Headlines from GLW #703, 21 March 2007:

Guantanamo Bay: Why it must be closed

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 March 2007

More than 500 people from 35 countries have been incarcerated in the Guantanamo Bay prison complex since 2002. Since becoming the detention centre for prisoners captured in US President George Bush’s unending “global war on terror”, it has been the source of numerous allegations of physical and psychological abuse. It is a legal black hole in which detainees have waited for up to half a decade without charges being laid. »

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Union leaders discuss how to stop Howard and Work Choices

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 March 2007

The AC Neilson poll published in the March 12 Sydney Morning Herald had the federal Labor opposition in a commanding lead over the Coalition, with 61% of the two party-preferred vote. ALP leader Kevin Rudd was the preferred prime minister of 53% of respondents. Green Left Weekly asked a number of trade unionists how much of Labor’s rise in the polls can be attributed to the union movement’s campaign against Work Choices and how they believe these unjust laws can be defeated. »

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Chavez vs Bush in Latin America: No contest

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 March 2007

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Venezuela spreads international solidarity

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 March 2007

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The case for free public transport

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 17 March 2007

NSW’s big cities, especially Sydney, are poisoning the environment and making us all sicker and more stressed. The longer we continue with the state’s “transport model” — where cars carry 78% of people to work and trucks 60% of goods — the worse things will get. »

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Australians protest Iraq war

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 17 March 2007

As part of an international weekend of protest on the fourth anniversary of the US-British-Australian invasion of Iraq, 800 people participated in an anti-war rally and march on March 17 that began at Sydney Town Hall. »

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Why Tamils flee Sri Lanka

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 March 2007

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Socialist to contest East Timor's presidential election

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 March 2007

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Brutal crackdown as Zimbabwe crisis...

Call for solidarity over Congress r...

Campaigning for justice for Indones...

Chavez vs Bush in Latin America: No...

Correa's radical plans spark battle...

Fijian women oppose water privatisa...

In search of justice in Argentina

Insurers sue Agent Orange producer

Iranian women’s rights activis...

Socialist to contest East Timor's p...

US officers fear Vietnam-style defe...

US State Department undermines Wash...

Venezuela spreads international sol...

Venezuela: Officers arrested over a...

Why Tamils flee Sri Lanka

Brief: Demand justice for Bh...

Brief: Palestine: Women prot...

Brief: Swedish government ad...

Brief: US public's support f...

read »Comment & Analysis

'Acts of god' or products of the sy...

Global warming refugees — left...

Guantanamo Bay: Why it must be clos...

Iraq: the biggest lie of all

Loewenstein: New Jewish group break...

NSW election: progressive choices i...

Sexism is not a race issue

The case for free public transport

Union leaders discuss how to stop H...

Letters: Letters to the Edit...

Resistance!: International s...

Resistance!: Students not li...

Resistance!: Three Brazilian...

Resistance!: Why Resistance ...

Case for Socialism: Filthy l...

Our Common Cause: For the pu...

read »General

Trembling with indignation!

read »Australian News

'Job cuts = service cuts'

Australians protest Iraq war

G20 protesters raided by anti-terro...

Government abandons Tamil refugees

Gunns pulp mill to be fast-tracked

Paddle for refugees and asylum seek...

Teachers speak out at Iemma's offic...

Brief: Greens call for mobil...

Brief: Power bosses ignore s...

Brief: Preston Motors worker...

read »Cultural Dissent

Review: A healthy dose of po...

Review: Children must be fre...

Review: Not just in the eye ...

Aymara Rap — the new musical expr...

On the box

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