Two weeks after his asylum application was refused, 26-year-old Hussein Nasseri shot himself between the eyes. On April 18, the inquest into his June 2004 death concluded that the refusal drove him to suicide. Nasseri fled from Iran in 2000, after
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For the moment the horizon is on fireDemocracy rising balanced on a wireLiberation, you can smell it in the airThings are moving and the rich are all awareSome will talk along the sidelines, others they will doMe, I'll sing a song for Chavez before
The Chavez Code: Deciphering the intervention of the United States in VenezuelaBy Eva GolingerEditorial de Ciencias Sociales330 pagesCopies can be obtained via the author at <evagolinger@hotmail.com>
The Chavez Code by Eva Golinger cracks
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"There would be little difference for businesses between a Labour and Tory government, says Richard Branson. Asked which party would be better for business, the Virgin tycoon said: 'Arguably, it doesn't matter.' He told the
Max Lane, Sydney
On April 26, a new round of negotiations will start between the Australian and East Timorese governments over the maritime boundary between the two countries.
The Australian government is still refusing to recognise the
Nicole Hilder, Melbourne
On April 20, the same day that the media reported Coalition Senator Ron Boswell's intention to introduce a private member's bill into parliament restricting women's access to abortion, the Socialist Alliance held a
Rohan Pearce
No sooner had the Twin Towers come down on 9/11 than the coterie of neoconservatives in President George Bush's administration sought to use the terrorist attacks as justification for a US invasion of Iraq. The aim wasn't to liberate
Australia's prison population increased by 3% last year, with an average of 23,816 people behind bars at any one time.
Tasmania recorded a 17% jump in incarcerations last year.
The Northern Territory has the highest incarceration rate: In 2004,
On April 7, Washington's ambassador in Bogota explained that the US would not extradite US soldiers caught smuggling cocaine in Colombian territory, because they had "diplomatic immunity". The envoy, fending off Colombian parliamentarians' calls for
Sir! No Sir — The story of how US GIs, in their thousands, created a widespread, unprecedented movement against the war in Vietnam. Through demonstrations, underground newspapers, combat refusals and more, US GIs altered the course of the Vietnam
Land to the poor, schools to the youngDentists for them all so smiles beamat victory stories talked and revolt stories sungword on the street is the gifts are as they've seen
Factories to the workers, bold in their new hourunions taking heart at
Call on your union leadership to join the Victorian unions and protest on June 30. United, we can defeat Howard! For a draft motion email <sueb@greenleft.org.au>.From Green Left Weekly, April 27, 2005.
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