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MARSHALL ISLANDS: Islanders fight for US nukes compensation

Islanders from three US nuclear test-affected atolls are filing lawsuits in US courts seeking more than US$1 billion compensation. Bikini Atoll will file a claim during March, 60 years after the US Navy removed their population to start the first

Write On: Letters to the Editor

Political censorship? Richard Neville, the Australian-born political satirist jailed in England after the Oz magazine censorship trial in 1971, created a website — johnhowardpm.org — modelled on PM Joihn Howard's official pm.gov.au, and put on

'Leave the Iraqis alone!'

Dave Riley, Brisbane Four-hundred anti-war activists — mostly young people — gathered on March 18 to protest the continuing occupation of Iraq. "Bring the troops home" was the main theme hammered home from a speaking platform that included

UNITED STATES: Cindy Sheehan says withdraw troops from Iraq

Following the death of Tom Fox from the Christian Peacemaker Teams three months after he was kidnapped in Iraq, anti-war spokesperson Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, sent a letter to Fox's family describing the death a "tragedy" and

Rewarding the rich, punishing the poor

Carlo Sands "The federal Treasurer's tax review will support the case for cutting the top tax rate as a way of discouraging tax avoidance", reported the March 8 Sydney Morning Herald. Reading that I did a double take. The solution to tax

CHILE: President-elect addresses IWD rally

Coral Wynter, Santiago On March 8, 5000 people rallied outside the Catholic University in the Chilean capital to celebrate International Women s Day (IWD). Contingents of students and members of the Central Organisation of Workers (CUT), the peak

Suez Crisis: the Iraq of 1956

As it Happened: The Other Side of SuezDirected by Eron SheeanSBS, Saturday March 25, 7.30pm REVIEW BY JENNY LONG A ruthless and bloody imperialist policy, using dodgy intelligence, against an independent country of the Middle East, in order to

Philip Adams supports Packer memorial protesters

"It looks as though we'll have to have a memorial service for free speech, a state funeral for democracy. These arrests are a symptom of Australia's arrested development. Whilst the A-list enjoyed a tribal gathering at the expense of the

PAKISTAN: Thousand protest Iraq occupation

Farooq Tariq, Lahore More than 4000 people protested on March 18 in Lahore against the Iraq occupation by US imperialists and other allied forces. The rally, one of the largest held by progressive forces in some time, was organised by the Anti-War

NSW Greens launch anti-discrimination law campaign

Rachel Evans & Farida Iqbal, Sydney On March 14, the NSW Greens launched a campaign to win public support to remove loopholes from the 1977 NSW Anti-Discrimination (Equality in Education and Employment) Act, with a meeting at the Mori Gallery

US nuclear hypocrisy: Bush pushes Iran sanctions

Doug Lorimer While pushing for international sanctions against Iran for pursuing its legal right under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to research the production of nuclear fuel (low-enriched uranium), US President George Bush has agreed to

Chinese detainee attempts suicide

On March 14, Huang Hao, a Chinese detainee at the Villawood detention centre, attempted suicide by swallowing four razor blades.