Rohan Pearce
Many liberal commentators have spent their time since the November 2 US presidential election bemoaning the "stupidity" of US people for "re"-electing President George Bush, instead of voting for John Kerry, the alternative pro-war
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Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Sam Watson, prominent Aboriginal activist and Socialist Alliance member, slammed as "racist clowns" the members of the Australian army who were revealed in the November 11 Courier Mail, standing behind Aboriginal soldiers in a
James Balowski, Jakarta
The new government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces a staggering array of problems — rampant corruption, continuing human rights abuses by the military, massive unemployment, crumbling infrastructure, and a
On October 19, 2001, the "SIEV X" boat sank between Indonesian and Australian waters, taking the lives of 353 people. Amal Basry survived the tragedy and the following is her story, which she told to Mary Dagmar Davies.
Amal means hope in Arabic.
The Refugee Action Collective in Melbourne recently voted to support the campaign for the release of jailed unionist Craig Johnston. RAC member Tony Dewberry moved the motion in favour of Johnston and explains why below.
I know some people might
Eva Cheng
The illegal Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU) plans to press ahead with a general strike on November 15 despite having the strike ballot among its 140,000 members seriously disrupted by police.
The KGEU had planned a general
REVIEW BY AUSTIN WHITTEN
Tell Me No Lies — Investigative Journalism And its TriumphsEdited by John PilgerJonathan Cape, 2004626 pages, $35 (tpb)
In the introduction to his eminently readable new book, John Pilger states that he wanted to honour
REVIEW BY MAX WATTS
Kisch in Australia — The Untold StoryBy Heidi Zogbaum, afterword by Marcus PatkaScribe Publications, Melbourne 2004240 pages, $26.95 (pb).
Just 70 years ago, on November 13, 1934, Egon Erwin Kisch, a German-writing
Kim Bullimore, Ramallah
Amid chanting, gunfire, clapping and weeping, Yasser Arafat was welcomed home to his final resting place by more than 200,000 Palestinians on November 12.
Tens of thousands wearing the familiar checked kaffir and carrying
Lost the plot
Those in charge of the Labor Party have lost the plot. They have failed to educate the young people about Labor's objective. The election proved that the young people are going away from Labor.
In older times the Labor Party had a
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