Doug Lorimer
One day after sending 3000 US troops into the rebel city of Samarra in the early hours of October 1, General John Batiste, commander of the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, announced that US troops had "taken control" of the rebel
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To: The Hon Rob Hulls MLA, Attorney General of Victoria; The Hon Steve Bracks MLA, Premier of Victoria.
We, the undersigned, support Craig Johnston's immediate release from jail for the following reasons:
1. Craig Johnston is the only person
Saranel Benjamin, Durban
Rachel (Ray) Alexander died at her Cape Town home on September 12. She had lived a long life of 90 years and during this time she painted the South African political landscape with courage, fierce determination and
Rohan Pearce
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets of towns in northern Iraq on October 2 to call for a referendum on autonomy for southern Kurdistan (the portion of Kurdistan incorporated into Iraq). In the city of Sulaimaniya, Associated Press
Against HumanityA film by Waratah Rosemary Gillespie
REVIEWED BY JOHN GAUCI
Against Humanity is a short, heart-wrenching video documentary made by Australian human shield in Baghdad, Waratah Rosemary Gillespie. The film explodes the myth of
Nukes
Paul Barnsley (Write on, GLW #601) has missed the point entirely. Whether or not Iran's decision to develop a nuclear power industry — given the insoluble problems of radioactive waste disposal — is a good idea, is a matter for Iranians
Jeremy Smith
The national council of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), meeting in Melbourne on September 30-October 2, voted to support the campaign to end the imprisonment of militant unionist Craig Johnston.
Attended by 200
Gary Meyerhoff
When PM John Howard promised a $30 million trial of retractable syringes in November 2001, the harm reduction sector saw it as another attack on the human rights of people who use illicit drugs. Three years later, the trial has
Sarah Stephen, Sydney
A number of detainees at Sydney's Villawood detention centre went on hunger strike from October 5-8. Asylum seekers and other immigration detainees joined together to stage the protest to ensure that the plight of those in
Ernest Tate, interviewed Peter Camejo for Relay magazine. Tate has known Camejo since the late 1950s, when Peter was a leader of the Young Socialists Alliance and a leader of the American Socialist Workers' Party. In the 1960s, Peter gained national
Eva Cheng
From his September 12 election to the Legislative Council, pro-worker activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-Hung fought to modify the oath of allegiance he had to give on October 6 in order to take up the seat. Leung, who is one of 30 popularly
YandyWritten by Jolly ReadDirected by Rachael MazaOctober 9-22, Octagon Theatre, University of Western AustraliaPresented by Black Swan Theatre CompanyTickets available through BOCS (08) 9484 1133.
REVIEW BY FEDERICO FUENTES
Yandy is the story of
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