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Write on: Letters to the editor

James Hardie Just read the write up on "James Hardie: Murder by another name" (GLW #598) and want to thank you for writing something on this as my father passed away in June 2002 from mesothelioma. This company, I feel, murdered my father. Thanks

SHOCKFACTS: Workplace deaths

More than 2000 Australians die annually due to workplace accidents and disease. Each day, 50 young workers suffer work-related injuries, five of them leading to permanent incapacity. A worker is injured seriously enough to lodge a workers'

IRAN: Sth Korean nuke scandal stalls US sanctions push

Doug Lorimer In his opening remarks to the meeting of the board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on September 13, IAEA director-general Mohammed ElBaradei said that Iran had made "some progress" in accounting

News briefs #3

#3 Rock against Howard BRISBANE — Five-hundred people crammed into the Arena on September 16 for the Rock Against Howard national tour. Steve Towson, the Herd, Frenzal Rhomb and Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett provided entertainment and

Message from Craig Johnston

The establishment has finally got their way and sloughed me up. Please thank everyone for the fabulous support. I've been treated very well by both the inmates and the screws. Met a few local identities here and had a laugh. I suppose the worst

We need Hanson like a hole in the head

Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "The huge publicity circus surrounding Pauline Hanson's surprise announcement of her candidature as an independent in the Queensland Senate race, in contrast to the absolute refusal of the big-business media, in particular the

Murdoch's war on journalism

BY AUSTIN WHITTEN Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, a recently released documentary about the Fox News channel in the US, has mostly been ignored in Australia by the corporate media. At the same time, lawyers have threatened to sue a

'I can't remain silent in the face of so many injustices'

Josh Deegan was one of the many who died in the Bali bombing in October 2002. Since then, his father, Brian Deegan, has asked repeatedly why Australian officials didn't make public the information that suggested that Bali could have been the target

Indigenous candidates: 'Another Australia is possible!'

Tim Stewart & Paul Benedek "My vision is a very simple one: I just want a place where every child born on this land is able to grow up in an environment free from hostility and insecurity, realise his or her potential and make a worthwhile

Stop the 'anti-terrorism' laws

Scott Poynting There's a very old joke about a man sprinkling a mysterious white powder all around the walls of his house. A bystander asks, "What's that for?" The man replies, "To keep away dangerous elephants". Says the bystander, "But there's no

International support flows in for Craig Johnston

Sue Bolton, Melbourne Within 24 hours of sending out a sign-on statement calling for Australian trade unionist Craig Johnston to be released from jail, unions, left parties and activists in 10 countries had signed their support for the statement.

PALESTINE: Going to Nablus

Rihab Charida On September 4, my friend and I tried getting into Nablus. "You cannot get into Nablus today — no foreigners allowed", says the blonde boy at the Israeli checkpoint. "Why?" I persisted, as a Palestinian disguised as an