REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Rightby Al FrankenAllen Lane Press, 2003379 pp, $35 (pb)
It's a very old joke — "How do you tell when a politician is lying?" — but the punchline
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Rohan Pearce
On September 9, the US military launched vicious air strikes against two Iraqi cities, Fallujah and Tall Afar, killing more than 40 people and wounding more than 100. These assaults were part of the US occupation forces' effort to
A lot of my workmates are very worried. They watch the opinion polls shifting back in the Liberals' favour and fear that PM John Howard is going to be re-elected. From child care to bulk billing, from union rights to gay marriage, they know only too
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke with Richard Frankland, founder and lead Senate candidate for Your Voice, a new Indigenous-based political organisation contesting the Senate in Victoria in the federal election. Your Voice boasts former
Gemma Pinnell is the Australian Greens candidate for the traditionally Labor-held seat of Melbourne. In the 2002 Victorian state election, Pinnell gained the highest Greens vote across the state when she polled 28% in the seat of Richmond. She spoke
Norm Dixon
On September 16, at least 800,000 government workers, including 300,000 teachers, took part in what the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) described as the "largest strike in South Africa's history". Members of eight public
Graham Mathews, Melbourne
"Kodak is shutting its Coburg plant while crying poor, but its share price has jumped nearly 20%", David Glanz, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Wills, said in a media release on September 17. The Kodak
Marce Cameron, Brisbane
On September 26, PM John Howard will be in Brisbane to officially launch the Coalition's election campaign. A broad alliance of community organisations, activist groups and progressive political parties has called for a
Free enterprise
"Oil refineries, power plants and other large industrial operations in California typically pay fines of a few thousand dollars for exceeding air pollution standards, not enough to deter them from repeated violations." — Los
It is no secret that the US would like to oust radical left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from power. So it came as no surprise when US President George Bush ordered the imposition of partial sanctions against Venezuela on September 10,
Sam Watson, candidate on the Socialist Alliance's all-Indigenous Senate ticket in Queensland, spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Tim Stewart about his long-term involvement in Brisbane politics and Indigenous struggles. Watson grew up in Mt Gravatt and is
James Caulfield, Canberra
The Socialist Alliance launched its election campaign for the seat of Fraser outside the offices of Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root on September 16. The alliance's candidate, James Vassilopoulos, was
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