BY STUART MUNCKTON
Political tensions in Venezuela continue to rise. On October 10, there was a mass mobilisation of middle- and upper-class opponents of President Hugo Chavez in the capital Caracas. This was followed three days later by an even
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
On February 4, 1998, doctors Victor Chan and Ho Peng Lee from the Nanyara abortion clinic were charged under Western Australia's criminal code with performing an abortion, and faced up to 14 years' jail.
The shock move by WA
BY NORM DIXON
A series of "leaks" to major US newspapers have shed light on what is emerging as Washington's preferred political scenario in a post-invasion Iraq: before or during the US attack, senior officers of Iraq's armed forces overthrow
BRISBANE The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) University of
Queensland branch has launched a Save our George campaign to win the
reinstatement of associate professor George Lafferty. In August, Lafferty,
who was employed by the UQ
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BY IGGY KIM
The campaign to free Australian resident academic Lesley McCulloch
from detention in Indonesia has been boosted by the National Tertiary Education
Industry Union (NTEU).
The union's Tasmanian division donated $1000 to help
One Man in his TimeBy Hans PostOtford Press, 2002$31.77Order at <http://www.otfordpress.com.au/>
REVIEW BY PETER McGREGOR
Hans Post's One Man in his Time is an amazing and inspiring story. It's a historically significant autobiography
Palestine forum
BRISBANE "For a day, the Palestinians felt that the whole world had not forgotten them", Eric Storlie, a peace activist recently returned from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, told a forum and video night at the Resistance
BY EVA CHENG
The month-long, four-phase election in the Indian-held section of
Kashmir (IHK) was completed on October 8. The result ended the National
Conference (NC) party's half-century near monopoly of political power in
the IHK.
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only SuperpowerBy William BlumZed Books, 2002308 pages, $24.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Dossier season is upon us it seems. British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 24 dossier on Iraq was spectacularly
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