Hypocrisy, Republican style
SAN FRANCISCO — The four-day Republican Party convention finally came to an end on August 4 with the formal nomination of Texas Governor George W. ("Dubya") Bush, as the party's presidential candidate in November.
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'We were our own censors'
The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to KosovoBy Phillip KnightlyPrion, 2000574pp., $35 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was in South Africa to report on
CISLAC campaigns against US aid
As US interference in Colombia has increased, now including a massive aid package to the Colombian military, Committees In Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) made the decision at its June
Defiant history of workers' theatre movement
Defiance: Political Theatre in Brisbane 1930-1962By Connie HealyBoombana Publications$21.90, 256 pp REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY
This may seem like an obscure subject. Who nowadays is interested in theatre
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
BRISBANE — "The demonstrations in Seattle have opened a significant crack in the ideological stronghold of the international financial institutions", said Max Lane, addressing a public meeting of more than 100 sponsored by the
BY IAN JAMIESON
FREMANTLE — A new Resistance Centre has opened its doors in this Western Australian port city. The office is the culmination of many months of concerted effort by members of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance. Although
[This week's Life of Riley column defers to this profile of one of the great puppeteers of our time. Gepeto was among 280 protestors arrested by police outside the US Republican Party convention in Philadelphia last week. — Dave Riley.]
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ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissident
BY SEAN HEALY
Chilean leftists and indigenous activists have called for international help to force the Italian government to free Jaime Yovanovic, who is being held awaiting extradition back to his
Networker: Plenty of shovels, not much gold
Spare a thought for the world's billionaires. They can't make much money from the internet. While those who control the world's phone and broadcasting companies are doing very well, the majority of the
Life in us yet
Being a left activist and a feminist can be inspiring, sometimes frustrating, sometimes exhilarating, but it does not necessarily lead to exhaustion. Political "burn-out" is by no means inevitable. Many activists of the left
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