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Resistance provoked hysteria and outrage from shock-jocks and conservatives recently by selling Australian flag-burning kits to university students around the country during orientation weeks. The kits were inspired by Resistance member Azlan
Jim Green Friends of the Earth has condemned the irresponsible proposal from PM John Howard to sell uranium to India, which is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As a nuclear weapons state outside the NPT, India is not
Stuart Munckton Workers from factories that have been expropriated by the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez, as well as factories currently occupied by workers, have established the Revolutionary Front of Companies Occupied or Under
Alex Miller In the same week that British military fatalities in Iraq reached 103, British Prime Minister Tony Blair — who will be visiting Australia in late March — stunned viewers during a TV chat show interview by claiming that God would be
Pip Hinman Cindy Sheehan, from Gold Star Families for Peace; Hassan Jumaa, the president of the General Union of Oil Employees in Basra; Sabah Jawad from the Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation; Anas Altikriti from the Muslim Association of Britain
Brown launches Recherche Bay book CANBERRA — Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown launched his new book Tasmania's Recherche Bay on February 28. The book launch caps off a successful campaign involving a buy-back of south-east Tasmania's
Emma Clancy "Time is short. If we do not change the world now, there may be no 22nd century. Capitalism has destroyed the ecological equilibrium of the earth. It is now or never!" — Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez speaking to thousands of
Wal-Mart has been pressured by women's rights activists in the US to reverse its discriminatory policy of refusing to stock the 'morning after' pill. The morning after pill, which if taken within days of unprotected sex has a very high chance of
Peter Boyle Delmae Barton, 62, an Aboriginal elder-in-residence at Brisbane's Griffith University, was on her way to work when she suffered a suspected stroke or diabetes attack next to a bus stop. For five and a half hours she was left lying in a
Doug Lorimer The February 12 London Sunday Times reported that the US is drawing up plans for air and missile strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. Giving the impression that such an attack was imminent, the paper reported that its source was
Sue Bolton After several weeks of debate, the March 7 ACTU executive meeting decided to call a national day of protest on June 28 against the federal government's new workplace laws. This decision followed a meeting on February 21 of the ACTU's
Nick Everett, Canberra Airservices Australia announced on March 1 that it will cut its work force by 10%, making 300 workers redundant. The government-owned corporation manages Australia's airspace and oversees air-traffic control at 28 of the