Dale Mills
A complaint by prisoners' pressure group Sisters Inside led to a 20-month inquiry that found that in a four-year period, 41,728 strip searches were performed on women in Queensland's prisons. Only two searches found "significant
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Peter Boyle
Delmae Barton, 62, an Aboriginal elder-in-residence at Brisbane's Griffith University, was on her way to work when she suffered a suspected stroke or diabetes attack next to a bus stop. For five and a half hours she was left lying in a
Walter Yoia, Buenos Aires
The longest roadblock in Argentina's history reached a month on March 4, as residents and environmentalists protest neighbouring Uruguay's push to allow construction to continue at the Fray Bentos paper mill. What began as
Alex Miller
In the same week that British military fatalities in Iraq reached 103, British Prime Minister Tony Blair — who will be visiting Australia in late March — stunned viewers during a TV chat show interview by claiming that God would be
Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, TerrorBy Tariq AliVerso, 2005104 pagesOrder at <http://www.versobooks.com/>
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
On July 7, 2005, four young British Muslims blew themselves up on the London transport system,
Pip Hinman, Sydney
In a powerful presentation that included a short "war correspondent" tour of Bosnia, Palestine and south Lebanon, Robert Fisk reminded a packed forum at Sydney's Seymour Centre on March 6 that the US-led invasion and occupation
Peter Boyle
"The Pentagon plan, designed to fight what it describes as 'The Long War', envisages 'long-duration, complex operations involving the US military and international partners, waged simultaneously in multiple countries round the world'
Cannabis
In his attack on Liberal Party anti-drugs policy, Gary Meyerhoff (Write On, GLW #656) contends that "despite claims by some mental health professionals that some pre-existing mental illnesses can be exacerbated or 'brought on' by marijuana
Doug Lorimer
The February 12 London Sunday Times reported that the US is drawing up plans for air and missile strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. Giving the impression that such an attack was imminent, the paper reported that its source was
On March 8, demonstrations to mark International Women's Day took place across the globe, many focusing on opposition to war and occupation. Palestinians and Israelis joined together at the Ar Ram checkpoint near Jerusalem and marched along the
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