Iraq
Dominant propaganda broadcasts the social myth that "our boys are just doing a job" in Iraq. Such language sanitizes, deodorises and legitimises Australia's armed "liberation" taskforce. When our "checkpoint" soldiers shoot and wound a woman
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"Most Latin American countries adopted far-reaching economic-overhaul agendas during the 1990s. These included selling off state-owned enterprises, sharply reducing tariffs, battling inflation with debt reduction and
REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY
"Old men send young men to die", is one of the stated themes of the riveting exhibition of photographs by veteran British photojournalist Tim Page, now resident in Australia, held in the Brisbane Powerhouse during February
Roberto Jorquera,
Santiago
On March 6, Chilean Communist Party president
Gladys Marin died at the age of 63 after a 18-month battle
with cancer. As soon as her death was made public at 6am, many
people began to gather outside her house
On March 9, a Zimbabwean asylum seeker jumped out the window of her fourth floor flat when she found out that the government intended to deport her. The Home Office resumed deporting failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe in November, despite a UN
A report commissioned by the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, released on March 9, has found that at least 105 illegal "outposts" of Israelis in Palestinian areas are established, maintained and expanded with the support of the government. Under
On March 11, a new information kit, Be Informed: ASIO and Anti-Terrorism Laws, was launched at NSW parliament. Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon and Agnes Chong from the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network addressed the launch. Green Left Weekly's
Chris Latham, Perth
Geoff Gallop's state Labor government held onto power in the February 26 Western Australian election, albeit with a reduced parliamentary majority. While there are still a number of seats undecided, the ALP's majority in the
More than 110 million active mines are scattered in 70 countries and an equal number are stockpiled waiting to be planted.
Every month more than 2000 people are killed or maimed by mine explosions — mostly civilians, after hostilities have
James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
On March 8, staff at Victoria University (VU) went on strike in support of their demands for a new enterprise agreement. A picket line was established to persuade scabs and students not to enter the university. The
On March 8, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers called off its four year boycott of Taco Bell, after the fast-food giant agreed to pay a penny-per-pound surcharge for its tomatoes, the money to go to the indigent immigrant pickers who make up the CIW.
On March 8, the Home Office announced it was considering making targets for ethnic minority police officers apply only to new recruits, not to the service as a whole, in order to make them "more achievable". The announcement came on the eve of the
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