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How US warmongers exploit 9/11

BY NORM DIXON In the week before the first anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, TV networks aired a seemingly never-ending string of “special events” featuring “exclusive” or

SRI LANKA: Ban on Tamil Tigers lifted

BY IGGY KIM On September 5, Sri Lanka's government lifted its four-year ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This followed a clash over the issue between the United National Front (UNF) government and President Chandrika

SOUTH AFRICA: Mass struggle is the only road

[The following is a slightly abridged version of a statement issued in Johannesburg on September 4 by the Social Movements Indaba.] The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in the super-rich suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg, has failed. The

Refugee drownings: Labor sabotages inquiry

BY SARAH STEPHEN On February 20, a Senate committee began investigating what the government knew about false allegations that asylum seekers threw their children overboard. In March, retired diplomat Tony Kevin alleged that Australian navy

Council supports refugees

BY ALISON DELLIT On August 27, the Bega valley shire unanimously voted to support the work of Rural Australians for Refugees, support in principle an RAR proposal for "Welcome Towns" to host asylum seekers and to encourage the government to reduce

September 11

In these awful times, as we struggle to understand what is happening to our world, we must keep in mind the events of the recent past. At dawn on September 11, he received his orders.While others would attack the citadels of commerce and defenceTo

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Pinochet's coup remembered ADELAIDE — The Socialist Alliance hosted a public meeting on September 4 to mark the US-backed military coup that overthrew the elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.

3CR hosts Timorese radio workers

BY VANNESSA HEARMAN MELBOURNE — Nine young East Timorese community radio workers arrived here on August 31 as part of a month-long training program hosted by 3CR community radio. Coming from six Timorese radio stations, they will be

Howard receives unexpected welcome at UQ

BY MARCE CAMERON BRISBANE — On the evening of September 5, Prime Minister John Howard visited the University of Queensland to give a talk about leadership qualities in today's world. However, he was met by 350 angry students who were

UNITED STATES: Bush forest fire plan: log it all

CLAIR"> UNITED STATES: Bush forest fire plan: log it all BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR George Bush, fresh off a brush clearing operation at his Crawford ranch, snubbed the Earth Summit in Johannesburg for a trip to Oregon, where he vowed to fight future

Corporate elite calls for Democrats split

BY ALISON DELLIT In a two-page spread in the September 3 Bulletin (which hit newsstands on August 27), leading Packer political commentator Laurie Oakes argued that “A split [in the Democrats] would be the quickest, cleanest solution” to

Why we hate the banks

Naked Among Cannibals: What Really Happens Inside Australian BanksBy Graham HandAllen & Unwin, 2001306 pages, $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Banks are the most hated companies in Australia. Their expansive greed drives constant branch