The following is abridged from a July 27 article by Thamrin Ananda, the chairperson of the Acehnese Popular Democratic Resistance Front (FPDRA).
The negotiations between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to resolve the Aceh
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Sue Bull, Ballarat
On July 30, 500 workers voiced their anger over the federal Coalition government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws at a community rally organised by the Ballarat Trades and Labour Council.
BTLC secretary Graham
DARWIN — Phillip Ruddock's visit to Darwin on August 3 was met by a protest in support of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks. When protester Cindy Watson questioned Ruddock about the protection due to Australian citizens, he replied that any right
MELBOURNE — Brunswick Town Hall was full for Melbourne's Global Solidarity Fiesta on July 30. An annual event now in its fourth year, this Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly fundraiser was, once again, a great night out.
Guests heard greetings from Joan Doyle
On August 1, more than 300 women from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and more than 20 men marched in Bulawayo to hand over a letter to the provincial governor for President Robert Mugabe. The letter called for the repeal of unjust laws and the
Wanda Fish
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on. — Sun Tzu, The Art of War
In the wake of the London bombings and angry condemnation of terrorism,
Girma Belay, a 52-year-old Ethiopian refugee who has lived in London for 12 years, was detained for six days in connection with the London bombings. He told the August 4 Guardian that he was at a friend's apartment when officers burst in and forced
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
When General Motors-Holden's contract with Pilkington Glass to supply windscreens and back windows for cars ends at the beginning of 2006, 120 jobs will be lost from the Geelong and Laverton plants in Victoria, and the Pooraka
Capitalism is above all a contradictory social system, and this is very evident in the area of human health and well-being. At the same time that capitalism has greatly increased the potential to curb disease and improve health, it squanders this
Nathan Verney
The National Party's proposed "compromise" with the Liberals on the "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) bill will weaken free speech on campus and should be opposed.
The Nationals' proposal is for a compulsory fee for services only
Rohan Pearce
The August 1 death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al Saud triggered a predictable, and nauseating, flurry of tributes from the "Coalition of the Willing" — the Iraq invasion alliance of Australia, Britain and the US.
In
Hiroshima
Good editorial [on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, GLW #536]. Here's something you missed: In a documentary, The Day After Trinity, narrated by Robert Oppenheimer (head of the Manhattan Project), he said, paraphrasing, "We put Hiroshima and
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