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Drug companies profiting from mental depression

"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.

M4 protest takes to the road

Kathleen Scott, Sydney More than 500 local community groups, activists, councillors and state members of parliament marched along the City West Link on May 23 to protest the planned M4 East tunnel options. The protest was organised by the

Write on: Letters to the editor

Otways Whatever did the premier of Victoria mean by saying at the last Victorian election that he was saving the Otways? The latest draft Otways plan says the Geelong and Warrnambool water catchments in the Otways forest will continue to be

A woman's place is in the struggle: Footy fans tackle 'culture of silence'

"[T]here seemed to be so many of these sexual assault allegations being made, but nothing ever coming of it, just being swept under the carpet and... rugby league writers basically considering it was, 'Oh it happened outside the game', so we're not

BRAZIL: A year is a long time

Raul Bassi Because it is so directly dominated by US imperialism, it's in Latin America that the struggle against global neoliberalism has developed to the maximum. The dismal failure of neoliberal policies across the continent has left country

IRAQ: US, UN begin 'handover' charade

Doug Lorimer On June 30, the US-British Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) that currently rules Iraq will hand over governance of the country to a new US embassy headed by John Negroponte. This embassy will be staffed by 1200 US officials and

VENEZUELA: 130 detained in paramilitary plot

CARACAS — According to Venezuelan vice-president Jose Vicente Rangel, 130 individuals have been detained after a group of 70 Colombian paramilitary on May 9. Several dozen people have been presented before military judges, including 13 men captured

Save Tassie's forests!

Louise Morris Tasmania's forests are increasingly the focus of national and international attention, as the weight of public opinion grows in favour of protecting the remaining high conservation-value forests across the state. Tasmania is the

VENEZUELA: Landowners and paramilitaries terrorise farmers

Robyn Marshall, Caracas The peasants of the Venezuelan countryside are being terrorised. Three peasant leaders were assassinated on April 23, in the state of Portuguesa. All of the leaders — Jose Rodriguez, Gabriel Paredes and Juan Baptista —

The nightmare of food

Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldBy Greg CritserAllen Lane, London, 2003232 pages, $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER In a gruesome passage in chapter 10 of the first volume of Capital, Marx wrote of the "incredible

'Do you want liver failure with that?'

Super Size Me: A Film of Epic PortionsWritten, directed by and starring Morgan SpurlockScreening nationally at Dendy cinemas. REVIEWED BY LACHLAN MALLOCH.

Government refuses to rule out coastal bushland development

Fabian Loschiavo & Bea Brear, Sydney The waves crash onto the base of sheer cliffs on the ocean side. In the bay they are more gentle. The coloured sandstone — golden, purple and orange — shows itself among the native heath and shrubs. Old