BY TIM COLLINS
It has been nearly 60 years since the world was horrified by the destructive force of the nuclear bombs that were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And it is 50 years since Indigenous communities in South
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BY ALAN MAASS
CHICAGO — "The thing that was really heartening was that under the most difficult conditions that you can imagine, workers were not waiting one minute before they started organising themselves", reported labour journalist David
[This message was sent by journalist John Pilger to the October 22 Sydney protest against the visit of US President George Bush.]
This demonstration, and our anger, is not simply directed at a foreign politician we don't like and like to poke fun
In GLW #559, the photograph of the Hobart protest against US President George Bush on page five was incorrectly credited to Alex Bainbridge. The picture was taken by Duncan Meerding.From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, November 5, 2003. Visit the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
BY NORM DIXON
Major contributors to US President George Bush's election war chest have been awarded around US$8 billion in contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington-based US Center for Public Integrity (CPI) reported on October 30.
BY ROHAN PEARCE
"The more successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react", US President George Bush commented after the coordinated detonation of car bombs at four different targets in Baghdad on October 27. "The more progress
Australia's First SocialistsBy Jim McIlroyResistance Books 2003, $5.95Available at Resistance bookshops (addresses page 2) or order at <http://www.resistancebooks.com>
REVIEW BY JOHN NEBAUER
Radical politics in Australia did not begin
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
CANBERRA — US President George Bush's one-day visit to Canberra and the protests against him received widespread coverage in the international news media.
The October 23 protest in Canberra was covered by the three main
Free market, Dubya style
"Companies awarded $8 billion in contracts to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan have been major campaign donors to President Bush, and their executives have had important political and military connections, according to a study
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — On October 27, 10,000 construction industry workers marched through the city centre to protest against the first prosecution of a unionist by the Howard government's building industry task force.
In a powerful
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — Parliament House was beset by protesters again on October 27. The 100 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members chanted "What do we want? Aussie jobs!" while marching up the hill to join a 250-strong
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — On October 31, members of the Darwin Homebirth Group rallied to demand the provision of homebirth midwife services as part of the Northern Territory public hospital system.
In July, NT health minister Jane Aagaard
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