In violation of the terms of the Geneva Convention, the United States government intentionally used sanctions against Iraq to degrade the country's water supply during and after the 1991 Gulf War, Defense Intelligence Agency documents have revealed.
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BY SEAN HEALY
While many trade unionists are embracing the need for greater global solidarity and interconnection, there are still some who want a return to the old protectionism, albeit under a new guise.
The International Confederation of Free
[The following statement is being circulated throughout the union movement.]
We share the horror of people around the world and condemn the terror attacks in the US on September 11. The killing of almost 7000 people, including many trade unionists,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In the days before the November 10 federal election, the Australian government's punitive policy toward asylum seekers began to backfire on the Coalition government. A wave of former prime ministers, former Labor and Liberal
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — In the biggest show of Australian opposition to the war in Afghanistan yet, more than 10,000 protesters mobilised in 11 cities on the weekend of November 3-4, declaring: "No to racism, no to war — this is what we're
In a letter to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, printed in issue #469, Yula Geredov continues to claim that I misrepresent the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by presenting a "one-sided, biased account" of the current situation.
BY SUE BOLTON
Since September 11, many Muslims and migrants from South Asia and the Middle East have copped racist abuse, and even violence, on the street. But that's not the end of it: many have even suffered harassment from workmates or
BY AMIR SUHAIL
RAWALPINDI — Thousands of peace activists protested in the northern city of Rawalpindi on November 6, demanding an end to the US bombing of Afghanistan and denouncing the terror of religious fundamentalism.
The rally was
BY MARK ABBERTON
CANBERRA — Despite bad weather, 175 people joined a protest in Garema Place on November 7 against the bipartisan Coalition-Labor backing of the US war on Afghanistan.
Speakers from the Socialist Alliance, ACT Greens, Women
Obviously not with the PR department
"The people there are dead because we wanted them dead." — comment to CNN by an unidentified Pentagon official on the obliteration by US helicopter-gunships on October 22 of the Afghan village of
Fighting sexism
"As a Hispanic woman living in the United States, I am faced with a mixture of two worlds: one where men tell women what to do and another where women are independent and make their own decisions." — Pilar Verdes, Atlanta
BY JESS MELVILLE
MELBOURNE — One hundred high-school students chased federal treasurer Peter Costello through the streets of Melbourne on November 9, then stormed the steps of Parliament House in a protest demanding an end to war and racism.
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