"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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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.
From running
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
Rohan Pearce
Attempts by the White House to defuse the Iraq torture scandal by claiming that the prisoner abuse didn't represent US policy have unravelled in the face of more evidence that US President George Bush and members of his cabinet had a
Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
The battle to save Tasmania's forests can and must be won. All the arguments of those who justify the forests' destruction are thin, held together by tacit support for the right of a rich minority to profit at the expense of
Alex Miller
On June 10, Scottish voters will go to the polls to elect seven new members of the European Parliament. The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), which has six members in the Scottish Parliament, launched its MEP election campaign on May 17.
Happy memories
"In our subjective memory communism is a land of happiness: we had more money, security, friends, time and even a sense of purpose." — Comment by Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, May 25, on the results of an opinion survey revealing
The Colombian government is attempting to break the month-long strike at Ecopetrol, the national oil company, by using military force.
The strike began on April 7, after 17 months of negotiations. The strikers are trying to stop the privatisation
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