Doug Lorimer
The March 1 Middle East edition of the US military's Stars and Stripes newspaper reported that a poll of active-duty US troops in Iraq found that 51% of them believe all US military forces should be withdrawn from Iraq within at least
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Resistance provoked hysteria and outrage from shock-jocks and conservatives recently by selling Australian flag-burning kits to university students around the country during orientation weeks. The kits were inspired by Resistance member Azlan
Lisa Macdonald
After yet another week of factional frenzy, for which the Australian Labor Party is increasingly renowned, it is clearer than ever that the party is in serious crisis.
Some in the party's inner circle are once again blaming the
Linda Waldron, Melbourne
"Stop the war on our unions, civil liberties and working people's rights!" was the theme of the March 8 International Women's Day (IWD) demonstration at the Victorian State Library.
The rally, called by the Victorian
Tony Dewberry
"You can judge politicians by how they treat refugees; they do to them what they would like to do to everyone else if they could get away with it." — Ken Livingstone, lord mayor of London
It seems the Howard government wants to
Emma Clancy
"Time is short. If we do not change the world now, there may be no 22nd century. Capitalism has destroyed the ecological equilibrium of the earth. It is now or never!" — Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez speaking to thousands of
Indigenous people from around Australia will gather in Melbourne during the "Stolenwealth Games" on March 15-26.
Organised by the Black GST, the Indigenous gathering will discuss ways to bring international media attention to the following demands
We live in a world dominated by war, racism, poverty and environmental destruction. We are told that these disasters are inevitable: they result from "human nature" and we can do nothing about them. But there is no human gene that causes misery. It
The following is abridged from an open letter from the construction workers building the city end of the Perth to Mandurah rail link.
You have every right to know the reasons why we stopped work [on February 24] on the Metrorail project and why
Zoe Kenny
The release by the South Australian government in December of the latest blueprint to reduce lead pollution in Port Pirie signals yet another chapter in the long, half-hearted effort by SA authorities to mitigate the impact of the town's
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