BY SUE BOLTON
Several years ago, when former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union organiser Brett Cardinal was working in Papua New Guinea, he got involved in an argument about the economic domination of rich countries. An older man listening to
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Further Medicare rally planned
MELBOURNE — At its September 25 meeting, the Defend and Extend Medicare (DEM) group voted to follow its planned October 3 rally with another on November 7.
DEM joint coordinator Joe Toscano, arguing for the
SHORT STORY BY MARY O'HARA
Up until last Sat'dy arvo, I'd never thought of myself as a terrorist. I knew that terrorists were our greatest enemies. World leaders have left me in no doubt as to the seriousness of the threat posed by these vicious,
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BY SUE BOLTON
Any white-collar worker or member of an industrially weak union is kidding themselves if they think that the federal Coalition government's legislation restricting the rights of building workers won't also affect them.
At the press
BY ROHAN PEARCE
In his September 23 address to the UN General Assembly, US President George Bush said that the "regime of Saddam Hussein cultivated ties to terror while it built weapons of mass destruction. It used those weapons in acts of mass
On September 25, the Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal in Nigeria overturned Amina Lawal's conviction for adultery and a sentence to be stoned to death. Lawal was convicted because she bore a child to a man she was divorced from. She has endured
BY DOUG LORIMER
While French President Jacques Chirac used the opportunity of his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 23 to criticise Washington's decision to invade Iraq without UN Security Council authorisation, he also indicated that
On the front line for ExxonMobil
"This looks like a modern-day crusade not to free an oppressed people or to rid the world of a demonic dictator relentless in his pursuit of conquest and domination but a crusade to control another nation's natural
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On September 24, 500 angry public school teachers rallied outside the Western Australian parliament to demand that Premier Geoff Gallop's Labor government agree to the log of claims their union has put to the government.
On September 25, Professor EDWARD SAID died. The Electronic Intifada's ALI ABUNIMAH, ARJAN EL FASSED, LAURIE KING-IRANI and NIGEL PARRY pay tribute.
Professor Said maintained his relentless engagement with people, culture, and politics all over the
BY PAUL D'AMATO
CHICAGO — Ted Glick, a leading antiwar activist, recently wrote an article titled "The United Nations and Iraq", which makes the most coherent case for a phased withdrawal of US troops and its replacement by a UN-led occupation.
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