BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY A "No War on Iraq" coalition was founded at a meeting on August 22 attended by representatives of the Greens, the Socialist Alliance, the Worker Communist Party of Iraq, as well as the National Union of Students, Labor
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BY JOSEPHINE HUNT
CANBERRA On the evening of August 21, the ACT Legislative Assembly voted nine to eight to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and repeal other anti-choice legislation, giving the ACT the most progressive abortion (non-) law
BY SUE BOLTON
SYDNEY Delegates from the NSW printing division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union met on August 22 to discuss the sacking of national industrial officer for the printing division, Denis Matson, by AMWU national
BY NORM DIXON
On August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, "Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of gas". Quoting anonymous US "senior military officers", the NYT "revealed" that in the 1980s, the administration of
BY NATALIE ZIRNGAST
While ACT women can now access abortion without fear of criminal prosecution, elsewhere in Australia women accessing abortion face a web of legal and medical barriers. This is the situation around the country.
New South Wales
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE On August 20, the Victorian state Liberal Party dumped its parliamentary leader of the last two years, Denis Napthine, and replaced him with former health spokesperson Robert Doyle.
The elevation of Doyle
BY DALE T. MCKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG Until recently, not many people were aware of the community of Thembalihle (literal translation "place of hope"). Situated south of Soweto, Thembalihle had its beginnings when workers moved there to be
Report on labour repression in China
US-based Human Rights Watch has released a new report detailing the growing repression of worker protests in China.
The report details struggles that occurred between March and May in three cities in
BY ROB GRAHAM
ADELAIDE Prime Minister John Howard received a less than friendly welcome when he came to the city on August 23. Hundreds took the opportunity to condemn his government's policies at two separate events.
Howard was first
BY WALDEN BELLO
The unravelling of the reputations of firms that were once the toast of Wall Street continues and the end is not in sight. But one thing is certain: already fragile prior to Enron, the legitimacy of global capitalism as the dominant
Love is Mighty CloseVika and LindaBullbar records
REVIEW BY MOLLY WISHART
Vika and Linda Bull's latest album, Love is Mighty Close, arguably lacks the joie de vivre of earlier recordings, but the songster siblings nevertheless evoke an
Intelligence only an option
"We will look at all options and we will consider all technologies available to us, and diplomacy and intelligence." George "The Crusader" Bush, August 22, discussing his plans to launch a war on Iraq.
Burning
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