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Kim Bullimore, West Bank The first day of the Palestinian school year was marked by 1000 children, school students, teachers and peace activists marching against the construction of the Israeli apartheid wall at the Ar'am village junction, 20
Rohan Pearce On September 9, the US military launched vicious air strikes against two Iraqi cities, Fallujah and Tall Afar, killing more than 40 people and wounding more than 100. These assaults were part of the US occupation forces' effort to
Conn Hallinan Behind a recent, highly controversial indictment by the US Department of Justice, the administration led by US President George Bush is manoeuvring to revive military ties with the Indonesian army (the TNI), one of the world's most
A lot of my workmates are very worried. They watch the opinion polls shifting back in the Liberals' favour and fear that PM John Howard is going to be re-elected. From child care to bulk billing, from union rights to gay marriage, they know only too
Ruth Ratcliffe, Sydney Twelve-hundred and seventy four Auburn residents will be unable to vote in the upcoming federal election because they are holders of temporary protection visas, according to the Socialist Alliance candidate for Reid, Lisa
Sarah Stephen Creative energies are being ploughed into a plethora of new websites as the anti-Howard campaign gathers steam ahead of the October 9 federal election. Here is a summary of the best and wittiest of them.
Graham Mathews, Melbourne "Kodak is shutting its Coburg plant while crying poor, but its share price has jumped nearly 20%", David Glanz, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Wills, said in a media release on September 17. The Kodak
Marce Cameron, Brisbane On September 26, PM John Howard will be in Brisbane to officially launch the Coalition's election campaign. A broad alliance of community organisations, activist groups and progressive political parties has called for a
SYDNEY — Queer activists protested outside the $100-a-head fundraising dinner held by Fred Nile's Christian Democratic Party on September 13. Nile is leaving his NSW parliamentary seat to contest the Senate in the federal election. Nile has
Humphrey McQueen Craig Johnston isn't in jail because of the offence to which he pleaded guilty. He's in jail because of the totality of his political activities over the last 10 and more years. The judges made that very clear in the appeal
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Rightby Al FrankenAllen Lane Press, 2003379 pp, $35 (pb) It's a very old joke — "How do you tell when a politician is lying?" — but the punchline
James Caulfield, Canberra The Socialist Alliance launched its election campaign for the seat of Fraser outside the offices of Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root on September 16. The alliance's candidate, James Vassilopoulos, was