Translation: 'economy' means US oil and armaments profits
"The successful prosecution of the war [on Iraq] would be good for the economy." — Lawrence Lindsey, George "The Crusader" Bush's chief economic adviser.
Not a purist
"Tonight I want
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BY ELIZABETH SCHULTE
CHICAGO Iraq is one of the largest oil resources in the world
with proven reserves of 112 billion barrels of oil, second only to Saudi
Arabia. This simple fact has shaped Iraq's relationship with the rest of
the
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA In a scene reminiscent of the Suharto era, on October 24 a Jakarta court sentenced two pro-democracy activists from the Popular Youth Movement (GPK) to one year in prison for "insulting the head of state".
The two
IRAQ
Clean lies, dirty wars
BY PATRICIA AXELROD
Twenty-two months after Desert Storm, I was finally on my way to
Amman, Jordan, the gateway to Iraq. Somewhere over Europe, I caught a glimpse
of the Kafkaland to come when I heard that
BY SIMON ABRAHAMS
MELBOURNE — Creative arts students from the University of Melbourne have responded to Australia's treatment of asylum seekers with Asylum, a theatrical work that addresses issues of "border protection" and the farce of the
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY Around
3500 people stood for a minute's silence on October 26 to remember the
353 refugees who drowned needlessly one year ago to the day. The victims
of the October 13 Bali bombings were also remembered.
BY ROHAN PEARCE
US President George Bush continues to demand that the United Nations Security Council endorse a massive military attack on Iraq on the basis of tenuous "evidence" that Saddam Hussein might have the capability to develop nuclear
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE Some 10,000 workers rallied in support of Construction,
Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) leader Martin Kingham as he marched
to the Magistrates Court on October 24.
Kingham, who is the CFMEU state
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE Some 400 people on October 23 attended a forum on the
Bali bombings. It was organised by Asialink and was also simulcast on Radio
National and was addressed by academics Arief Budiman, Merle Ricklefs and
Tim
BY NORM DIXON
Members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) are continuing their strike for better pay and working conditions. Takavafira Zhou, PTUZ president, declared on October 21 that the arrest and torture of union leaders, and
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