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Young people fighting for our right to dissent

BY EMMA CLANCY The last few months have been a period of political awakening for thousands of teenagers. Through protesting against the war on Iraq, many young people have gotten involved in political activity for the first time. But their

Loose Cannons

Weapons for mass destruction... "We are talking about finding a site of possible weapons of mass destruction." — US Army's 3rd Infantry Division spokesperson Major Ross Coffman on the March 23 discovery of a chemical factory south of Baghdad,

War profiteers line up for Iraq spoils

BY ALISON DELLIT Australian companies have joined the queue for contracts to rebuild Iraq, the country that Australia has just helped destroy. At the same time, Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed that the Australian military will help occupy

Ritter exposes Washington's weapon of mass deception

In Shifting Sands: the Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of IraqWritten and directed by Scott RitterNow showing at: the Valhalla, Sydney (phone 9552 2456 for session details); the Nova, Melbourne (9347 2573); and the Schonell Twin, Brisbane (3377

The 'how to' of strip searching

BY PAMELA CURR This could also be titled "What every man woman and child can be subjected to in the detention camps under the migration act". Read it, and then ask yourself how you would feel if, in order to visit a friend in another detention

EGYPT: Anti-war activists arrested

The Egyptian government has arrested hundreds of anti-war and human activists in recent weeks. Among the detainees are well-known activists Dr Ashraf El Bayoumi. The detainees need your assistance. Please email protest notes to: General Habib al

A monstrous lie

A monstrous lie On April 8, the Pentagon revealed that an Iraqi factory near Hindiya, south of Baghdad, which the US invaders had originally told journalists was a facility for producing the nerve agent sarin, was, in fact, a

Undercover police shown using capsicum spray

This photo was sent to student anti-war organisation Books Not Bombs by a supporter who attended the April 2 anti-war protest in Sydney. It shows two plain clothes police officers. Shortly after the picture was taken, he indiscriminately

EGYPT: Mubarak struggles to control anti-war protests

BY PAUL SCHEMM CAIRO — On March 28, for the second consecutive Friday, thousands of Egyptians gathered at the al Azhar mosque to voice their opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. But it was immediately apparent that the demonstration would

CAMBODIA: Anti-war activists organise

BY ALLEN MYERS PHNOM PENH — The Not In Our Name movement has been holding weekly gatherings here to express opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Two events have provided additional opportunities for opponents of the war to make themselves

ACEH: ceasefire near collapse

BY IGGY KIM The Ceasefire of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, which was signed on December 9, is near collapse. This follows a series of major violations by the Indonesian military

CANADA: 'Border security' summit opposed

BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — The Great Lakes Security Summit, held here April 7-9, brought together Canadian provincial premiers and US state governors from the Great Lakes region for a conference on Canada-US "border security". Also present were US