There are 2,078,570 people in prison in the US (more than in any other country in the world).
In 1998, 68 people were executed in the US. Only two countries executed more.
The US is the largest arms exporter in the world. In 2001, it exported
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Nicole Colson, Chicago
"We're not going to have a draft so long as I'm the president." President George W. Bush sounded like the Wizard of Oz in full "pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain" mode in St Louis on October 8, when he tried to
Kevin Peoples, secretary of Labor For Refugees in Victoria, assesses the Labor Party after the federal election.
I have let two weeks go by since the election to ensure a degree of objectivity and calmness in what I have to say.
I have stayed
Dear fellow trade unionists and social activists,
On October 2, the national council of my union, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), joined other unions in protesting the jailing of former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
Can you recall?
I remember that smell,from when I was a good German.I had a lovely uniform,with lightening strikes on the collars -I was stationed at Buchenvald.
I too, can remember that smellI was a guard at Auschwitz.I remember the sad faces
Federico Fuentes
"Guatemalans, let us honour the revolution and defend our national sovereignty", social movement leader Miguel Angel Sandoval stated at a rally to remember the 60th anniversary of the overthrow of dictator Jorge Ubico.
Sandoval
Matt Harris, Perth
Many University of Western Australia students have been left wondering what the Student Guild actually means by its slogan "your guild, your voice" following the events of October 26. At an ordinary general meeting that day,
Doug Lorimer
US commanders have indicated they will launch an all-out assault on the rebel Iraqi city of Fallujah shortly after the November 2 US presidential election. In preparation for this assault, on October 26 the US military tightened its
Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary Dean Mighell outlined to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Sue Bolton the ETU's plans for resisting the Coalition government's attacks on unions.
"I think you'll find the Democrats will start doing deals on industrial
Eva Cheng
At least four workers' protests or riots have broken out in recent weeks in China, prompting media blackout or outright repression.
On October 22, more than 10,000 workers and pensioners in the city of Benghu in Anhui province took to
Refugees
The Canberra Convergence on November 16 sounds fantastic. Some people question the purpose of demonstrations. They do not know the pressure they constitute, or the terrific buzz and morale lift for all involved.
One stateless asylum
With the government's control of both houses of parliament now confirmed, the Coalition is triumphantly promoting its plans for far-reaching "reform". The attacks are likely to come thick and fast over the next 12 months and we need to be ready to
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