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BY DOUG LORIMER "Nothing dramatises the criminally anti-social nature of the Howard-Costello government so much as the federal treasurer's latest budget", Socialist Alliance national co-convener Lisa Macdonald told Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly. Macdonald
BY FAROOQ TARIQ LAHORE — On May 11, one farmer was killed and three injured when a group of Rangers, a para-military unit under the direct control of the Pakistani military, fired on tenant farmers at the Okara farms in Punjab province. The
BY JODY BETZIEN MELBOURNE — "We see on a daily basis the incredible courage and perseverance of refugees who have lost everything. For them, every day spent in exile or flight is a day too long. That is why World Refugee Day should be, for all of
BY DOUG LORIMER On April 30, the US State Department branded Iran "the most active state sponsor of terrorism during 2002". A week later, the department accused Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons in violation of the nuclear
BY ALISON DELLIT Federal Greens politicians have condemned the government's federal budget, Greens Senator Bob Brown describing it as "bereft of humanity and environmental responsibility". Brown said that the budget would deepen the divide
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Described by the Mercury as "a rare attack", on May 5 Unions Tasmania protested the state Labor government's privatisation plans. The government is planning to privatise the Civil Construction Corporation, the Stanley
BY TONY ILTIS MELBOURNE — While lawyers and visitors have been denied access to Iranian detainees at Australia's refugee concentration camps, Iranian government officials have been given access, Greens spokesperson on refugees Pamela Curr told 50
BY ALEX SALMON PERTH — Seven-hundred people attended a meeting at Fremantle Town Hall on May 14, to hear long-time peace activist Reverend Neville Watson, who has just returned from a "peace mission" in Iraq. The 73-year-old Watson travelled to
BY PETER ROBSON Filled with confidence from its apparent "success" in waging war on Iraq, the Howard Coalition government has began another assault on public services. Higher education in particular is under attack, with the worst proposals from
BY ALICIA JRAPKO With 57% of the Argentinian population in poverty and an official unemployment rate of 30%, workers have responded by seizing control of factories abandoned by their owners due to bankruptcy or lack of profits. Fifty years ago,
International Resources Group The US Agency for International Development awarded a US$7.1 million contract for "personnel support" to the International Resources Group on February 25. The contract was awarded without competitive tendering.
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — On May 1, poet, teacher, youth poetry coach and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly writer Bill Nevins received a terse notice from the Rio Rancho School District informing him that he has been fired from his Rio