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UNITED STATES: DOJ drops subpoena on ISP worker On September 1, the US Department of Justice abandoned an attempt to subpoena Nicholas Merrill, a worker at Calyx Internet Access, the internet service provider for New York City's Indymedia website,
Sue Bolton, Melbourne As the implications of the August 27 jailing of militant unionist Craig Johnston sink in, support has been growing for the campaign to free the former secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Some
Helps them put up a better defence "It's very depressing because we don't want an intimidated judiciary." — Pauline Popp-Madsen, described as "a justice adviser from Denmark", quoted in an August 27 London Daily Telegraph article reporting that
Rohan Pearce & Alison Dellit The appalling end to the hostage crisis in Beslan, Russia on September 4, which left more than 300 dead, had people all over the world horrified. The killing of so many children helped neither the Chechens fighting the
BRISBANE — The Brisbane Timor Leste Goodwill Coalition for Justice in the Timor Sea has launched "A Fair Go for Timor Leste" campaign, with plans to distribute a brochure over the period September 4-14 outlining the case for East Timor.
Outgoing President George W. Bush is hoping to use the rights of same-sex couples as a battering ram in this year's US presidential election campaign. It's an old tactic of ruling elites to exploit religious bigotry. But the Republicans and the
Michael Shaik Deepening the rift between the United States and Europe, the US government led by President George Bush is supporting Israel's plans to build a further 533 settlement homes in THE West Bank on top of the 1000 construction tenders
Doug Lorimer In the wake of his victory in the August 15-16 presidential recall referendum in which he received the backing of 59% of voters, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on the country's private business operators to work with his
The following statement was issued in response to the August 27 jailing of former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian secretary Craig Johnston. We, the undersigned Socialist Alliance candidates in Victoria for the upcoming federal
LondonTheir message:Two hundred thousand miscellaneous persons, surging streets.It was the arthritic knees ignored(Grandmother Edith's first march);It was the lunch missed,the school test - zero scorethe prioritisation of expressed disgust(red
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "Time for a change: Refugees; Iraq; Medicare; social services; education; Aboriginal rights. Join a range of community groups to say 'enough is enough'." This call is featured on publicity for Brisbane's "Time for a change"
Sarah Stephen Many people will approach this federal election campaign with cynicism and resignation, and who can blame them? It can seem a depressing prospect: four more weeks of election advertising, during which the major parties will make all