and ain't i a woman?: Fighting global violence
When we think about war, images of planes dropping bombs and troops running with guns in hand come to mind. However, there is a silent killer in war that receives little if any attention at all.
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BY BONNY CAMPBELL
SYDNEY On October 22, Klaus Rohland, the World Bank country director
for Papua New Guinea, East Timor and the Pacific Islands, addressed a lecture
at Sydney University on instability in PNG and the Pacific. The abstract
Weapons of mass destruction
Our politicians and other theorists, who will not be at risk at the sharp end of action, talk glibly of the need to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We know they are talking about weapons such as chemical,
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE On October 21, a rally of 300 students forced Newcastle University vice-chancellor Roger Holmes to commit to the full retention of resources and services at the Huxley Library.
A university administration proposal
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY For
the last two months, a coalition initiated by the Australian Fair Trade
and Investment Network has been meeting to organise a Stop the WTO agenda
rally for noon on November 14 in Hyde Park. Another coalition,
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW There are times when the image of Russia in the Western press calls to mind the consciousness of a schizophrenic. On the one hand, we are told that everything is fine; on the other, that everything is
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The 8500 refugees who hold temporary protection visas are already
denied the right to bring their families to Australia, are not allowed
to have access to free English language classes, resettlement services
or employment
BY CHRIS CAIN
As an active delegate and trade unionist and also being actively involved in the Socialist Alliance as an independent, it is my opinion that the proposal from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has not come quick enough. It should
WASHINGTON Nothing makes a newspaper prouder than a juicy foreign-policy scoop. Except, it seems, when the scoop ends up raising awkward questions about a US administration's drive for war.
Back in 1999, major papers ran front-page
BY ALISON DELLIT
Most Australians do not expect to have to answer to the military. So it took some confidence for Prime Minister John Howard to announce on October 24 that the government was considering involving the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
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