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EAST TIMOR: Still waiting for justice

Jon Lamb Human rights and solidarity organisations are deeply concerned by the Golkar party's nomination of General Wiranto for president of Indonesia. Wiranto, the former head of the Indonesian military, was indicted in February 2003 for his role

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1 Wilkie: 'Troops out of Iraq!' MELBOURNE — On April 22, 400 people crammed into the Victorian Trades Hall Council chambers to hear former intelligence officer Andrew Wilkie speak. The forum was organised by the Humanist Society and the

ACEH: Fighting for a 'long-deprived right'

@intro2 = Nurdin Abdul Rahman is the chairperson of the Acehnese Community of Australia. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's NONIE HODGSON about the results of the recent Indonesian parliamentary election and the movement for a free Aceh. Rahman was

PALESTINE: What Israel wants

Rihab Charida & Nikolai Haddad If the olive branch is the symbol of hope, then Israel's uprooting of hundreds of thousands of ancient olive trees from Palestinian land is a fitting metaphor for the current situation. With each passing day,

Bolts drawn on Fortress Europe

Sarah Stephen On May 1, the European Union will expand from 15 countries to 25, incorporating Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. While there will be unprecedented freedom of

IRAQ: Get out now, before we are thrown out

John Pilger Four years ago, I travelled the length of Iraq, from the hills where St. Matthew is buried in the Kurdish north to the heartland of Mesopotamia, and Baghdad, and the Shia south. I have seldom felt as safe in any country. Once, in the

On the box

Pakistan Pictures: Power Dressing — Well-to-do middle-class Muslim women, used to dressing in a more Western style, are adopting the practice of wearing the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, traditionally worn by the poor. SBS, Friday April 30,

A celebration of activism

Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy WithinBy Jill and Jeff SparrowVulgar Press, Melbourne256 pages, $50 Monumental propaganda — this is what I have in mind ... In many prominent places, on suitable walls or on some special scaffolding there should be

Write on: Letters to the editor

Iraq I Australian soldiers should be withdrawn immediately from Iraq. They are not doing their country proud by remaining there. The occupation of Iraq is immoral and only perpetuates the wrong-doing of the initial invasion. Our soldiers should be

Our Common Cause: 'Work till you die'

The Coalition government is at it again. Whenever it seeks to abrogate its social responsibility and save money it resorts to stigmatisation and scare tactics. The latest is attacking "the cult of early retirement". The government wants more

Still fighting for East Timor's sovereignty

Sarah Stephen, Sydney "Each of us has to choose between being either a champion of human dignity or a collaborator with an increasingly inhuman system", Sister Susan Connelly from the Mary MacKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies told a crowd

Saving Aldinga's scrub

Annette Auri, Willunga, South Australia The Onkaparinga council recently approved a high-density suburban development right next to a treasured natural resource: The Aldinga Conservation Park. The council own website admits: "Many native plant