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
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100 years of service ... to capitalism
When the likes of Kim Beazley, Paul Keating and Bob Hawke swell with
pride at something, you know it must really stink.
On May 8, Labor leaders, past and present, gathered in Melbourne to
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
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
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
BY JIM GREENÂ
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
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
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
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
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
BY AHMED NIMER
RAMALLAH — The mainstream media here and in the West are trying to find out who exactly is "behind" the Palestinian intifada against Israeli rule. They'd serve the Palestinian people better if they sought out who is behind the
Into the Heart of the Fire: The British in the Spanish Civil WarBy James K. HopkinsStanford University Press, 2000 474 pages, $44.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
It was a desperate time. It called for desperate measures. When General Franco, aided
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