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BY BRIAN WEBB Carmen Lawrence, who resigned from the Labor frontbench last December in protest at the party leadership's policies on refugees and the war on Iraq, is now standing for the position of party president. A postal ballot of all members
The War on ErrorismNOFXFat Wreck Chords REVIEW BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS Veteran US punks NOFX are not your typical band. You will not see the ad for their latest CD, The War on Errorism, on television after the doggy biscuit commercial. NOFX's
BY MICHAEL SHAIK On August 12, a 40-day ceasefire was shattered by two Palestinian suicide bombings in Rosh Ha'ayin in northern Israel and the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. Two Israelis were killed and 13 wounded in the attacks. The
The following speech was presented by LEONEL VIVAS, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's ambassador to Australia, to the August 2 "Latin America: New Movements of Resistance and Transformation" conference in Sydney, organised by the Committees in
BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — It's high time Ontario's low-income workers received a raise. The minimum wage in Ontario has been frozen at C$6.85/hour ($6.40 for students and $5.95 for liquor servers) throughout the eight brutal years of Tory rule.
When Pauline Hanson burst onto the political scene in 1996, she unleashed a tidal wave of racism, and gave it renewed strength. As she attacked Asian migrants, refugees and Indigenous Australians, Prime Minister John Howard defended her, claiming she
BY LESLIE FEINBERG With pomp and circumstance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on August 11 took formal command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) "peacekeepers" in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. This is the first time in
BY CHRITINE GAUVREAU The US-based Labor Art and Mural Project's delegation to Palestine is facing a grave challenge. On August 22, the Israeli authorities — the Israel Defence Force, the Civil Administration and the police department — arrived
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLEY AUCKLAND — The New Zealand Herald newspaper has sacked its award-winning cartoonist following a censorship row. Malcolm Evans was dismissed after drawing cartoons criticising the Israeli government's treatment of the
BY JUDY McVEY Thousands of people around Australia marched on World Refugee Day in June. Even war on Iraq could not stop the development of this movement. In fact, more people have shown sympathy for refugees because of the war and the government's
BY MICHAEL MANSELL There was a time when Gary Foley's call to hit the streets ran a chill down your back. When Paul Coe told us we were a sovereign people, not a minority, we all believed him. And when Marcia Langton addressed a rally against the
BY ROHAN PEARCE At a White House press conference on August 8, US President George Bush told journalists that it "turns out this is our 100th day since major military operations have ended, ended in Iraq. And since then, we've made good progress.