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BY KIRSTIN ROBERTS Just days before the US began bombing Afghanistan, a Bush administration adviser met with Hollywood executives to enlist them in a Second World War-style propaganda offensive. The Hollywood elite have raced to show just how
BY GREGORY WILPERT CARACAS, April 12 — In the early morning hours, Venezuelan army generals arrested President Hugo Chavez. The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago. First of all, the military
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK ROCKHAMPTON — Central Queensland University (CQU) Student Association staff, along with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), has been fighting for an enterprise agreement since last May. Top management refuse
BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Pakistani socialist Farooq Tariq wrapped up his Australian speaking tour with an April 12 public address at the Lidcombe offices of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Tariq, who is general
BY ROHAN PEARCE On April 10, eight Israelis died and 19 were wounded in a suicide bomb detonation on a bus travelling from Haifa to Jerusalem. Reports indicate that most of the victims of the blast were soldiers from the Israeli Defence Force
BY ALLEN JENNINGS Once again, the US government has shown how ridiculous and anachronistic its policies are towards Cuba. On April 3, James Sabzali, a Canadian businessperson based in Philadelphia, was convicted for selling water-purification
BY JENNY LONG SYDNEY — Palestine's supporters have continued to protest against Israel's brutality, and the Australian government's unwillingness to oppose it. After almost daily vigils, many at the Israeli consulate, activists met on April 10 to
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BY KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — "The Palestine question is a question of justice, human rights, international law and fairness", Ali Kazak, the head of the Palestinian Delegation to Australia told an April 10 Resistance forum on the Australian
BY NORM DIXON The US and British governments' carefully scripted countdown to a massive military attack on Iraq is being disrupted — possibly delayed — by mounting popular anger throughout the Middle East provoked by Israel's murderous
BY ROHAN PEARCE  The rather prosaic sounding “Jewish settlements” within the Occupied Territories are well-armed virtual fortresses, designed to legitimise Israeli sovereignty over large areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The
BY ROHAN PEARCE The brutality of the Israeli government toward Palestinians should be no surprise to anyone aware of the background of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon was born in Kfar Mala in 1928 and joined the Haganah, a military