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New report: NSW police violence and corruption

Dale Mills Police in NSW commit unlawful violent acts and cover up for each other, according to the recently published Operation Whistler report. Operation Whistler was an investigation by the NSW Police Integrity Commission focussed on the

CHILE: Bachelet wins presidential elections

Roberto Jorquera The election of the Socialist Party's Michelle Bachelet as president on January 11, with 3.6 million votes (53%), was greeted with street parties throughout Chile. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez immediately rang Bachelet and

Anti-racist rally victory

Simon Butler, Newcastle In the days immediately following the racist riots in Cronulla late last year, text messages began circulating in Newcastle advertising a "Cronulla-style" rally at the local Nobby's Beach. Within 48 hours of receiving this

IRAN: US-EU3 push for Security Council referral

Doug Lorimer Iran's January 9 decision to reopen its uranium enrichment research facilities after a voluntary year-long suspension has been seized on by the US and its European Union allies to push for Iran to be referred by the UN's Vienna-based

Write on: Letters to the Editor

War criminal Could John Howard please explain how "sedition laws" might compare to the international law of "inciting a war of aggression". Clearly, if truth is a defence, the attack on Iraq will always be illegal and Howard will always be a war

GERMANY: Iraq war role exposed

Tania Roth On January 13, the ARD public television's magazine Panorama and the national newspaper Die Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SD) broke the news that in 2003, two agents of the German secret service (BND) stayed in Iraq and worked as informants for

On the box

Cutting Edge: The Last Abortion Clinic — Looks at how increasing US state abortion regulations and the decline in abortion providers will affect the pro-choice movement's influence in this enduring debate. SBS, Tuesday, January 24, 8.30pm. The

Ballarat uni tries a bribe

Sue Bull, Ballarat After the defeat by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last year of two ballots for a non-union enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat, management resorted to offering Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)

Dark truths

The United States of NothingWitten and directed by Stephen SewellStarring Roy Billing, Katrina Foster, Kristian Schmid and Amelia CormackWorld premiere at the SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, SydneyTo February 4 REVIEW BY HELEN JARVIS With his

SOUTH AFRICA: Expect more global apartheid in 2006

Patrick Bond, Johannesburg Unless political elites change strategy and tactics in 2006, North-South relations will continue to degenerate. By the end of last year, opportunities ranging from rock concerts to summits and trade negotiations were

Unite to stop racism

The following statement was issued by the socialist youth organisation Resistance on December 13 in response to the racist attacks in Cronulla on December 11. In response to the weekend's events in Cronulla, PM John Howard has attempted to deny the

NSW riot squad to target dissent

Dale Mills, Sydney The attack on civil liberties continues with a new riot squad being established in NSW as part of the Counter Terrorism Co-ordination Command. The difference between dissent and terrorism is becoming increasingly thin. The