"It's not fair. That's how I feel. That a person in America could go to the doctor, get a prescription, take Effexor, and all of a sudden be unable to quit." These comments were posted on March 23 by "Sean9" on the message boards of the British Social Audit website.
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Shua Garfield, Hobart
Since the Coalition's federal budget was launched, the Socialist Alliance has waged a campaign to raise support for its demands to tax the rich more and the poor less.
A tax tug-of-war has emerged in the local newspaper,
Eva Cheng
In the May 13 Indian parliamentary elections, the Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian Peoples Party) won 138 seats — 42 less than in the previous election in 1999 — in the 545-member lower house of India's
This year saw the debut of the first ever radio program broadcast by and for outworkers in Australia. The program airs on community radio station 3CR, which is gearing up for its annual radiothon, to run from June 7-21. The radiothon aims to raise
Stuart Munckton, Sydney
Waving placards declaring "Free Izhar now!", "ASIO — Australia's System of Injustice and Oppression" and "Guilty until proven innocent!", supporters of University of New South Wales medical student Izhar Ul Haque gathered
You can't listen to the radio, watch the news or read the papers these days without being reminded that this government is consistently, blatantly and outrageously acting against the wishes of the great majority of people.
Recently, yet another a
Alex Tighe, Adelaide
Months of rumour and doubt over the future of two Mitsubishi car plants in Adelaide have been put to rest with an announcement by the parent company Daimler-Chrysler that the Lonsdale plant will be closed down in 18 months.
Steps for the Future: Sincerely Yours — Acclaimed South African filmmaker Dumisani Phakathi returns to his old neighbourhood of Phiri and its social problems, in the black township of Soweto. SBS, Tuesday, June 8, 12.40am.
Cutting Edge:
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier to go public with his refusal to fight Bush's war in Iraq, was convicted of desertion on May 21 and sentenced to a bad conduct discharge and one year of hard labor. Tod Ensign, the director of GI
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Council gives voice to Hicks and Habib
MELBOURNE — The Moreland City Council will push ahead with a controversial public meeting on July 11 titled "Aussies out of American cages". The forum will feature David Hicks' father Terry Hicks and
Global warming: The world is skating on thin ice
Norm Dixon
Hollywood’s latest blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow,
has triggered the release of vast amounts of hot air from
Ali Abunimah
Things must be bad in Palestine, when the United States allows a resolution to pass in the UN Security Council condemning Israeli actions, as it did late on May 19.
By 14-0, with the United States abstaining, the council adopted
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