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Getting Justice Wrong: Myths Media and CrimeBy Nicholas CowderyAllen & Unwin, 2001$19.95 BY KAREN FLETCHER Law and order politics have been the ticket to success for many an ignorant and talent-less politician or media "commentator". A really

Write on: Letters to the editor

Curtin impugned Your denunciation of militarism ("Lest we forget what?", Editorial, GLW #446) was weakened by the attack on Labor's World War II PM, John Curtin. It was "Pig Iron Bob" Menzies, not Curtin, who sent Australian troops to the Middle

National indigenous mobilisation planned

BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — Thirty-five people, including members of the Indigenous Student Network from New South Wales and ACT, Arbunna elder Kevin Buzzacott and elder Ray Jackson, attended the newly formed Indigenous Solidarity Action Collective

ISRAEL: Chinese workers fight for 'missing' wages

BY EVA CHENG Five hundred Chinese workers in Israel have been on strike since late March, demanding they be paid two years' worth of unpaid wages, even though Chinese authorities have threatened them with seven years' imprisonment if they

Theresa Creed: the crest of a new wave

REVIEW BY JOHN TRACEY BRISBANE — Theresa Creed has just recorded her first album, Unfinished Business, at Ando's Kitchen recording studio on the Gold Coast. It will be released through 4ZZZ's Zedhead Records later this year. Creed was born at

ACF helps greenwash corporate polluters

BY JIM GREEN  Corporate polluters have enrolled powerful allies in their efforts to prevent restrictions on the emissions of greenhouse gases — politicians, bureaucrats, public relations firms, corporate front groups, conservative

Truckies blockade Brisbane depots

BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — Long-distance truck owner-drivers have blockaded major transport depots on Brisbane's southside, and have forced major companies to sign up to improvements in payments and conditions, according to Transport Workers Union

A gay old time at CHOGM

A recurring issue at CHOGM has been the homophobic comments by some of its members. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe grabbed the world's attention on this issue when he described gay men and lesbians as "pigs and dogs" at the CHOGM in Durban in

CHINA: Protesting farmers killed

BY EVA CHENG At least two farmers were killed and 18 wounded on April 15 when more than 600 police and paramilitary troops broke up a rebellion by farmers in Yuntang, Jiangxi province. The farmers were protesting against what they saw as endless