Lou Plummer is a member of Military Families Speak Out and the Bring Them Home Now Campaign. He offers a war veterans take on the debate around the US military's torture of Iraqi prisoners.
One Friday when I was in my early 20s, I took off my
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The following are excerpts from greetings given to the Socialist Alliance third national conference, May 8-9.
Craig Johnston, former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
The ALP isn't much different to the Liberals.
James Bowden, Darwin & Iggy Kim, Sydney
A public meeting of 40 people on May 6 had spirited discussion and debate on the Australian government's theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea. The meeting, which was co-sponsored by
Growth FetishBy Clive HamiltonAllen & Unwin, 2003280pages, $24.95
Review by John Tognolini
"Clive Hamilton's garbage is just silly, dangerous, left-wing crap" — NSW treasurer Michael Egan.
After reading Clive Hamilton's Growth Fetish, I
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On May 10, at least 8000 trade unionists defied the employers, the federal and Victorian governments, the ACTU and the national officials of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union by rallying outside Melbourne's county
General Richard Myers, chairperson of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, claims, "It is not systematic. And it's really a shame that just a handful can besmirch, maybe, the reputations of hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and sailors, airmen, and
Dave Andrews, Fremantle
Angered by provisions in the federal budget attacking the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, the Fremantle branch of the Socialist Alliance is urging solidarity with the union.
Ian Jamieson, a wharfie, member
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Ra£l Cienfuegos interviewed Ra£l Reyes, a member of the leadership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The United States and the European Union label the FARC a terrorist organisation, and in Colombia the
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In May and June, Cuban music lovers will have an opportunity to see some of Cuba's greatest musicians live in performance, including original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Vieja Trova
The Australian government has delivered a huge boon to the Australian government bureaucracy with a massive injection of funds totalling $432 million in the 2004-05 AusAID budget.
The 2004-05 aid budget is being hailed by foreign minister,
Elizabeth Schulte, Chicago
They said it was in the interests of young women's health. Overruling a decision made just five months ago, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 6 that it was rejecting over-the-counter sales of the
Carlene Wilson
Mario Bango is 21 years old. Since March 2001 he has been locked up in a Slovak prison. Mario is a Roma, one of a substantial ethnic minority spread across Eastern Europe. His crime? When he was 18, Bango defended his younger brother
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