An explosion of violent anger by oppressed people in Los Angeles and across the US has shown the world the real face of a society in decay. Behind the triumphal propaganda about the "victory of capitalism" are exposed the same
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Rafsanjani organises election winElections held on April 10 in Iran have boosted President Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's project to reorient the Iranian economy towards the west. Rafsanjani is a leader of the Society of
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In the growing push for censorship, a spearhead role has been played by the Sydney tabloid Sunday Telegraph. A campaign mounted by the paper was the immediate cause of the federal government's withdrawal of funding from the
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"This is a firm whose business is not just to persuade you which margarine to buy but which human rights abuses should lead a country to war and which can be overlooked in the interests of trade." — Liz Jackson's introduction
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The United States is threatening new bombing raids and possibly other military action against Iraq. The pretext is the alleged Iraqi refusal to destroy factories capable of producing missiles, but the real stakes have more to do
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SYDNEY — "It typifies the view that is held by NSW police, as far as Aboriginal people are concerned. We are all David Gundys, and it is just a matter of time before we are all shot", said Lyall Munroe Jr, commenting on the
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Syrian political prisoners near deathAbdul Aziz Al-Khayer and Bahjat Shaabu were arrested in Syria on February 1 for being leaders of the Communist Action Party, a progressive opposition group to the Syrian dictatorship.
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If anyone doubts that the New World Order simply means the US and western Europe bullying small countries, they have only to look at the current campaigns against Iraq and Libya. The Bush administration openly admits that it is
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More than 20,000 people will be attending the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June. While this major international conference reflects worldwide concern, there are
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Can Ari Ben-Menashe be believed? Just when you begin to think he can't, the powers that be become very nervous at the prospect of revealing evidence that would confirm or contradict his stories. His claim that the Israeli
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After months of discussion and preparation, on December 1 a group of new and alternative parties formed a red-green Alliance that could become New Zealand's next government if early opinion poll results hold up. "The seeds of
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Finishing high school used to mean the beginning of independence and determining how you want to live your life. Leaving school now means facing unemployment, debt and poverty. Those who leave school looking for a job will find