Nicole Colson, Chicago
"There are just so many people." — Tawana Evans was overwhelmed by the estimated 1 million turnout for the April 25 march for women's lives in Washington, DC. Travelling from Houston with a Planned Parenthood contingent of
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Iraqis are immaterial
"You can't leave a vacuum." - US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, April 10, arguing against the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
Expert advice
"The Vietnamese people have some friendly advice for the United
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Students discuss Iraqi resistance
SYDNEY — On April 29, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly journalist Rohan Pearce addressed a Sydney University Resistance Club forum on the growing resistance to the US occupation of Iraq.
"Those who believed that the
Jason Tockman, Caracas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the
Ken Turner, Lismore
Around 1000 people rallied at the Lismore railway station on April 26 to protest state government plans to close the Casino-Murwillumbah XPT rail link on May 17.
Protesters wore red to the rally to symbolise that the community
An April Morgan Poll shows that on a two-party preferred basis, voter support for the federal ALP is at 54.5%, while support for the federal Coalition parties is trailing behind at 45.5%.
On these figures, it seems likely that Prime Minister John
Bruce Marlowe, Sydney
Seeing Red, the new magazine of social, political and cultural dissent recently initiated by the Socialist Alliance, is going through its launch phase. Last week the magazine "blasted off" in four east coast cities — Sydney,
A growing anti-privatisation movement, allegations of government corruption and revelations of the repression of Muslims are all causing headaches for the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, and creating new opportunities for a re-emerging Thai left.
Sarah Stephen
The seven judges of the High Court's full bench ruled unanimously on April 29 that the Family Court did not have the authority to release children from immigration detention or make orders about their welfare.
Constitutional lawyer
Unequal Treatment: what you don't know about how women are mistreated by the medical communityBy Eileen Nechas and Denise FoleySimon and Schuster, 1994232 pages, US$19.80
REVIEW BY RACHEL EVANS
Unequal Treatment exposes a medical system that
Norm Dixon
Even while working people were still coming to terms with the shock of witnessing the unimaginable and traumatic collapse of the World Trade Center, top US officials were describing this mass-murder of 3000 people as "an opportunity",
Kiraz Janicke, Perth
Student anger erupted on April 26 as the University of Western Australia's senate met to vote on a 25% HECS increase. More than 200 students rallied at the doors of the meeting in opposition to the fee increase.
Although the
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