems and launch
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BY ANGELA LUVERA
SYDNEY — Citing racist attacks on women perpetrated since September 11, feminists have called a rally and march to oppose war and racism on International Women's Day 2002.
"With no real evidence the United States declared many
BY RALPH NADER
US corporations aren't even subtle about it. Waving a flag and carrying a big shovel, corporate interests are scooping up government benefits and taxpayer money in an unprecedented fashion while the public is preoccupied with the
BY SEAN HEALY
In the game of "chicken", two drivers test their nerves by driving towards each other at catastrophic speed. The first one to swerve to avoid collision loses. In a high-stakes game of "chicken" at the World Trade Organisation summit
BY JIM GREEN
Delegations from more than 160 countries have finalised rules on the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions at a conference from October 29 to November 9 in Marrakech, Morocco. The treaty commits 38 industrialised countries to
BY FELIPE PEREZ
[The following is a slightly abridged version of the speech made by revolutionary Cuba's foreign minister to the UN General Assembly on November 13.]
The war in Afghanistan must be stopped. The government of the United States must
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Marxism, Socialism & ReligionWritings by Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, VI Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg and Leon TrotskyResistance Books, Sydney 2001158 pages, $14.95Available at Resistance Bookshops (see page 2) or visit
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
He's wanted for terrorist acts that caused death and injury. Believed to be hiding in the mountains, his exact whereabouts are unknown. He kills in the name of God, and he's on the FBI's most wanted list. Sound familiar?
His
BY ARUN PRADHAN
MELBOURNE — "I got involved before the Tampa crisis", says singer Ross McLennan of Melbourne band Snout. "Turning refugees away was terrible — but locking them up, telling lies about them and inciting racism was enough for me to
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"I have not heard a word of criticism from anyone about the way Kim Beazley campaigned over the last five weeks." — ALP national secretary Gary Walsh.
To inspire hope among the Liberals
"Inspiring hope is often difficult, but
BY LIAM MITCHELL
SYDNEY — If unions hope to really represent working people, they have to break into, regulate and organise the labour hire sector, militant union leader Craig Johnston told a gathering on November 13.
Fresh from marching in an
BY CHRIS LATHAM
Recently at an anti-war rally in Perth, I was asked by another participant "is it really a racist war?" George Bush, Tony Blair and their bellicose supporters in Australia, John Howard and Kim Beazley, have argued that the bombing
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