BY JIM GREEN
Predictably, the Coalition government has been placed bottom of the class for its environmental performance when environment groups — including the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Wilderness Society, Friends of the Earth and
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The medium that got away
By the time the first bombs dropped on Afghanistan in early October, thousands of images and millions of words had been fired in the US propaganda war. The purpose of these was clear: to "prove" that the US and its allies
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INDONESIA: Acehnese leader speaks out at trial
BY MAX LANE
The trial (if it
It's election time and many people are thinking about who to vote for in order to best advance women's liberation. As in every election, some feminists are organising to support women candidates. But simply getting women elected will not ensure a
Civilisation vs barbarians
"American investigators are considering resorting to harsher interrogation techniques, including torture, after facing a wall of silence from jailed suspected members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, according to a
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW — When I am asked to name some indisputable achievement that marks the 10 years since the collapse of the USSR, I always recall that Russians have learnt to brew good beer.
In the Soviet Union the beer was
BY EVA CHENG
The protests against Bush's war on Afghanistan are growing in many parts of the world despite initial signs that some countries, especially the US, are seeking to respond to any civil disobedience with heavy-handed repression.
In the
A documentary about Indonesian factory workers who make theatre, produced and presented by Actively Radical Television
November 10, 7pm, Tap gallery, cnr Burton and Palmer streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Also music, wine, poetry and chat by Tim
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REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY
Phil Somerville has contributed cartoons to the Bulletin, the Australian and is a semi-regular humourist at the Sydney Morning Herald. I
Reclaim the Night I
This year's Reclaim the Night rally in Melbourne highlighted the need to raise politics in the women's movement. The speakers talked either of their own personal experiences of abuse, or of the abuse of women in general.
There
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — During an October 25 interview on Radio 3AW, Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Victoria Alison Thorne faced a barrage of abuse and accusation.
Thorne was invited by 3AW drive-time host Steve Price to talk
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