GLW issue 569, published 2004-02-04.

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IRAQ: UN called in to salvage US occupation plan

Doug Lorimer "Today our coalition is working ... with Iraqis and the United Nations to prepare for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June", US President George Bush dishonestly declared in his January 21 State of the Union

Our common cause: An open letter to Labor delegates

This statement was distributed by Socialist Alliance members to delegates at the January 29-31 ALP conference. The Howard government is creating a two-tier Australia — one for the rich, another for the poor. It is trying to smash the unions,

IRAQ: Ex-diplomat reveals Australia's illegal killing spree

On January 17, former diplomat Tony Kevin revealed that Australian SAS forces in Iraq had engaged in a "turkey shoot" against Iraqi troops — 30 hours before US President George Bush's declaration of war. Green Left Weekly's Nick Everett spoke to

Write on: Letters to the editor

Russian left and KPRF Tom Freeman (Write On, GLW #566) provides a curious gloss on the article in GLW #565 in which Boris Kagarlitsky discusses the Future of the Left conference held by Russian oppositionists last November in the town of Golitsyno,
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