BY MADHAVEE INAMDAR
The United States decided to use the 9/11 tragedy to reorganise the world. It has military bases on every continent. The largest of these is situated in one of the tiniest states: Qatar in the Persian Gulf. There are 189 member
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Bill Weller (Write On, GLW #521) asks why, if the Greens are doing
so well, and are so progressive, would the Socialist Alliance (SA) field
candidates against them? While the Greens play a valuable role in profiling
BY JON LAMB
NEWCASTLE — Miners at the United coal mine 16 kilometres west of Singleton and several other pits in the Hunter region are preparing to step-up industrial action to improve wages and conditions.
"At United, the miners accepted a
BY PETER BOYLE
Police raided the Kuala Lumpur office of malaysiakini.com, a progressive and independent web site, and seized computers on January 20. Ten hours later, while a protest vigil was being held outside the office, the site was up again,
BY
VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE Fivo Freitas is 28 years old, he sought asylum in Australia
after leaving East Timor in 1999. Now he is preparing for his application
for asylum-seeker status to be rejected once again by the Refugee Review
BY
GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE Recent emergency actions against war in Iraq show the
depth of anger against the Australian governments decision to back the
impending war against Iraq.
On January 19, more than 150 people joined a hastily
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The corporate media were quick to
BY MICHAEL KARADJIS
Tens of thousands of Turkish Cypriots in recent weeks have laid to rest the question of whether the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" represents their aspirations or is an outside imposition by the military ruling
BY EVA CHENG
Australia's right to draw up or maintain non-profit-oriented social policies will be under threat from the "free trade" agreement (FTA) that the Coalition government seeks to make with President George Bush's US administration. Formal
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FEDERICO FUENTES
BUENOS AIRES Two separate delegations travelled to the northern
province of Tucuman, one of the poorest provinces in Argentina, in January.
Each represented the deep gulf that divides Argentinian society and politics.