Pip Hinman, Sydney
"The August 8 statement by 43 former service chiefs and diplomats, accusing PM John Howard of lying about the reasons for Australia going to war on Iraq, underlines what most Australians already know", Anna Samson from Sydney's
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Rohan Pearce
Michael Moore's blockbuster documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 isn't just an assault on the Bush regime and the "war on terror" — it indicts the corporate vultures who rushed to cash-in on the warmongers' post-9/11 crusade.
"This is an
Sam Wainwright
On July 28, federal transport minister John Anderson announced a $100 million package of new maritime "security measures", which included background checks on workers in the industry to be carried out by the Australian Security
One of the most famous writings in the history of
socialism is the Junius Pamphlet, written by German
socialist Rosa Luxemburg in 1915 while she was in prison for
opposing the first world war.
Obviously, many things have changed in the world
Sarah Stephen
On August 6, the High Court ruled that the federal government has the legal power to detain failed asylum seekers indefinitely — potentially for the rest of their lives.
In making its decision, the High Court considered the
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The Battle of AlgiersDirected by Gillo PontecorvoWritten by Gillo Pontecorvo and Franco SolinasWith Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin & Saadi YacefNow showing at tMelbourne's Lumiere and Sydney's Valhalla and Chauvel cinemas.
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Norm Dixon
Despite their public "resolve" and "care" for the people of western Sudan, Western governments are allowing more than 2000 hungry and sick Darfuris to die every single day for want of urgently needed food, medicines and shelter.
The
Doug Lorimer
On August 7, 43 former Australian military chiefs and top diplomats issued a statement attacking Prime Minister John Howard's government for joining the US-led invasion of Iraq "on the basis of false assumptions and the deception of
Nick Everett, Canberra
"We got it wrong" on refugees, Kel Watt, the Labor candidate for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, told an August 12 public forum in the south-east NSW town of Braidwood, organised by the local branch of Rural Australians for
Vannessa Hearman
Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, the Melbourne-born
wife of East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao and chairperson of the Alola Foundation for women and children of East Timor, has condemned the stance taken by the Howard government on the
University of Western Sydney (UWS) students have returned to their campuses after the semester break to discover significant course cuts and other changes and restrictions to their degrees. The Bankstown UWS campus has been especially hard hit. Green
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