Doesn't keep count of cannon fodder
"It's approximately 500, of which — I can get the exact numbers — approximately 350 are combat deaths." — US deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz, April 29, responded at a US House of Representatives
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Freedom of speech under a cloud
ADELAIDE — On May 14, Adelaide's Murdoch-owned sole daily paper, the Advertiser, reported that the Adelaide City Council had passed new by-laws that place restrictions on the "handing out of advertising material
Peter Boyle
The third national conference of the Socialist Alliance, held in Melbourne on May 8-9, confirmed that the SA is here to stay, is growing and is taking further steps towards becoming a multi-tendency socialist party.
Some 133 delegates
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On May 4, US left-liberal filmmaker Michael Moore was told that Miramax Films had been instructed by its owner, the Walt Disney Company, not to distribute Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11, in North America.
"I would have hoped
Socialist Alliance national co-convenor and Wills candidate David Glanz addressed the May 7 SA national conference launch. The following is abridged from his speech.
Glenroy, in the Wills electorate, isn't one of the poorest working-class suburbs,
Kim Bullimore, Melbourne
More than 500 Aboriginal people and supporters rallied outside the Victorian state parliament on May 10 to protest the proposed abolition of ATSIC and cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services. Both the
Greg Wilton, vice-president of the WA Electrical Trades Union:
Craig Johnston led from the front, not from behind. He got out there and stood up for workers' rights and against the casualisation of the work force. The fact that these charges have
Chris Latham, Perth
On May 13, chanting, "What do we want? — Workers' comp!", more than 2500 workers marched on the Western Australian parliament. The rally was organised by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the
John Pilger
When I first went to report the US war against Vietnam in the 1960s, I visited the Saigon offices of the great US newspapers and TV companies, and the international news agencies.
I was struck by the similarity of displays on many of
CANBERRA — On May 10, 4000 primary, secondary and Canberra Institute of Technology teachers participated in a stop-work meeting followed by a rally outside the ACT Legislative Assembly.
The ACT branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU)
Dave Riley
The Socialist Alliance national conference registered a significant orientation in the politics of SA with several initiatives taken up to consolidate the role of non-aligned members (those not belonging to one of the affiliate
Andrew Martin, Brisbane
Just days before the ballot opened for the position of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Queensland branch secretary on April 28, lawyers acting on behalf of the incumbent candidate, Andrew Dettmer, sent a letter to
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