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8 Mile: you're on your own

REVIEW BY KATHY NEWNAM 8 MileDirected by Curtis HansonWritten by Scott SilverStarring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Eugene ByrdAt major cinemas "This world is mine for the takingMake me king, as we move toward a new world

SCOTLAND: Anti-war train drivers defiant

Rail workers in Motherwell, near Glasgow, have underlined why they refused on January 8 to move a train carrying ammunition for use against Iraq. At a meeting of their Associated Society of Locomotive Enginneers and Firemen (ASLEF) branch soon after,

Protesting homophobia

BY JENELLE DAVY MELBOURNE — January 30 brought another Catholic Church attack on Melbourne's queer community: the Catholic Theological College hosted a forum titled "How to be cured from homosexuality". Around 40 students, organised by the

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for program details. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent

Anti-war campaigning intensifies

BY LESLIE RICHMOND ADELAIDE — As the US and Australian governments' drive for a war against Iraq intensifies, so too does people's incredulity, anger and willingness to act. The Network Opposing War And Racism (NOWAR) has organised several

WA anti-war campaign builds momentum

BY STEVE CAMPBELL PERTH — Since a 2500-strong anti-war, anti-militarism protest against the sea swap agreement on January 19, the campaign against war in Iraq has continued to gather momentum in WA. The sea swap agreement between Australia and

John Pilger: Howard whips up pro-war paranoia

BY JOHN PILGER Strange days in Australia. "Paranoia in the lucky country", say the headlines in Sydney, "Terror threat grips a nation". The government led by Prime Minister John Howard has issued full-page advertisements calling on Australians to

IRAQ: How George Bush lied

BY ROHAN PEARCE "HOW IRAQ LIED" screamed the front page of the January 29 Sydney Daily Telegraph. "The case to disarm Iraq, by military force if necessary, is now made", fulminated the same day's editorial in the Australian. "The report to the UN

BRITAIN: Making a difference

BY DEBRA PAYNE NOTTINGHAM — On January 25, 500 people gathered here to rally against the impending US-British war on Iraq. The action was organised by the local Stop the War Coalition. There were many banners from the groups in attendance, but

Farewell to 'the most dangerous man in Darwin'

BY BERNIE BRIAN The first thing you noticed when you visited Bill Donnelly's house in suburban Darwin was the small bust of Lenin on his bookshelf. The second thing you discovered was that Bill was very proud of the fact that he was born in 1917,

BRAZIL: Challenging the global corporate elite

BY LEE SUSTAR PORTO ALEGRE — At the first World Social Forum (WSF) in 2001, delegates assembled to challenge the elite World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a live debate via videoconference. "[T]he best gift that the 2000 corporate

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US President George Bush used his highly stage-managed State of the Union address on January 28 to put the argument that not going to war against Iraq is a more dangerous option than going to war. The fact that a full-scale US-led war against Iraq