GLW issue 596, published 2004-09-01.

The age of terror

A very dark cloud has enveloped the Earth,It is the engine of growth driven by greed,The creation of wealth, without concern for human need. This wealth can be seen As digits on a computer screen,So when there is a virus or computer error,It

ISRAEL: Vanunu 'I am not free, I am not safe'

On August 2, the Traprock Peace Center's Sunny Miller interviewed Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's most famous whistleblower. Once a technician in Israel's power plants, Vanunu was kidnapped from Italy, convicted of treason in a secret trial and jailed for

Our Common Cause: Repeal terrorism laws now!

Terrorism makes many of us feel insecure and concerned. The images of 9/11 and the Bali bombing, the Howard government's "be alert, not alarmed" campaign, Australian participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the endless debate between

Bolivarian revolution: a people's win

Roberto Jorquera The Venezuelan government's victory on August 15 is not only a victory for the people of Venezuela, but for working people worldwide. The Venezuelan voters decisive rejection of the right-wing bid to recall President Hugo Chavez

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Posties keen to fight for better deal

Kylie Moon, Sydney A national campaign has been launched by the Victorian branch of the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) to convince Australia Post (AP) workers to reject a proposed enterprise agreement, and to engage in a more

News briefs

Queensland Rail announces job cuts BRISBANE — Queensland Rail will cut more than 700 jobs from its workforce of 13,500 in the initial stage of a drastic restructure, which follows the loss of a major rail freight contract to private company

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International News

INDONESIA: PRD leader dies in prison

Max Lane On August 21, Chuzaini, the radical left-wing Peoples Democratic Party's chairperson in the Javanese provincial town of Pekalongan, died in the local prison. PRD national chairperson Yusuf Lakaseng told the Indonesian National Human Rights

IRAQ: Gripped by an uprising the US can't defeat

Rohan Pearce "The smell of burnt flesh filled the air and blood smeared the deserted streets of Najaf's Old City after heavy US air strikes on Shiite militia positions around Iraq's revered Imam Ali shrine", reported Agence France-Presse on August

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Editorial

David Hicks: A victim of US imperial tyranny

After being held incommunicado and in solitary confinement at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly three years, Australian citizen David Hicks was brought before a five-member US military tribunal on August 26 and charged with

Cultural Dissent

Paul McGeough sustaining the big lie

Mission Impossible: the Sheiks, the US and the Future of IraqBy Paul McGeoughQuarterly Essay 14, 2004Black Inc117 pages, $13.95 (pb) REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER There can be no doubt that Sydney Morning Herald journalist Paul McGeough has got bottle.

Cirque de Soleil: An affirmation of human harmony and virtuosity

QuidamCirque du SoleilSydney until October 10, Brisbane from November 4, Melbourne from March 4, Adelaide from May 12 and Perth from June 30. Another one of Cirque du Soleil's delightful displays of acrobatic virtuosity and human harmony has

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