On the evening of March 2 at Jakarta airport, Dr Ed Aspinall, a lecturer in South East Asian history at the University of Sydney, was prevented from entering Indonesia.
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REVIEW BY ROGER ANNIS
Cuba: A Revolution in Motionby Isaac SaneyFernwood Press and Zed Press240 pages, $25
How was it possible for poor and beleaguered Cuba to win twice as many Olympic medals as Canada?
Why was Cuba able to send more than
Most unemployed people receiving social security payments live below the poverty line.
Single jobless people receive benefits of almost 25% less than the official poverty line.
The amount received by unemployed people relative to the poverty line
Amnesty International has just published a disturbing report on the plight of women in Iraq. The report reveals how sanctions, war and occupation have wiped out years of advances made by Iraqi women. Two years of war and occupation have driven women
Depleted uranium
Hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans are now suffering from a syndrome which eminent scientists like Doug Rokke, former head of the Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project, attribute to exposure to depleted uranium. DU has been
Doug Lorimer
"Residents of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province some 100 kilometres west of Baghdad, have started to flee the city following the latest offensive launched by US Marines and the [puppet] Iraqi army", IRIN news, the news service of
No quick fix
"The insurgency in Iraq is not likely to be put down in a year or even two since history shows such uprisings can last a decade or more, the United States' top military commander says. Air Force General Richard Myers says that in the
Robyn Marshall, Brisbane
An International Women's Day rally and march on March 5, attended by 400 people, called for the decriminalisation of abortion.
Long-time abortion rights campaigner Katrina Barben condemned the state Labor government for
On February 28, hundreds of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal disaster protested outside the headquarters of Indian Oil Corporation, in response to the announcement that IOC proposed purchasing Union Carbide technology from its new owner, Dow chemical.
A Zogby survey released on February 25 has found that, a month after his inauguration, US President George Bush does not have majority support for his policies. According to the poll, 53% disagree with Bush's "overall policy", and 43% support it. The
HOBART — The Friends of the Gunns 20 have launched an official website at <http://www.gunns20.org>.
According to the home page, the website provides "information on one of the biggest lawsuits ever launched in Australia by a rich
Kiraz Janicke, Sydney
During the University of Sydney's orientation week, Students Against War, which has been running a campaign against Australian companies profiting from the occupation of Iraq, planned to picket the ANZ bank's stall. ANZ is
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