British rebel band Chumbawamba's new song "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" expresses fury and revulsion at the blatant lies being broadcast to create a climate for war. "Jacob's Ladder" is featured on the band's latest album Readymades.
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BY KEVIN BEGLEY
Nestle corporation, which earned US$5.5 billion in profits in 2001, is demanding $6 million "compensation" from Ethiopia, a country in which more than 14 million people are in danger of dying of starvation. That doesn't seem to
BY JOEL BEININ
In the early stages of the campaign for Israel's January 28 Knesset (parliamentary) elections, there were no armed attacks by Palestinians on Israelis. During the same six weeks, Israeli forces shot dead some 75 Palestinians in the
BY LUKE FOMIATTI& TAMARA PEARSON
LAHORE — The Anti-War Committee-Pakistan (AWC), a coalition of 27 progressive organisations and political parties, organised a protest here on January 18 to coincide with an international day of action against
BY ROHAN PEARCE
When he addressed US troops at Fort Hood on January 3, US President George Bush told them: "We're not going to forget the fact that they kill without regard for the rules of war. They don't value innocent life like we do... They're
BY IGGY KIM
On January 2 US President George Bush stated: "There are countries which are developing weapons of mass destruction and we will deal with them appropriately. One country is Iraq... if they won't [disarm], we'll lead a coalition to
BY STUART MUNCKTON
"The strike that once left most commercial areas of the city dark and abandoned — at an economic cost of more than $50 million a day — is now a collage of contrasts: abandoned shopping malls and bustling street markets ...
BY JEFFREY ST CLAIR
Hostile intentions toward the people of another country. Deployment of chemical weapons and biological agents. Pursuit of a scorched earth policy. Sound like Saddam's Iraq? Think again. This neatly summarises US President George
Leichhardt activists organise against war
BY LACHLAN MALLOCH
SYDNEY - The recently formed Leichhardt Stop the War Group is demonstrating the breadth of local opposition to the waging of war on the people of Iraq. Its members include the mayor of
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — With the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln still undergoing maintenance off Fremantle, US warplanes starting bushfires during bombing "practice" 100 kilometres north of Perth and a US FA-18 fighter crashing near the
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — On the evening of January 15, senior Indonesian cabinet ministers announced the postponement of a proposed 22% increase in telephone charges and the postponement and review of proposed increases to electricity and petrol
BY
ALEX BAINBRIDGE
CYGNET — The Cygnet Folk Festival — held in Tasmania on January 10-12
— has become “one of the most progressive festivals in Australia today”
according to one of the festival organisers, Geoff Francis. Notable progressive
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