BY GLORIA LA RIVA
Olga Salanueva is the wife of Rene Gonzalez, one of five Cubans imprisoned by the US for trying to stop terrorism against their country. She hasn't heard a word from her husband since he and his four comrades were locked down on
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BY
SUE BOLTON
The building industry royal commission's final 23-volume report (except
for one volume which is being kept secret) was made public on March 26-27.
By the time of federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott's speech
to the
BY CHRISTINA SNOWDON & GRANT COLEMAN
On April 2, students in Wollongong and Brisbane held protest actions in solidarity with anti-war students defending their right to protest in Sydney.
One-hundred people gathered in Brisbane. Speakers discussed
COMMENT BY LYNNETTE LITTLE
PORT AUGUSTA — Recently, teenagers at the Baxter detention centre started classes at Port Augusta's high school. I want to write a positive story, as there are so many tragic events in the world at the moment. I have
BY ROHAN PEARCE
On March 31, soldiers from the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division stationed
at a roadblock near the Iraqi towns of Najaf and Karbala opened fire on
a car, killing 11 of the civilians inside. According to an “embedded” Washington
JOHANNESBURG — On April 5, more than 12,000 people marched behind about 15 "human shields", who have recently returned from Iraq, to oppose the US-led invasion of Iraq. The protest, organised by the Anti-War Coalition (AWC), marched through the
BY
MARTIN ILTIS
LONDON — Australians Against the War (AATW) held its first formal
meeting on March 30, attended by about 20 Australians living in London.
The meeting flowed from the group's prominent participation in the 500,000-strong
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — "We are not anti-globalisation, we are pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-food sovereignty. We are not against international trade, it is the capitalist race to the bottom that we are against", declared Anuradha Mittal,
BY ALISON
DELLIT
In last weekÂ’s Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, I reported on federal Labor
leader Simon CreanÂ’s public backflip on the ALP's original call for Australian
troops not to participate in a non-UN approved war against Iraq. Many ALP
MPs,
As Palestinians brace themselves for the first anniversary of the Israeli occupation forces' bloody invasion of the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, it has been revealed that an Israeli expert has guided US marine officers through its putrid alleys to
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — A number of suburban protests were held on March 29 to demand "No war on Iraq" and "Bring the troops home". Initiated by the Socialist Alliance, the protests were held in West End, Fortitude Valley, Stones Corner and
BY
SARAH STEPHEN
At the end of March, Baxter detainees wrote an open letter to the
Australian people. It said, in part, “The government policy is so hard,
so tough — they don't want to grant us protection, even on humanitarian
grounds. At
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