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In many ways the content of US President George Bush's September 7 "address to the nation" was unremarkable. Aimed at those in the US who are increasingly disturbed by the Iraqi resistance to the US occupation of their country, it featured many of
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — An important victory has been won by undocumented workers in California as a result of the recall election of Democrat governor Gray Davis. To avoid being recalled in the October 7 poll, Davis has reversed his
BY LESLIE RICHMOND
ADELAIDE — With the fate of five teachers forcibly transferred from Craigmore High School unresolved, there has been a disturbing silence from the Australian Education Union (AEU) in South Australia.
The removal of the five
BY EMMA MURPHY
Hundreds of people around Australia have attended meetings featuring Alvaro Guzman, the national director of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Student Front. Guzman began a national speaking tour with a meeting in Hobart on September 8,
BY CAMERON POUSTIE
PERTH — In one of the most disappointing environmental decisions of recent years, the state government has given in-principle support to the construction of a 300-hectare gas processing facility on Barrow Island, a nationally
BY DOUG LORIMER
Desperate to reduce the burden on US troops in trying to suppress armed resistance to its occupation of Iraq, President George Bush's administration is pushing for a new UN Security Council resolution that would provide political
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — For the past few weeks, I have been watching videotapes of the US-led attack on Iraq. Most of the tapes have not bee shown in Britain. They concentrate on the epic suffering of ordinary Iraqis. There are photographs, too,
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
On September 12, 400 people braved cold and wet winter weather in Melbourne to protest against the World Trade Organisation. On September 13, 200 rallied in Sydney and 200 in Brisbane for the same cause. The protests coincided
BY NICK EVERETT
US President George Bush has announced he will be visiting Australia — probably Canberra and Sydney — immediately following the October 21 APEC forum in Bangkok, Thailand. Within days of the announcement, activists have begun
BY HASAN ABU NIMAH
The resignation of the Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) on September 7 should have surprised no-one. His appointment was part of a scheme that was no more than an artificial arrangement intended
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
CANBERRA — Preparations have begun to make the protests against US President George Bush as large as possible. Bush will visit Canberra sometime after the October 21 APEC meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand.
An informal
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