GLW issue 574, published 2004-03-10.

VENEZUELA: Electoral commission rules against opposition

Doug Lorimer Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on March 2 that not enough valid signatures had been collected to force a recall referendum on left-wing President Hugo Chavez. The decision is a blow for the US-backed,

The White House v human rights

The President v David Hicks SBS televisionMarch 18, 8.30pm REVIEW BY ROHAN PEARCE The President v David Hicks is a moving documentary that follows the journey of a father, Terry Hicks, trying to understand the events leading up to the detention

Tale of a temporary worker

Alex Tighe The South Australian branch of the Australian Services Union (ASU) won a groundbreaking case in late January, when the industrial commission confirmed the right of some long-term temporary workers to be granted permanent employment.

Iraq war based on lies — join the global protest on March 20!

Pip Hinman On March 20, 2004 — the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the Coalition of the Killing — people all around the world will take to the streets once again. They will protest a war that has claimed tens of thousands of Iraqi

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Australian News

Redfern meeting denounces racist police violence

Lachlan Malloch, Sydney "The views of the Aboriginal community in general, and residents of the Redfern Block in particular, have fallen on deaf ears since the death of TJ [Thomas Hickey]", Redfern Aboriginal leader Lyall Munro told a meeting of

Andrews attacks SA industrial bill

Alex Tighe, Adelaide Federal workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews visited South Australia earlier this months to publicly declare that the state Labor government "must abandon the Fair Work Bill" because, he claimed, if passed into law it

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International News

HAITI: Washington was behind coup says Aristide

Alison Dellit "The Haitian constitution is working", US President George Bush told the media on March 1. It might seem an odd way to describe a country overrun by armed thugs and, now, foreign troops, and whose elected president has been kidnapped

Saif Abukeshek speaks in Australia

Don't miss the opportunity to hear Abukeshek — a voice from Palestinian youth that is rarely heard. He will be speaking at the following public meetings: Brisbane — Tuesday March 9, 7.30pm. Trades Hall, corner of Peel and Grey streets, South

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Editorial

Don't rely on the politicians

The war on Iraq was one of the most opposed wars in history. Millions of people marched to stop it before it began, and now that it clear that it was a war based on lies, outrage against the main warmongers, particularly US President George Bush, has

Cultural Dissent

Cleansing of the unfit

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON War Against The Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create A Master RaceBy Edwin BlackFour Walls Eight Windows, New York550 pages, $58.20 (hb) The Montgomery county sheriff's office in Virginia was kept busy in the

Documentary reveals New Mexico nuclear horror

Do It For Uncle GrahamWritten and directed by Candy JonesFor more information, visit <http://doitforunclegraham.com>. Send a money order of US$24 (VHS) or US$34 (DVD) to JUST-US PRODUCTIONS, L.L.C. 5 BISBEE COURT 109 #218 SANTA FE

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