It was entirely predictable that Pauline Hanson's One Nation would try to jump on the "anti-globalisation" bandwagon. After all, that's what right-wing populists do — jump on bandwagons — and there's no issue more popular at present than hatred
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BY ZANNY BEGG & VIV MILEY
SYDNEY — When the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade winds its way up Oxford Street on March 3, there will be more than one meaning to the word "glam". The newly-formed Gays and Lesbians Against Multinationals will also
BY RAMI HADAD
Contrary to the impression created by the international news media, Ariel Sharon did not win the February 6 Israeli prime ministerial election by a landslide. In fact, he won just 37% of the eligible vote — the lowest of any of his
BY BRONWYN POWELL
WOLLONGONG — Three hundred people sat in on Wollongong City Council's February 19 meeting and watched in anger as council approved the first stage of a 428-lot residential development at Sandon Point in Thirroul.
The council
BY SEAN HEALY
International money traders have subjected the Turkish lira to sustained attack, forcing it to plunge 28% against the US dollar on February 22, sparking fears of a deep economic crisis in the country.
The lira's collapse was the
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
Che Guevara? He's that pop star, isn't he?
All right, so not many people would really confuse Ernesto "Che" Guevara for a pop star, but there are lots of people who don't know more about him than his iconic image, which nowadays
By Neville Spencer
On July 2, Vicente Fox Quesada of the conservative National Action
Party (PAN) was elected president of Mexico putting an end to 71 years
of continuous rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Though
the rule
Colombia film launched
SYDNEY — Around 70 people packed the Chippendale Resistance Centre for the premiere of the documentary Colombia — Peace at What Price? here on February 22. The film was presented by the Committee in Solidarity with
BY NORM DIXON
The February 16 bombing of Baghdad by US and British warplanes was a calculated signal by US President George W. Bush's regime that it will continue - and escalate - the genocidal war against the Iraqi people begun by the US
BY PIP HINMAN& SIBYLLE KACZOREK
SYDNEY — An effigy of Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, complete with "letters" from oil companies Petroz and Santos protruding from its suit pockets, drew curious students to an action on Sydney
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