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'Bring the troops home now!'

Thousands of protesters marched past the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in opposition to the Democratic Party's support for the war on Iraq. Protesters held signs demanding: "Bring the troops home now!" and "End the occupation of Iraq,

IRAQ: UN mission fails to recruit troops

Doug Lorimer The United Nations has failed to persuade enough member countries to contribute troops to provide protection for its planned mission to Iraq, according to the July 21 Los Angeles Times. The UN was seeking at least 1000 troops from

What would you do if your house was raided?

BY SARAH STEPHEN ASIO, the Police and YouAustralian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network38 pagesAvailable at <http://www.amcran.org> or phone (02) 9349 7186 This pamphlet is big news, if the audience at its July 26 launch is anything to

A higher education act for bureaucrats and money lenders

Austin Whitten The administrative guidelines for the controversial Higher Education Support Act 2003 are currently being digested by university staff across Australia. Administrative personnel travelled to Canberra in March to learn how to

Green Left website traffic hits new high

Traffic to the Green Left Weekly website hit an all-time high on July 19, when a total of 19,650 visitors came to the site and a total of 86,243 articles were read. Previously, the highest number of visitors on one day had been around 14,000. Most

Students to mobilise to 'punish Howard'

Alexis Vassiley In the wake of the National Union of Students' national education conference, held at the University of Sydney on June 30-July 2, student activists around the country have called for rallies to be held in mid August to protest the

UNITED STATES: Michael Moore is right! Soldiers in Iraq want to go home

Rohan Pearce Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, the most successful anti-war film ever, doesn't gloss over the atrocities committed by the US occupation forces in Iraq, depicting graphic scenes of carnage inflicted on Iraqis by US soldiers. But

'End the lies!'

Duncan Meerding & Jim McIlroy More cities have now taken up the call to hold demonstrations in the week prior to the federal election. The Hobart Peace Coalition has initiated a broad group to organise an "End the lies" rally — a similar theme

PNG forced to cooperate with Howard's 'war on terror'

Karen Fredericks The Coalition government will start deploying Australian police to Papua New Guinea from early September. This follows the Papua New Guinea parliament's decision on July 27 to finalise legislation giving the 230 Australian police

ETU steps closer to 36-hour week

Marcus Pabian, Melbourne On July 28, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) scored another victory in its ambitious campaign to institute a 36-hour week, improve working conditions and increase the number of apprentices in the Victorian power industry,

Opera House two appeal convictions

Dale Mills, Sydney On July 29, two anti-war activists who painted the words "No war" on the Sydney Opera House's main sail on March 18 last year argued in the NSW Criminal Appeal Court that they should have been allowed to put their defence of

SUDAN: US steps up pressure over Darfur crisis

Doug Lorimer The Australian and British governments — Washington's partners in last year's illegal invasion of Iraq — have offered to send troops to Sudan as part of a UN "peacekeeping" force, despite the fact that there is no proposal before