The number of inmates in US jails jumped from 320,000 in 1980 to 2 million in 2000.
One out of every 142 people in the US is behind bars.
There were 13.6 million arrests in 2003.
An average of US$7 billion a year for the past 10 years was spent
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Federal treasurer Peter Costello's 10th budget, to be revealed on May 10, will continue the federal Coalition government's neoliberal "reform" — pushing increased "user-pays" and the privatisation of Medicare and higher education.
The dire state
Some of the largest student protest rallies in recent years took place on April 28, a national day of action (NDA) in defence of student unions. Fred Fuentes, a member of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, spoke to a number of student
Doug Lorimer
On April 30, tens of thousands of Vietnamese participated in celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on the 30th anniversary of the nation's great victory in 1975 over the US and its Saigon puppet regime.
In Hanoi, Prime Minister
A clear majority of US voters (57%) do not believe that it was worthwhile going to war with Iraq, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll taken on April 29-May 1. In a similar poll taken in February, 48% of respondents said it was worthwhile and 50%
Doug Lorimer
On May 1, a video was released to the international media in which Douglas Wood, an 63-year-old Australian citizen and US resident, announced he had been captured by an Iraqi resistance group. Pleading for his life, Wood appealed on
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Help! The Coalition government is hell-bent on destroying any opposition to its neo-conservative, homophobic, war-mongering, business-first agenda. They want to silence organisations that have defended workers, students and marginalised groups.
According to the corporate finance group PricewaterhouseCoopers, US military expenditure will equal that of the rest of the world within 12 months. In a report released by PwC's global aerospace and defence division on April 27 — The Defence
"Your friends will never forget you",the fluttering leaflet said,"Your friends will never forget you",and then o'er the valley spread,The wide sky cowed in sorrow,and the eyes of the angels wept,For a promise made by the soldiersthat their leaders
On April 29, Iranian refugee Ardeshir Gholipour was released from the Baxter detention centre after more than five years in detention. His release came after the release of some 30 Iranian and Afghan refugees during April, most of whom had spent
On April 28, Mark Scott-Crossley and Simon Mathebula were convicted of murder by a Phalaborwa court. On January 31 last year, under Scott-Crossley's orders, Nelson Chisale, a worker who had just filed a complaint over unfair labour practices, was
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