Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
The Stolen Wages Campaign Working Group has criticised the Queensland government's limitation on resources to pursue claims for "stolen wages" for Aboriginal workers, who had wages withheld or absorbed into state revenue for
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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing America's War Profiteers, the Media That Love Them and the Crackdown on our RightsBy Amy Goodman, with David GoodmanAllen & Unwin346 pages (pb), $24.95
REVIEW BY MAUREEN FRANCES
This book examines how our
Chris Slee
Tamils around the world are collecting money to help tsunami survivors in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) has played a key role in aid efforts in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Initially
The image of Che's face — of indignation, of determination, of strength yet intelligence and purity, with piercing eyes — is the most reproduced image of the 20th century. Millions wear it on T-shirts; capitalism ironically uses it to sell lip
VENEZUELA: Government expropriates paper company
On January 19, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed decree number 3438, expropriating the paper company Venepal. The National Assembly had previously passed a decree unanimously declaring the
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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Alex Bainbridge spoke to Graeme Kelly, the founder of the band Civil Rights.
Why did you call the band Civil Rights?
Because myself, and some members in the band,
Lisa Macdonald
While the Coalition is currently riding high in the polls, the prospect of a fourth term, and control of the Senate, has the bosses baying for blood. As the inevitable attacks on workers and the poor kick in, we can expect PM John
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"We are blessed to live in hopeful times", US President George Bush told an admiring audience in Washington on January 18. "In coming days, the Iraqi people will have their chance to go to the polls, to begin the process of creating a
Sarah Stephen
On January 14, the same day that he received a letter rejecting his s417 appeal for ministerial intervention, Iranian asylum seeker Ardeshir Gholipour took an overdose of sleeping tablets. He was admitted to Port Augusta hospital and
Alison Dellit
On January 9, 19-year-old Andres Raya, just returned from Iraq, decided to utilize his US marine training to take on his town's local police department, and hundreds of police units from the neighbouring area. By the time he was
SYDNEY — On January 12, the Stop the War Coalition web team awoke to find that its website had fallen prey to a malicious hack attack. More than 100 news articles, reports and interviews and details of upcoming events were erased and replaced with
January 26
1938: Day of Mourning and Protest marks 150 years since British invasion of Australia and subsequent attempted genocide against the Aboriginal population.
1982: Unemployment reaches 3 million in Britain (one in eight of the working
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