More than 2000 people rallied in Trafalgar Square on May 15 to demand that the wall built by Israel be halted and dismantled. The rally called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and settlers from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.From Green Left Weekly,
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Robyn Marshall, Caracas
On the morning of May 9, the government television channel announced that 55 Colombian paramilitaries had been captured by Venezuelan national investigative police, DISIP, at a farm in Baruta, a municipality in southeastern
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: The True Story of How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All TimeBy David Edmonds and John EidnowFaber and Faber, 2004302 pages, $39.95(hb)
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"This little thing between me and
Sister Susan Connelly
This anniversary is tinged with a lot of embarrassment for us as Australians. Despite all East Timor has been through, more often than not with Australian connivance and reluctance to help or tell the whole truth, today the
In a May 11 press release, childcare lobby group Community Child Care (NSW) stated that "by re-announcing old initiatives and talking up their additional out of school hours places, the prime minister and treasurer will attempt to hide the fact that
In the last few years, the NZ Alliance has undergone big upheaval. Green Left Weekly's Sibylle Kaczorek spoke to Mike Treen, the foreign affairs spokesperson of the NZ Alliance, when he was in Australia for the Socialist Alliance's third national
Rohan Pearce
In Green Left Weekly #582, Toma Hamid and Jalal Mohammad, members of the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) residing in Australia and of the Socialist Alliance, took issue with the analysis of the Iraqi armed resistance movement
Sarah Stephen
In the eight months leading up to the end of March, the Refugee Review Tribunal heard appeals from 132 Afghan refugees whose claims for permanent visas had been rejected by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and
Doug Lorimer
As US and British occupation troops fought fierce street battles with rebel Shiite cleric Sayed Moqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in four cities, Iraqi resistance fighters assassinated Izz al Din Salim, the president of the
Pip Hinman, Sydney
A "Statement for Peace" which calls for Australian troops to leave Iraq and the occupation to end, has already gained some well-known signatories and financial support, especially among union ranks. The statement was produced by
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Murris march against ATSIC abolition
BRISBANE — Around 200 Murris and supporters rallied in the Roma Street Forum and marched to the offices of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission on May 20. The protest
Julie Sprigg, Perth
The Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre is set to be mothballed by the end of June. All 52 detainees will be moved to South Australia's Baxter detention centre.
Thirty-three detainees were moved in two
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