Pat Denny On August 9, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled by 10 to 2 to uphold the convictions of the "Cuban Five" — a group of men jailed on trumped-up espionage charges after infiltrating Florida-based groups linked to terrorist
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'Calming' Baghdad "Iraq, US Forces Raid Sadr City to Calm Baghdad" — Headline on US Bloomberg news service report on an August 7 US-led military attack that set off a two-hour gun battle with supporters of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
SYDNEY — The spirit of revolutionary the Venezuelan revolution was brought to the August 12-13 NSW Teachers Federation council meeting by Venezuelan charge d'affaires Nelson Davila. Davila outlined the revolutionary changes that are being
Liz Denborough Between July 22 and August 3, 40 people ranging from 20 to 75 years' old travelled by bus from Melbourne to Adelaide to Alice Springs and back. Our aim was to become better informed about the secrets and lies of Australia's nuclear
Russell Pickering, Perth On August 13, 600 people attended a Community and Family Day of Solidarity at the Perth Soccer Club to support the 107 construction workers who have been served with writs for taking strike action in February on the Leighton
Kerryn Williams On August 14, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) bombed the Sencholai children's home in the Mullaithivu district, killing at least 61 Tamil students and injuring hundreds of others. Students from up to 18 schools in the region had been
Craig Johnston, a former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian secretary and now a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union site delegate, addressed the Maritime Union of Australia's Western Australian branch conference, held on
Marcus Greville, Melbourne In a bruising blow to the Howard government's anti-union laws, striking Amcor workers won an agreement on August 16 in which all legal action against the workers and their union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Wages of SpinVersion 1.0 theatre group With Stephen Klinder, Kym Vercoe and David WilliamsBrisbane: Aug 23-26, Powerhouse, $29/$24Melbourne: Aug 30-Sept 9, ArtsHouse, Nth Melbourne Town Hall, $20/$18, Hobart: Sept 13-16, Salamanca Arts Centre,
Louisa Romanous I cannot sit back while the vicious and destructive Israeli attacks on Lebanon are targeting innocent peoples' homes and basic infrastructure. As a mother, I cannot remain silent as observers say that the Geneva Convention —
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