Doug Lorimer & Alison Dellit
With his mother at his side, and a picture of his identical twin brother, who was killed in Iraq, held above him, Ivan Medina, a US Army soldier, said: "We must bring our troops home now. Not tomorrow. Not in six years.
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Conn Hallinan
Behind a recent, highly controversial indictment by the US Department of Justice, the administration led by US President George Bush is manoeuvring to revive military ties with the Indonesian army (the TNI), one of the world's most
Marce Cameron, Brisbane
On September 26, PM John Howard will be in Brisbane to officially launch the Coalition's election campaign. A broad alliance of community organisations, activist groups and progressive political parties has called for a
Abetz dodges lie-detector test
HOBART — Members of the Socialist Alliance gathered outside Liberal Senator Eric Abetz's office on September 15 to challenge him to take a 'lie detector' test. Abetz was unavailable, so Liberal Party policies
SYDNEY — Queer activists protested outside the $100-a-head fundraising dinner held by Fred Nile's Christian Democratic Party on September 13. Nile is leaving his NSW parliamentary seat to contest the Senate in the federal election. Nile has
Eva Cheng
Veteran pro-worker and pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-Hung was elected on September 12 to Hong Kong's 60-member Legislative Council — the ex-British colony's quasi-parliament. Leung, 48, is best known as "Long Hair".
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James Hardie
Just read the write up on "James Hardie: Murder by another name" (GLW #598) and want to thank you for writing something on this as my father passed away in June 2002 from mesothelioma. This company, I feel, murdered my father. Thanks
Green Left Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke with Richard Frankland, founder and lead Senate candidate for Your Voice, a new Indigenous-based political organisation contesting the Senate in Victoria in the federal election. Your Voice boasts former
Liam Mitchell
Tens of thousands of trade unionists participated in rallies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on September 15 to demand that the James Hardie company, which dominated the Australian market for asbestos products throughout the 20th
The establishment has finally got their way and sloughed me up. Please thank everyone for the fabulous support. I've been treated very well by both the inmates and the screws. Met a few local identities here and had a laugh.
I suppose the worst
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