GI means General Indignation
"At first glance they appear to be the archetypal Band Of Brothers of Hollywood myth, brave and honest men united in common purpose. But a closer look at these American GIs, sweltering in the heat of an unwelcoming
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BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH On June 9-10, the Western Australian government of Labor Premier Geoff Gallop rammed through a draconian law evicting the Swan Valley Nyungah Community (SVNC) from their traditional land. The Reserves (Reserve 43131)
BY DALE MILLS
On June 26, federal parliament passed the controversial Australian Security Intelligence Organisation legislation. The powers given to ASIO and the Australian Federal Police are the most serious threat to civil liberties in our
The Socialist Alliance has condemned the Australian government's decision to send warships and troops to police the Solomon Islands. Alliance members at the June 28 Victorian SA conference argued that Canberra would use the intervention to further
the painin Baghdad is thereand everywhereand real
asall day and nightthe news reportersreport it:
on the faces of tired civiliansand soldiers fed up with Basra,trying hard to find new reasonsfor being where they now are.
bush walks across the
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA Braving near-zero temperatures, 100 people assembled outside the entrance of the National Convention Centre from 8am on June 24 to protest against the 2003 Defence and Industry conference.
The conference is staged
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REVIEW BY BEN COURTICE
The latest issue of Links magazine presents a very focused collection of articles discussing "challenges in uniting
On June 25, Prime Minister John Howard announced that the cabinet's National Security Committee had decided to send 1200 troops 200 of them combat soldiers and 300 Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers to the Solomon Islands for at
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY Promoting his latest state budget, released on June 24, NSW Labor treasurer Michael Egan has described it as a "true Labor budget", arguing that it fulfils social justice criteria because of the extra outlays in most
BY KATHERINE BRADSTREET
SYDNEY "Where were the students?", asked the June 20 Sydney Daily Telegraph, in an article by Rachel Morris bemoaning the small numbers of young people that attended the "welcome home" parade of troops who served in
BY MURRAY SMITH
PARIS As the danger of a general strike against his planned reform of the pension system receded, French social affairs minister Francois Fillon knew who to thank. He paid tribute to the "responsible attitude" of Bernard
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