Rohan Pearce
"The progress we've seen in Iraq has been superb, and we can be confident going forward because the Iraqi people value their own liberty and are determined to choose their own destiny", US Vice-President Dick Cheney declared on October
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Michael Ascroft, Melbourne
On October 2-3, the socialist youth organisation Resistance, which is affiliated to the Socialist Alliance, held its 43th national conference at Trades Hall in Melbourne. Participants from Resistance branches across
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomWritten and directed by Alex GibneyDendy Cinemas from October 13
REVIEW BY LACHLAN MALLOCH
"Burn baby, burn!" These malicious, greedy words of an Enron trader, referring to a bushfire threatening power lines
John Pilger, London
Here are questions that are not being asked about the latest twist of a cynical war. Were explosives and a remote-control detonator found in the car of the two British SAS special forces men "rescued" from prison in Basra on
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"The most significant revelation of 'Executive Excess' concerned the growth in profits by companies involved in providing services, goods and military 'expertise' to the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 9/11, CEOs heading
An 82-year-old man was evicted from the Labour Party conference on September 28 and then refused re-entry under "terrorism" laws. Foreign secretary Jack Straw told delegates that British troops were in Iraq "for one reason only" — to help the
Dale Mills
"These proposals will curtail our civil liberties dramatically, but the government has not put forward any evidence that these laws will help combat terrorism", according to Agnes Chong, who contributed to a detailed report
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Jim McIlroy
Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed in Centrelink are holding rolling stop-work meetings around the country in their campaign for a fair enterprise bargaining agreement. The previous agreement expired on
Marie Martinez, Darwin
Opposition is growing to attempts to crush the Charles Darwin University Students' Union. On September 29, 150 students and staff demonstrated in defence of the CDUSU and against the recently announced slashing of almost 400
Stephen Garvey, Melbourne
One hundred and twenty people attended a forum on September 27 to discuss the treatment of refugees in the global social and political context. Melbourne QC Julian Burnside, Green Left Weekly's Sarah Stephen, former Manus
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