| Those who forget the past
| | ALEXANDER KOUTTAB | | If the scale of this attack on American soil is unprecedented, the horror it speaks of has a long history of colonization, imperialism and resistance; of ideological divisions and countless lives lost; of global antagonism and the 'East-West' divide, out of which terrorism has emerged as an ugly manifestation propagated by the fanatical few in an increasingly militarised world.... fullstory | |
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| PNG: Unarmed protesters murdered by police, inquiry hears | | LIAM CRANLEY | | Witnesses appearing before an inquiry in recent weeks have cast the death of 4 students, killed by police in Port Moresby, in a sorry light. So far eight witnesses have testified that on the night of the 25th June riot police repeatedly fired on students, including when they were walking towards police with their hands in the air. At least 17 others were confirmed injured by gunfire.... fullstory | |
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| Power on the agenda | | DOMENICA SETTLE | | On September 17, climate change became the subject of direct action, as 20 activists walked onto the construction site of a gas-fired power station in Somerton, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.... fullstory | |
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| RAWA statement on the terrorist attacks in the US | | Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanista | | On September 11, 2001, the world was stunned with the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States. RAWA stands with the rest of the world in expressing our sorrow and condemnation for this barbaric act of violence and terror.... fullstory | |
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| The view from New Delhi | | SHUDDHABRATA SENGUPTA | | Sitting in front of a New Delhi television, watching the destruction in New York, the first thought/feeling that crosses the mind is that of the solidarity of living in a time and place of danger. Day before yesterday it was New York. Today it could be anywhere.... fullstory | |
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| America's terrorist roots | | GEOV PARRISH | | 'Throughout the world, on any given day, a man, woman, or child is likely to be displaced, tortured, killed, or 'disappeared', at the hands of governments or armed political groups. More often than not, the United States shares the blame.' Amnesty International, 1996
'Everything I did, I did for my country.' Pol Pot ... fullstory | |
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| The greatest argument against war | | BRIAN DOMINICK | | This isn't a story about my own heroism. It isn't a story about life-threatening or life-saving adventure. I wish it were. If I'd had any opportunity for heroism, any opportunity to save lives, that would mean so too did thousands of others. We already know thousands of lives were saved. My story begins at a point when there was little remaining success in such endeavours. It is a story about tragedy.... fullstory | |
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| We are now suspended in the moment of response and reaction
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SAM DE SILVA | | Media coverage of Tuesday's events has been overwhelming and unrelenting. While no-one can take away from the devastation of what has happened that is, the death of countless innocent people one has to question the productivity of the obsession to emotive detail that we have been subjected to since Tuesday.... fullstory | |
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Open Letter to the AEC Why I am refusing to enrol to vote | | JASON McLEOD | | Certainly whilst representative democracy is far better than political tyranny, it is far from the ideal and has strayed a long way from its participatory and radical roots. I believe it is a powerful act to withdraw our support from representative democracy and work towards far more democratic visions...... fullstory | |
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