GLW issue 572, published 2004-02-25.

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Another whitewash of racist cop violence?

Ray Fulcher, Melbourne On February 1, Victoria Police dragged Raymond Merritt through the broken window of an allegedly stolen car and smashed his head against the roof. Merritt, an Aboriginal man, is wanted by NSW police as a suspect in a series

UNITED STATES: Feds back off on harrasment

Nicole Colson, Iowa "Friends, the piece of news that I have is historic," Brian Terrell announced to a crowd of 150 cheering protesters gathered at the federal building in Des Moines, Iowa on February 10. "The subpoenas against the four of us were

Loose cannons

Great strides I "The Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council have made great strides in the security, economic stability and growth, and democratisation of Iraq." — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, in testimony to the

A woman's place is in the struggle: 40% less visible

France's macho internal security minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, is currently braying that his government's re-criminalisation of soliciting last year, has reduced the number of prostitutes on French streets by 40%. French law defines soliciting as
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