GLW issue 564, published 2003-12-03.

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Australia's military: 'rebalanced' for aggression

BY NORM DIXON On November 7, the federal Coalition government announced multi-billion-dollar, high-tech military purchases that will give the Australian Defence Force (ADF) the ability to launch major unilateral military aggressions in the

SOUTH KOREA: Big protests oppose troops to Iraq

BY LEE YU KYUNG On November 17, following a meeting with US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, South Korea's defence minister Jo Young Gil announced that Seoul had agreed to send 3000 additional troops to Iraq, including combat troops. They will

IRAQ: Is the US empire invincible?

BY DOUG LORIMER Seven months ago, when the US army rolled into Baghdad, the US war machine seemed invincible. The US rulers seemed to be in reach of realising their goal of conquering Iraq and using it as a secure base from which to establish

Glenn Hodgman: A socialist and leading shop steward

BY TIM GOODEN GEELONG — On November 26, leading building union activist Glenn Hodgman was tragically killed in a motor accident at Newport. He was 47 years old. Originally from Tasmania, Glenn came to Melbourne in the mid-1980s, a carpenter by
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