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SOUTH AFRICA: Two Trevors do the forums

BY PATRICK BOND “Africa didn't really shine here”, South Africa's finance minister Trevor Manuel told a press conference in snowy Davos, Switzerland during the World Economic Forum in late January. “There is a complete dearth of panels on

Canberrans mass against war

BY PETER KRBAVAC CANBERRA — Canberrans turned out in their thousands on February 15 to show their opposition to US President George Bush's war. Organisers estimate the crowd at more than 15,000 — a size not seen at a protest in Canberra

Anti-war notebook

Wollongong council votes against war BY GRANT COLEMAN WOLLONGONG — Following the 5000-strong anti-war rally on February 8, the local council voted to reaffirm Wollongong as a "city of peace", opposing war on Iraq and supporting the return of

Unity in action isn't regroupment

BY ALISON THORNE The Socialist Alliance sought to identify areas of broad agreement in order to unite socialists from eight diverse socialist organisations, as well as many individual activists, around limited but shared goals. The

BRITAIN: Blair's 'deliberate deception' discovered

BY ROHAN PEARCE In his February 5 speech to the United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell called attention to the "fine paper that United Kingdom distributed yesterday, which describes in exquisite detail Iraqi deception

Loose cannons

But as they say, talk's cheap "Self evidently America is the most powerful country in the world, probably the most powerful country mankind has seen. But, I mean, [Bush] spends a lot of time talking about humanitarian things, about assistance to

VENEZUELA: Bolivarian circles organise the poor

BY CHRISTANO KERRILLA "Alert, alert. For the sword of Bolivar is ready to swing!" — this a popular chant of the supporters of Venezuela's pro-poor president Hugo Chavez Frias. This cry is symbolic of the process of radicalisation taking place

IRAQ: Chirac manoeuvres to delay US invasion

BY DOUG LORIMER As the United States makes final preparations to launch its military conquest of Iraq, the long-simmering diplomatic dispute over the future of Iraq between Washington and Paris broke into the open. On February 9, German officials

Write On: Letters to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly

Support the Baxter protest I wish to make a comment on the article in GLW #525, "Inside Baxter Detention Centre". Firstly I would like to say thanks for illustrating the horrifying conditions inside Australia's newest "state of the art" detention

Concert to highlight West Papua's freedom struggle

PREVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN MELBOURNE — There will be a feast of music and comedy on February 28 as artists from Australia, West Papua, Papua New Guinea and East Timor perform at the Melbourne Concert Hall. The "Morning Star Concert for West

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