Jon Lamb
On October 15, a band of angry villagers and former pro-integration militia from East Timor crossed the border from the Indonesian province of West Timor into the East Timorese province of Oecuessi and attacked two startled East Timorese
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Kim Bullimore
On November 17, an Israeli military court acquitted of all charges the captain accused of the manslaughter of 13-year-old student Iman Al-Hams. Captain R, whose identity was suppressed by the Israeli military, was also charged with
Robert Alcock, Sydney
Thank you, thank you John Howard and Philip Ruddock for the new sedition laws that became the target of ridicule on November 13. Tears rolled — not from fear but from laughter — at the performances by some of the country's
The November 15 mass protest of hundreds of thousands of people at more than 300 venues around the country revealed the overwhelming opposition to the federal government's attacks on working people and trade unions — and that large numbers of
Doug Lorimer
A claim by US intelligence officials that they possess "strong circumstantial" evidence that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program were dismissed on November 14 by US nuclear weapons expert David Albright.
According to the
Sedition
It's all about choice, the multi-million dollar advertising tells us. Bargain with your employer, he will give you an interview and listen sympathetically to your pleas. You and the other several hundred of your comrades individually. He
Sue Bolton
New Zealand unionists in Auckland and Wellington joined unionists in 22 other countries on November 15 to protest outside Australian embassies against the Australian government's attacks on workers.
Two Unite organisers, Simon
We were pleased with our members' turn out on November 15. Not only the well-organised areas came out; there were contractors, retail workers and mail officers, and night shift workers who came straight from work to the rally, and they were still
My first demonstration was an anti-Vietnam war march, but this one [on November 15] was the biggest I've ever seen. It wasn't just a union rally, it was a community rally. It reminded me of the 1970s before [former Labor Prime Minister Gough] Whitlam
Chris Spindler
On November 15 we witnessed one of the biggest mobilisations of workers and their communities, supporters and families. At least 200,000 participated in the Melbourne rally and march against PM John Howard's IR laws, certainly the
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