"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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Kathleen Scott, Sydney
More than 500 local community groups, activists, councillors and state members of parliament marched along the City West Link on May 23 to protest the planned M4 East tunnel options. The protest was organised by the
CARACAS — According to Venezuelan vice-president Jose Vicente Rangel, 130 individuals have been detained after a group of 70 Colombian paramilitary on May 9. Several dozen people have been presented before military judges, including 13 men captured
"[T]here seemed to be so many of these sexual assault allegations being made, but nothing ever coming of it, just being swept under the carpet and... rugby league writers basically considering it was, 'Oh it happened outside the game', so we're not
Raul Bassi
Because it is so directly dominated by US imperialism, it's in Latin America that the struggle against global neoliberalism has developed to the maximum. The dismal failure of neoliberal policies across the continent has left country
Doug Lorimer
On June 30, the US-British Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) that currently rules Iraq will hand over governance of the country to a new US embassy headed by John Negroponte. This embassy will be staffed by 1200 US officials and
Super Size Me: A Film of Epic PortionsWritten, directed by and starring Morgan SpurlockScreening nationally at Dendy cinemas. REVIEWED BY LACHLAN MALLOCH.
Louise Morris
Tasmania's forests are increasingly the focus of national and international attention, as the weight of public opinion grows in favour of protecting the remaining high conservation-value forests across the state.
Tasmania is the
Robyn Marshall, Caracas
The peasants of the Venezuelan countryside are being terrorised. Three peasant leaders were assassinated on April 23, in the state of Portuguesa.
All of the leaders — Jose Rodriguez, Gabriel Paredes and Juan Baptista —
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldBy Greg CritserAllen Lane, London, 2003232 pages, $29.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
In a gruesome passage in chapter 10 of the first volume of Capital, Marx wrote of the "incredible
Happy memories
"In our subjective memory communism is a land of happiness: we had more money, security, friends, time and even a sense of purpose." — Comment by Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, May 25, on the results of an opinion survey revealing
Fabian Loschiavo & Bea Brear, Sydney
The waves crash onto the base of sheer cliffs on the ocean side. In the bay they are more gentle. The coloured sandstone — golden, purple and orange — shows itself among the native heath and shrubs. Old
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