A History of BombingBy Sven LindqvistGranta Books, 2001224 pages $39.95 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
When the first bomb was dropped from the air on November 1, 1911, the pattern for the subsequent history of aerial bombing was set. A European
465
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Thousands of Ansett workers and supporters demonstrated at major airports throughout Australia on September 21. By continuing to demonstrate, as well as turning up ready to work their shifts, the workers are refusing to
Karen Fletcher, spokesperson for the CHOGM Action Network.
"For years its been possible for people in the First World to treat worldwide poverty and oppression as if it isn't real", Karen Fletcher told Green Left Weekly.
"And now reality has just
Bruce Franklin, Vietnam and Other American Fantasies, University of Massachusetts Press, BILL NEVINS, Vietnam War, culture, history">
H. Bruce Franklin: from loyal liberal to radical dissident
Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce
Anti-war plans underway
ADELAIDE — Resistance called a public meeting on September 15 to plan anti-war and racism campaigns. The meeting decided to organise a set of publicity stalls in Rundle Mall and to campaign outside high schools to rally
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — Two hundred people attended a September 18 public forum entitled "Who's to blame: Middle Eastern people or US foreign policy?". The forum was initiated by the Socialist Alliance.
"Being victims of Israel's terror
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Trade union leaders in Britain have called on the Labour government to abolish asylum detention centres and to scrap the voucher system of benefits for refugees in Britain, according to a September 11 ABC report.
Trades Union
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Two hundred people packed the Gaelic Club for a hastily called meeting on September 20 and unanimously endorsed the formation of a Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR) committed to stopping the US war drive and
BY SARAH PEART
MELBOURNE — "Say no to war! Say no to racism!" will be the theme of the first day of a three-day blockade of the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF).
Starting at 7am on October 3, the blockade will be addressed by refugee rights
BY VIV MILEY & SARAH STEPHEN
On the weekend of September 22-23, more than 300 asylum seekers had been sitting in boats off Ashmore Reef and the Cocos Islands for days — some for close to two weeks — and the government has yet to announce their
Pages
