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Socialists call on opposition parties to block supply

BY NORM DIXON The Socialist Alliance on March 3 called on Greens, Australian Democrats and ALP senators to demonstrate their opposition to Australia's participation in a US war on Iraq by blocking supply when treasurer Peter Costello delivers the

Loose Cannons

Doing the job for Wall Street "The United States' record is not one of imperialism. It is one of doing the job, bringing peace, restoring order and getting a responsible government in place." — US Secretary of State and UN slide shows Colin

ITALY: Public sector workers to strike against Iraq war

ROME — On March 4, the general secretary of Funzione Pubblica CGIL (the public sector workers' union affiliate of the General Confederation of Italian Workers) announced that there would be a one-day public sector general strike on March 15,

Terry O'Shane: "We won't support a war!"

Terry O'Shane, chairperson of the Cairns Regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), spoke at the February 16 Cairns Peace Picnic. SUSAN AUSTIN interviewed him for Green Left Weekly. You are one of the many Indigenous

VIETNAM: the terrible legacy of US weapons of mass destruction

BY MICHAEL KARADJIS HANOI — "Several times, a large area was coated white. After a couple of days the leaves in the forest and the gardens turned yellow and fell off." This is how 50-year-old Nguyen Van Loc describes his first vision of a US

Profits fuel the 'highway arms race'

High and Mighty: SUVs — the World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That WayBy Keith BradsherPublic Affairs Press, 2002468 pages, $62 hb BY PHIL SHANNON Explorer, Patrol, Land Cruiser, Discovery, Range Rover, Jackaroo — the names say

Country music star releases anti-war song

BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY Australia's singing cowboy James Blundell is singing a different tune to the posse of good ol' boys in the White House, led by George "Texas Ranger" Bush. The top-selling country singer has released a song, "Back it up",

Howard bullies East Timor again

BY JON LAND After lengthy negotiations spanning several years, the Coalition government has finally bullied East Timor into accepting the terms of the new Timor Sea treaty. Talks had stalled in recent months because of the Australian government's

What comes next?

BY EMMA CLANCY The Books Not Bombs Coalition was launched around the country on March 5, with thousands of its newsletters being distributed and meetings being held afterwards in some cities. Many high school activists and groups came into contact

IRAQ: Washington turns UN vote into charade

BY DOUG LORIMER Washington has turned the diplomatic battle over the passage of a UN Security Council resolution that it can claim gives it a mandate to invade Iraq into a charade. The resolution itself is a cynical ploy. It does not provide any

IRAQ: Blix report demolishes US 'case' for war

BY ROHAN PEARCE The report by Hans Blix, head of UN weapons inspections in Iraq, to the UN Security Council on March 7 was a stunning blow to the US/British/Australian coalition's "case" for war. While Blix stated that Iraq had to produce more

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