Refusenik support group Yesh Gvul reported on July 31 that Captain Amir Pasteur was sentenced to 28 days' jail for his refusal to take part in Israel's war on Lebanon. Yesh Gvul spokesperson Ishai Menuchin said the group had contact with about a
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Stuart Munckton The assumption that the Cuban revolutionary government will inevitably collapse after the death of President Fidel Castro underpins much of the coverage of Castro's illness in the corporate media. The August 5 Sydney Morning Herald
Colin Mitchell Sydney architect Faheem Khalid Lodhi, convicted on June 19 of preparing for a terrorist act, faces sentencing in Sydney on August 23. He was arrested in January 2004, charged under the new "anti-terror" laws, and has been locked up in
Gideon Levy is a renowned Israeli journalist and broadcaster who writes for Haaretz, regularly covering the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Levy, who is also an opponent of the war in Lebanon, spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Kim
Jess Moore The National Union of Students has abandoned the campaign against "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) and yet, in the context of a weakened student movement and current attacks on higher education, students need strong unions now more than
Students are still hiding in the forests of West Papua after fleeing the repression during a protest against the Freeport mine in March. More than 20 students were injured, five from gunshot wounds, during a March 15-16 protest at the University of
Kerry Vernon, Sydney Rotem Mor, a young Israeli "refusenik" — a conscript who refuses to serve in the military to protest against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza — has just finished an Australia-wide speaking tour. His last
Zoe Kenny The federal Coalition government is pushing ahead with a bill to make major changes to the 1976 Northern Territory Land Rights Act. The amendments severely weaken Indigenous people's control of their land in the NT and are the most
We join with people from across the world in condemning Israel's brutal attacks on Lebanon and Gaza as outright acts of state terrorism. Israel has carried out a reign of terror against the people of Lebanon and Palestine that has targeted civilians
Lebanon/Gaza attacks We are horrified at the slaughter of civilians and destruction of homes and infrastructure that has occurred and continues in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza. The Israeli action constitutes collective punishment of the Lebanese
Jay Fletcher, Wollongong At least 150 students participated in an open-air forum organised by Wollongong University's Students Against War collective entitled "No Peace Without Justice - what the media doesn't want you to know about the war on
Ema Corro, Melbourne In 2002, the French companies Connex and Alstom, international investors in Melbourne's Citypass Consortium, won a 30-year tender to operate a light-rail system between illegal Israeli settlements around Jerusalem. The contract
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