John Pilger
Most of the US's recent wars were launched by Democratic presidents. Why expect better of their current nominee John Kerry? The debate between US liberals and conservatives is a fake; Bush may be the lesser evil.
On May 6, the US
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Kylie Moon, Sydney
A national campaign has been launched by the Victorian branch of the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) to convince Australia Post (AP) workers to reject a proposed enterprise agreement, and to engage in a more
A very dark cloud has enveloped the Earth,It is the engine of growth driven by greed,The creation of wealth, without concern for human need.
This wealth can be seen As digits on a computer screen,So when there is a virus or computer error,It
Trade union leaders on August 27 expressed their total disgust at the jailing of their colleague, former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian branch leader Craig Johnston, by the Court of Appeal. The sentence showed just how far
Nicola Paris, Perth
Despite overwhelming opposition, Western Australia's Labor government and the Cable Sands mining company are intent on mining the last tall tuart forest in the world, in Ludlow, near Busselton, in WA's south-west. All approvals
Roberto Jorquera
The Venezuelan government's victory on August 15 is not only a victory for the people of Venezuela, but for working people worldwide. The Venezuelan voters decisive rejection of the right-wing bid to recall President Hugo Chavez
After being held incommunicado and in solitary confinement at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly three years, Australian citizen David Hicks was brought before a five-member US military tribunal on August 26 and charged with
Appalled
I was appalled and disgusted with the lies and attacks in Barry Sheppard's article, "Democrats sabotage Nader-Camejo campaign" (GLW #595), on the Green Party, its processes and its candidates. You, along with the scum at Counterpunch, have
Bernard Ryan's article in the August 12 Sydney Star Observer criticised the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby's lack of action on same-sex marriage. In response, letters in the SSO defended the lobby for "not prioritising marriage as the major election
Federico Fuentes
A little more than a month after the July 18 referendum on the future of Bolivia's natural gas industry, President Carlos Mesa's "victory" has begun to unravel.
Many commentators had predicted that Mesa's "victory" had given him
Working stiffs, as always
"Most rich people are able to avoid taxes, and if you can't raise enough money from taxing the rich, guess who pays the taxes?" — Emperor George Bush II, August 11, defending his tax policy.
Land of opportunity
"The
Mutiny: The True Story of Red October — Unlike the disaffected captain of a Russian nuclear submarine in Hollywood's version of events in The Hunt for Red October, Captain Valery Sablin was not a defector, but loyal to Communist ideals. Sablin had
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