David Glanz
Why do politicians lie? For many people the answer would be "because they breathe". If I had a dollar for everyone who told me as I go doorknocking that politicians are two-faced I'd be spending the last two weeks of the campaign with
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Kim Bullimore, Tel Aviv
As Israeli and international peace activists gathered outside of the David Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday night, the tune of Madonna's hit Holiday blared from the speakers, only the words had been changed.
"Holiday,
Kath O'Driscoll, Lismore
On September 23, 100 people attended a "Karaoke against the cuts" protest against the NSW Labor government's "reforms" to disability services. The action was part of a state-wide protest, which included rallies on September
Doug Lorimer
Socialist Alliance candidates have condemned Prime Minister John Howard's "anti-terrorist" pre-emptive strike policy as morally bankrupt and racist.
In a September 23 media release, Lisa Macdonald, a national co-convener of the
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Marcus Pabian, Melbourne
On September 22, the Socialist Alliance held an election launch at the Trades Hall for its nine Victorian federal election candidates.
"Is Australia a free democracy? Not while Craig Johnston remains a political
Owen Richards
Australia is in the grip of a water shortage crisis. In NSW and Victoria, water usage restrictions were introduced to combat the crisis in October and November of 2002.
The NSW mandatory restrictions, for example, which replaced the
John Pilger
In 1983, the principal media in the Western world, which dominate much of the media in the rest of the world, were owned by 50 corporations. In 2002, this had fallen to nine transnational companies. Rampant deregulation has ended even a
Green Left Weekly asked some of our recent contributors to explain why they supported the paper.
"Green Left Weekly is a vital part of Australia's independent media. Both in print and on line, it is globally influential — and always worth reading
Nicole Hilder, Wollongong
On September 24, 200 people attended a feisty meet-the-candidates forum on "family values", held in the Wollongong mall.
Referred to by its critics as "the big day out for homophobes", the event was organised by Jeff
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