BY SARAH STEPHEN
"Four teenage boys are crouched in front of the TV, watching, listening, hanging on the words of the BBC reporter who is describing the carnage when US jets bombed a wedding party celebration in central Afghanistan... A slight boy,
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"It is not a policy of this coalition to target innocents, nor would it ever be to target innocents" — Lieutenant General Dan McNeill, US commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, July 6, after acknowledging that US warplanes
BY KATHY NEWNAM
NEWCASTLE — A solemn 80-strong protest in Civic Park on July 12 was the culmination of a week-long vigil in solidarity with hunger strikers in the Woomera detention centre.
Dave McKay, who is visiting Newcastle from the Refugee
LONDON — Human rights activists on July 9 began 24-hour vigil outside Australia House in protest at human rights abuses at the Woomera refugee detention centre. Four hunger strikers positioned themselves in front of the building. The protest was
Hell Stirs in HeavenBy Anita Caratelliself-published, Melbourne, 2001$25, order at <acspecials@yahoo.com>
REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE
Most Australians are only vaguely aware of the Torres Straits islands. Most have heard of Eddie Mabo, the
When the first issue of Green Left Weekly appeared, US President George Bush senior's war on Iraq was raging; 500 issues later, President George Bush junior is planning another massive invasion of sanction-crippled Iraq, as imperial wars rage in
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG & MARCEL CAMERON
BRISBANE — Despite the state ALP government's attempts to undermine the Queensland Nurses Union's (QNU) stop-work rally at Parliament House on July 12, more than 3000 angry public and private sector nurses
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON For 101 days, British Royal Marines have been engaged in
a farcical operation as mercenaries of the United States, whose lawlessness
now qualifies it as the world's leading rogue state.
Shooting at shadows, and
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY At the beginning of August, the nine branches of Socialist
Alliance in NSW will begin to pre-select candidates for the March 2003
NSW election.
A state conference at the University of Technology, Sydney, on
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