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"I think the marines will enjoy working in Fallujah. But they'll be bloodied." — Lieutenant Colonel Brian Drinkwine, commander of US Army's 700-member 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, speaking to reporters after the March 24
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Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne
If any Victorian trade unionist had an inkling that Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government would deliver a half way decent deal for workers, they would, by now be sadly disappointed.
With the current round of enterprise
Stuart Munckton
With Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" booming from the sound system provided by the Reclaim the Streets collective, 700 students stormed into the main building of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on March 31. The protest was
NEWCASTLE —Pasted is an exhibition by Stephen O'Brien of political posters that have been "rediscovered" underneath beds, behind wardrobes and in the corners of garages. O'Brien has photographed and recorded 1900 posters going back almost 40
Rohan Pearce
In the imperialist countries such as Australia, people are conditioned to react differently to the violence of the oppressed and the oppressor. So, for example, the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid claimed some 200 lives and the
From March 15 to March 27, workers at Colombia's Coca-Coca bottling plant went on hunger strike, in a desperate attempt to improve their working conditions. Carlene Wilson, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Workers Power, and an activist in
Saul Landau
Someone once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western civilization. "It would be a good idea", he replied.
Democracy in Latin America might also prove nice if the United States would allow it to occur.
Traditionally, when
Norm Dixon
Rupert Murdoch's hacks have been at it again — shamelessly manipulating, distorting and fabricating "news".
The Murdoch media empire's lynching of Willie Brigitte illustrates wonderfully why working people should never trust a word
Alison Dellit
Mark Latham's March 30 claim that the federal Labor caucus voted In March 2003 to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq, initially gave us at Green Left Weekly pause for thought.
Had we been too hard on Labor? Had the ALP clearly
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