Despite its decision to lift martial law in Aceh, Jakarta refuses to withdraw any of its 40,000 troops from the province, to lift the ban on protests or to allow international observers in. A protest in Sydney will coincide with the two-year
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A former US guard at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib jail, Sergeant Sindar, has remarked, "It is a common thing to abuse prisoners. I saw beatings all the time". A Red Cross spokesperson has referred to a "pattern" and "broad system" of prisoner
Since its inception, Green Left Weekly has featured cartoons from one of Australia's premier left cartoonists, Chris Kelly.
Kelly has not set his vast body of work up on the web for all to see. Included are the weekly editorial cartoons Kelly has
Ruth Ratcliffe & Owen Richards, Sydney
Around 200 activists rallied outside NSW parliament on May 13 to protest the state Labor government's inaction on the ADI site. Speakers called on Premier Bob Carr to declare the site a conservation zone,
The following are excerpts from greetings given to the Socialist Alliance third national conference, May 8-9.
Craig Johnston, former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
The ALP isn't much different to the Liberals.
Lou Plummer is a member of Military Families Speak Out and the Bring Them Home Now Campaign. He offers a war veterans take on the debate around the US military's torture of Iraqi prisoners.
One Friday when I was in my early 20s, I took off my
James Bowden, Darwin & Iggy Kim, Sydney
A public meeting of 40 people on May 6 had spirited discussion and debate on the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea. The meeting, which was co-sponsored by
Growth FetishBy Clive HamiltonAllen & Unwin, 2003280pages, $24.95
Review by John Tognolini
"Clive Hamilton's garbage is just silly, dangerous, left-wing crap" — NSW treasurer Michael Egan.
After reading Clive Hamilton's Growth Fetish, I
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On May 10, at least 8000 trade unionists defied the employers, the federal and Victorian governments, the ACTU and the national officials of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union by rallying outside Melbourne's county
General Richard Myers, chairperson of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, claims, "It is not systematic. And it's really a shame that just a handful can besmirch, maybe, the reputations of hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and sailors, airmen, and
Dave Andrews, Fremantle
Angered by provisions in the federal budget attacking the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Fremantle branch of the Socialist Alliance is urging solidarity with the union.
Ian Jamieson, a wharfie, member
Green Left Weekly's Ra£l Cienfuegos interviewed Ra£l Reyes, a member of the leadership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The United States and the European Union label the FARC a terrorist organisation, and in Colombia the
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