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In justifying the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the warmongers claimed "liberation" of the women of that country to be a motivating factor. In justifying their campaign to put in place a pro-US puppet regime in Iran, the imperial warmongers are
Excuses for Cuba I am a regular reader of Âé¶¹Ó³»­, primarily because I support the causes you support, and secondly because I find it an antidote to the mush we get from the so-called mainstream media. However, I must take issue in the
BY MAREE KENNY "We get this guy out of bed early in the morning...he clings on to the bedstead. My job is to unwind his fingers. Struggling, Shouting. He won't go." These words, spoken by an officer employed at Sydney's Villawood detention centre
BY KERRIE BARRON & JAMES CAULFIELD CANBERRA — A group of activists gathered outside the Royal Thailand Embassy in Yarralumla on June 12 in response to the Thai government's "war on drugs". The "war" began around three months ago, and has
BY TIM GOODEN GEELONG — On June 11, 100 people attended a public meeting convened by Gavin O'Connor, ALP MP member for the federal seat of Corio, to hear speakers talk about defending Medicare. The meeting was addressed by Australian Nursing
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS MELBOURNE — More than 600 manufacturing companies were hit by a 24-hour stop work on June 12. The action was initiated a week earlier by a shop-stewards meeting of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers
BY DOUG LORIMER When Australian Federal Police raided the homes of 10 Iranian Australians on June 3, the AFP agents carried warrants authorising them to seize information relating to refugees' rights organisations and the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK),
BY DALE MILLS There have been more sensational revelations about British state-sponsored terrorism in Northern Ireland following the publication on April 17 of an official report — by Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens — that found that
The Morris McMahon picket has entered its 14th week. Community pickets are being held at the factory gate every Thursday morning at 6.30am, 34 Arncliffe St, Arncliffe. From Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Weekly, June 18, 2003. Visit the Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Weekly home page.
BY JON LAND NEWCASTLE — A bunch of local and national musicians are banding together to put on a huge fundraising event at the Civic Theatre on June 29 for War Child, an organisation that raises awareness of the struggle for survival facing