Smart bombs. Guided missiles. Minimal collateral damage. Attacks on high-value targets. All phrases designed to give the impression that modern warfare, although just as deadly as any time throughout history, is now shorter, sharper, cleaner and more precise than ever before.
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On September 3, the Craig Johnston Trade Union Support Committee was formed and issued a statement saying that no trade unionist should be imprisoned for taking part in an industrial dispute.
The committee is calling for the immediate release of
Jon Lamb, Darwin
On September 2, a cross-union meeting of academic and general staff at Charles Darwin University voted not to accept the university's offer of a 10% wage rise, and discussed taking industrial action.
Up to 1500 staff members may
Bill Mason, Brisbane
The Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, Coral Wynter, has issued a challenge to National Party candidate Major Nick Withycombe to debate the Iraq war and truth in politics.
The challenge follows
Fred Fuentes
Mass protests are shaking Bolivia, forcing interim President Carlos Mesa to back down from his threat not to authorise any new bills until his hydrocarbon law was passed, unamended and without discussion.
Mesa had claimed that the
Norm Dixon
On August 30, United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan reported to the Security Council's 15 members that, despite a failure to meet "some of the core commitments it has made", the government of Sudan had made "some progress" in
On August 18, Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin introduced a bill designed to prevent the federal government from constructing a nuclear dump in the Northern Territory. While applauding her move, candidates from the Greens and the
Chris Slee, Melbourne
Donna Mulhearn, an Australian volunteer aid worker who has lived and worked in Baghdad for six months, and who visited Fallujah while the city was under attack by US forces, spoke to 50 people at a public meeting organised by
Jenny Long, Sydney
At a September 2 meeting to set up a campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston, around 25 activists made plans for a protest against the Victorian government, which successfully pushed for Johnston's
UNITED STATES: DOJ drops subpoena on ISP worker
On September 1, the US Department of Justice abandoned an attempt to subpoena Nicholas Merrill, a worker at Calyx Internet Access, the internet service provider for New York City's Indymedia website,
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
As the implications of the August 27 jailing of militant unionist Craig Johnston sink in, support has been growing for the campaign to free the former secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Some
Paul Benedek
"'Trust' is indeed a key issue in the coming election. The Australian people can have absolute trust that the Howard government will lie about its record and its real intentions", Coral Wynter, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the
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