"It's not fair. That's how I feel. That a person in America could go to the doctor, get a prescription, take Effexor, and all of a sudden be unable to quit." These comments were posted on March 23 by "Sean9" on the message boards of the British Social Audit website.
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Alex Tighe, Adelaide
Months of rumour and doubt over the future of two Mitsubishi car plants in Adelaide have been put to rest with an announcement by the parent company Daimler-Chrysler that the Lonsdale plant will be closed down in 18 months.
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier to go public with his refusal to fight Bush's war in Iraq, was convicted of desertion on May 21 and sentenced to a bad conduct discharge and one year of hard labor. Tod Ensign, the director of GI
Steps for the Future: Sincerely Yours — Acclaimed South African filmmaker Dumisani Phakathi returns to his old neighbourhood of Phiri and its social problems, in the black township of Soweto. SBS, Tuesday, June 8, 12.40am.
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Council gives voice to Hicks and Habib
MELBOURNE — The Moreland City Council will push ahead with a controversial public meeting on July 11 titled "Aussies out of American cages". The forum will feature David Hicks' father Terry Hicks and
Global warming: The world is skating on thin ice
Norm Dixon
Hollywood’s latest blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow,
has triggered the release of vast amounts of hot air from
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World Refugee Day launched
CANBERRA â Banners supporting refugee rights and a field of 500 hearts surrounded speakers launching World Refugee Day on the ACT Legislative Assembly lawns on May 24.
The "Field of Hearts" installation for
Ali Abunimah
Things must be bad in Palestine, when the United States allows a resolution to pass in the UN Security Council condemning Israeli actions, as it did late on May 19.
By 14-0, with the United States abstaining, the council adopted
Mamdouh Habib's wife Maha Habib, David Hicks' father Terry Hicks and their solicitor Stephen Hopper addressed a public forum at the Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre on May 29, on the topic: "Justice for Hicks and Habib".From Green Left
Nick Markin
Most shoppers probably know two things about Aldi supermarkets — they are from Germany and they promise "everyday low prices". Few people have any idea of the secretive anti-union empire that lurks behind the Aldi name.
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James Vassilopoulos, Canberra
The Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) organised three days of rolling stoppages at public schools on May 26-28 to press teachers' demand for pay parity with their colleagues
One China, Many PathsEdited by Wang ChaohuaVerso, 2003368 pages, $46 (hb)
REVIEW BY EVA CHENG
Two fundamental questions about China over the last decade confront the left: Is the country heading definitively towards capitalism, and are there
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