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No apologies In reply to Sam King's letter in GLW #580 regarding my description of Amanda Vanstone: Political cartoons in a sense "denigrate" the bodies of all politicians, male and female — look at the gift Howard is to the cartoonists, as was
Eva Cheng As a quick fix for China's worsening energy problems, in the first nine months of 2003 the country imported US$50 billion worth of energy resources and raw materials, mainly oil — 49% more than the same period in 2002 — according to
Noreen Navin, Sydney NSW Teachers Federation president Maree O'Halloran announced on May 21 that the union's executive would decide at its meeting on May 24 the date for a 48-hour strike of NSW public school teachers. The strike is being called
Americans are honorary Iraqis "Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilise their country." — Emperor George Bush II, May 5. On Bushworld "You've got to understand that military options are always my
Alex Tighe, Sydney According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of workers classified as casuals has grown rapidly since the mid-1980s — from 13% in 1984 to more than 26% of the work force today. That's a lot of workers who
Rupen Savoulian In a spectacularly defiant act, on May 9, Chechen rebels killed the Russian-sponsored president of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, by remote-controlled bomb in a stadium where dignitaries were gathered to commemorate the 59th anniversary
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) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON "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
Philippa Skinner NSW Premier Bob Carr is attempting to introduce legislation to counter a victory won by protests opposing filming of the movie Stealth in the Blue Mountains National Park, a world heritage area. In late April, the NSW Land and
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

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