North of Capricorn: The untold story of Australia's northBy Henry ReynoldsAllen & Unwin, 2003220 pages, $50 (hb).
REVIEW BY IGGY KIM
Bustling multiculturalism is today associated with the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, while the common
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Rohan Pearce
Since the January 28 testimony of David Kay, the retired head of the US "weapons inspections" team in Iraq, before the US Senate's armed services committee, the war makers in Washington, Canberra and London have been scrambling to
On February 1, pop singer Janet Jackson opened the half-time entertainment at the 2004 Super Bowl (the US football grand final) in Miami, singing her hit song "Rhythm Nation", which refers to a number of social injustices, including racism.
During
Rohan Pearce
The February 4 edition of Scotland's Sunday Herald reported that Edinburgh's Pension Appeal Tribunal Service had ruled in favour of an appeal by 1991 Gulf War veteran Kenny Duncan. Duncan is the first British soldier to win recognition
Norm Dixon
As proof continues to mount that US President George Bush's administration systematically lied about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to justify invading the oil-rich Persian Gulf country, it has been revealed that
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As a proud member of the Socialist Alliance contingent at Melbourne's pride march, I'm disappointed with Darryl Croke's (Write On, Green Left Weekly #570) knee-jerk reaction to the Che Guevara banner. The banner in question was not a Socialist
ADELAIDE — The Socialist Alliance branch here held it first public meeting for the year, held in the Adelaide Resistance Centre, on February 11. Seventeen people listened to Dr David Lockwood, from the department of history at Flinders University,
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
Activists from the Western Suburbs Community Coalition Against Racism (WSCCAR) picketed the Melbourne Magistrates Court on February 12 to protest charges laid against TAFE student Hussein Farah.
He has been charged with five
Caryl Rivers, Boston
Women's eNews (<http://www.womensenews.org/> — The Vatican's anti-contraception campaign — which has an ally in the White House — has been blocked by a New York court. In places such as Kenya — where HIV is
Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne
The Victorian Labor government has offered its 25,000 public servants a pay cut (in real terms), and a reduction in working conditions, in the current round of enterprise bargaining.
By scrimping on public servants'
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