BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — If those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, believed they were acting on behalf of the victims of US imperialism, the events of the last few days in the occupied Palestinian territories
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BY SEAN HEALY
If you've seen the movie, you'll know that, once it had hit the iceberg, the Titanic took a long time to sink. That might be just what we're seeing happen to the World Trade Organisation.
Almost two full years after its plans to
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Speakout supports refugee rights
BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in
BY MATT RICH
MELBOURNE — Many students are expected to attend protests outside the October 3-5 Commonwealth Business Forum, as activists have been fiercely publicising the events.
At Melbourne University, support for the blockade is growing
Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM
BY MICHELLE BREAR
Since the emergence of the anti-corporate movement in Seattle in 1999, women have played an integral role in organising and leading protests against the agendas of imperialist
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent ConflictBy Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVallPalgrave, 2000505 pages., $35.00 (pb)
REVIEW BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
A Force More Powerful tells a lot of history: general strikes, boycotts, demonstrations,
BY NORM DIXON
In the aftermath of the horrific obliteration of New York City's landmark World Trade Center towers by terrorists on September 11, the US government is rapidly preparing the ground for a massive military attack — most probably
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government was punished by voters in the September 8 by-election for the western Sydney seat of Auburn. Labor retained the seat, which it had held with a 17% majority, but suffered an 11% swing against
Those who have followed the work of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan).
Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further
SAN FRANCISCO - On September 11 I woke up at 5.30am as I normally do before going to work at United Airlines. As I was eating breakfast watching the morning TV news, I was shocked to see a huge hole in the side of one of the two towers of the World
BY NICK EVERETT
Thousands of Ansett workers have rallied in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to protest the jobs and entitlements they have lost as a result of the aviation giant's collapse.
In Melbourne, 4000 workers from nine different unions
BY KEARA COURTNEY
SYDNEY — A strong statement of solidarity with the plight of asylum seekers was made on September 9, when 1500 people gathered to condemn the federal government's policy on refugees. The rally was organised by a coalition of
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