Eva Cheng
Quoting the China Real Estate Association and the state-controlled China Securities News, the March 5, 2003, Washington Post reported that nearly 20% of China's housing stock stood empty (measuring about 130 million square metres of
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Our Common Cause: June 30 is not a handover
June 30 is supposed to mark the "return of sovereignty" to the Iraqi people. But the make-up of the new government in Iraq makes it clear nothing will change. The new prime minister has been in the pay
Jon Lamb
As the pre-election hype takes off, the issue of the disputed maritime boundary between East Timor and Australia has slipped from the mainstream political spotlight. Nonetheless, the big oil and gas companies with investments in the Timor
The Socialist Alliance is running in every state and territory in the upcoming federal election. So if you want to vote for a people's representative, who will put working people and the environment before profit, check out who is standing in your
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY
An apparent link between possible US Democrat vice-presidential candidate Bill Richardson and paramilitary activities in New Mexico's largest public high school has cast new light on the sacking of anti-war poet and teacher Bill
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
The Betrayal of Dissent: Beyond Orwell, Hitchens and the New American CenturyBy Scott LucasPluto Press, 2004324 pages, $33.95 (pb)
In 1949, George Orwell, a celebrated foe of "Big Brother", supplied a list of 38 names of
Norman Brewer
A poll conducted last week by left-leaning German TV magazine Panorama revealed that more than a third of Germans would consider voting for a new left party, made up of expelled and resigned Social-Democrats (SPD) and disappointed
A carpenter by trade, Tim is a shop steward for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and also the assistant secretary of the Geelong Trades Hall Council.
Tim has a long experience of union struggle. He worked in the public service
James Caulfield
Tom Frame is the Anglican bishop to the Australian Defence Forces, and was the only Anglican bishop to publicly support the Iraq war and Australia's involvement in it.
Frame spoke to Green Left Weekly about how his views have
Sue Bolton
On June 21, the Democrats agreed to a federal Coalition government initiative to step up attacks on unionists in the building industry.
The Democrats agreed to support government legislation that would:
* Increase the powers of the
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