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End the occupation of Iraq!

BY ROHAN PEARCE There is growing hostility among ordinary Iraqis at Washington's attempts to impose a puppet government on the country. While there is little nostalgia for the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein, there seems to be determination not to

NORTHERN IRELAND: Who shot Pat Finucane?

BY DENIS OLSEN Pat Finucane, a high-profile Catholic solicitor who acted for republican paramilitary suspects, was shot dead by the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association in front of his family in 1989. After 14 years, three inquiries,

Iraq

In Iraqthe Yanks are back.Democracy,I suppose,is what they're goingto impose. Democracy,dictatorship,do not let your sweet lips slip. They now tell us thatOperation Enduring Freedomwas a success.Well I'd hate to see a failure.Though in one

ACEH: Megawati repeats war threat

BY MAX LANE Following a meeting of the Indonesian cabinet security committee on April 28, security minister Susilo Bambang Yudotomo announced that Jakarta may consider resuming "security operations" and abandon peace negotiations in Aceh.

Loose cannons

Making the issues move forward "The idea is that you want to have a legitimate Iraqi interim authority in place because it makes the issues move forward more quickly, including the pumping of oil." — US State Department official, quoted in April

A woman's place is in the struggle: The first vision for Mother's Day

As the catalogues advertising cheap slippers, saucepans and vacuum cleaners drop into our letterboxes, it might be worth remembering that the woman widely credited with initiating Mother's Day, Julia Ward Howe, would be horrified by the marketing

How Washington's 'well-trained dogs' sold the Iraq war

Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell YouBy Norman Soloman and Reese ErlichContext Books, 2003188 pages, $31 (pb) BY PHIL SHANNON "Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip", wrote George Orwell of journalists under dictatorships,

PALESTINE: A road map to apartheid

BY AHMED NIMER RAMALLAH — Before the US-led invasion of Iraq, the US and British governments made it clear that they were planning for an immediate resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and a rapid implementation of the US "road map" to

EUROPEAN UNION: Tensions with US sharpen over Iraq

BY DOUG LORIMER The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has brought to surface the conflict that has been immanent between the US capitalist rulers and their French and German rivals since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold

Illegal lockout at Geelong Wool Combing

GEELONG — On April 28 at 6am, one hour before the end of the 12-hour night shift, security guards removed and locked out 110 workers from Geelong Wool Combing's Corio factory. The company's justification was that during enterprise bargaining negotiations with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia, the union had refused to accept 25% pay cuts over 12 months.