MELBOURNE — On December 10, 300 asylum seekers and refugee-rights activists marked Human Rights Day with a march to draw attention to the plight of refugees, in particular the threatened deportation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, some of whom
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Since European settlement, half of Australia's forests have been cleared. Only 5% of the country has any forest cover remaining.
Over 85% of the southern temperate woodlands has been completely cleared. Between 12 and 15 billion trees have been
With the US presidential election out of the way, Washington has now begun the escalation of the war in Iraq — a war that has already cost the lives of at least 100,000 Iraqis and almost 1300 US soldiers.
During the year-long US election
Linda Waldron, Lahore
On December 6, 2000 protesters participated in an anti-imperialist rally organised by the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP). Following the rally, the protesters marched through downtown Lahore to Lakshmi Chowk, one of the largest
Doug Lorimer
The US military is discussing plans to turn the Iraqi city of Fallujah into a giant concentration camp. Most of the city's 300,000 residents were driven out by a massive US bombing campaign in the week prior to an invasion by 10,000 US
On schedule
"I noticed today that the elections are on schedule for June the 30th." — Emperor George Bush II, November 20, referring to the US-dictated January 30 Iraqi parliamentary elections.
Free enterprise
"A third or more of the
On December 8, the Indian parliament voted to rule out any possibility of sending troops to Iraq. Washington had petitioned the parliament to send troops around the time of the puppet election there in January. External affairs minister Natwar Singh,
REVIEW BY ALISON DELLIT
Absolute FriendsJohn Le CarreHodder & StaughtonLondon, 2004384 pages, $19.95 (Tpb)
In the Cold War-spawned genre of tense spy thrillers, John Le Carre's work stood out. Not only did he have a sharp sense of humanity, but
Anti-Privatisation Forum activist Matthews Ndlovu was convicted on December 5 of "malicious damage to property", and sentenced to a fine of 25,000 Rand (AU$6000) or two years' imprisonment. Ndlovu is a leader of the Phiri community resistance to
I hide in the rubble of your conscience, each bomb you drop implodes your invincibilityas rats tire of eating decomposing bodies,then turn and gnaw at your humanity.Whilst maggots invade the ears of the deadyour words are drowned in your
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