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  • IRAQ: Bush prepares his next bloody war

    The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Raid likened to apartheid era

    Residents in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha (near Cape Town), rebelled on July 8 in response to a raid by police and municipal officials. Community anger boiled over when a council sheriff attempted to repossess an elderly pensioner's

  • CANADA: Anti-G8 protesters demand open borders

    OTTOWA — More than 5000 people braved flooding rain to “take” the Canadian capital, Ottowa, behind the banner “Open the Borders: No-one is Illegal” on June 27, the final day of the G8 leaders' summit. Despite grave

  • PAKISTAN: Afghanistan war spreads

    Pakistan is moving into a new period of political turmoil following the June 26 and July 2 killings of 13 Pakistani soldiers in firefights with al Qaeda forces. According to the June 27 Washington Post, the June 26

  • First anti-US protest in Kabul

    More than 400 Afghans protested outside the United Nations compound in Kabul on July 4, according to the BBC. The demonstration was against the July 1 US bombing raid in the country's south-west that slaughtered at least 40 people, possibly

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Municipal workers strike for living wage

    More than 100,000 municipal workers across South Africa &#151 members of the militant South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) &#151 began a national strike on July 2. Tens of thousands have marched in demonstrations in major

  • BRITAIN: The media and the Middle East

    BY JOHN PILGER  LONDON — In May, the Glasgow University Media Group, distinguished for its pioneering media analysis, published a study on the reporting of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. It ought to be required reading in newsrooms

  • FIJI: Vote-buying scam exposed

    SUVA &#151 Despite being declared free and fair by international observers, Fiji's 2001 general election was riddled with fraud and corruption. The most recent scandal to emerge involves the interim government spending up to F$30

  • PALESTINE: World's longest running injustice

    BY KATHRYN KELLY  The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel which has been in place since the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war represents a slow death for the Palestinian people. I've recently returned from an Australian

  • GREECE: General strike signals radicalisation

    On June 18, Greek workers paralysed the country with a massive general strike against a government attempt to increase the age of retirement and reduce pensions. This militant action underscores the radicalisation that is

  • INDONESIA: Wahid, Sari call for 'people's congress'

    JAKARTA — On June 25, the Jakarta Media Centre was packed to overflowing. Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) and Dita Sari, the most prominent labour movement figure in Indonesia, were going to speak on the