| Australia bows to Indonesian pressure | | MARNI CORDELL | |
Australian Government and public institutions alike
surrendered to pressure from Indonesia last month to withdraw support from a number of events recognising the plight of West Papua, a resource-rich province that has been struggling for independence since its Indonesian takeover in the 1960s.... fullstory | |
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| Anti-Americanism and the peace movement | | TERRY CANTWELL | |
In the aftermath of the huge global peace marches the Howard government and the commercial media went on the defensive. John Howard reluctantly agreed that people have a right to protest but that 'the mob' will not sway his determination to do what is right for Australia.... fullstory | |
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| Section 501 of the Migration Act Bad character or bad faith | | ELLEN ROBERTS | |
In the days of the White Australia policy it was the colour of your skin that got you past the Australian border police. These days it is the content of your character, and with all due respect to Martin Luther King, this is hardly a more enlightened regime.... fullstory | |
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| Australia close yet far from Pacific Island neighbours | | BOB BURTON | |
The Australian government's dismissive attitude toward its nearest neighbours in the Pacific, including its forcible relocation of unwanted asylum seekers to small island nations there, is sowing resentment from that region.
This is what witnesses from both business lobby groups and non-government have been telling a public hearing of the Senate's foreign affairs, defence and trade committee. ... fullstory | |
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| Howard unmoved by mammoth anti-war rallies | | Sonny Inbaraj | |
Prime Minister John Howard last week thumbed his nose at the hundreds of thousands of Australians who took to the streets to rally for peace, and refused to budge on his support for an impending war against Iraq. ... fullstory | |
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| West Papua: time has come for independence | | JASON MacLEOD | |
Naked, except for the traditional penis gourd worn by highland men and covered in mud to symbolise mourning, Amungme tribal chief Tuarek Narkime walked the long road from his village in Banti up to Tembagapura, the company town for Freeport, the world’s largest copper and gold mine. ... fullstory | |
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| Police shut down only Basque newspaper | | EUSKAL HERRIA | |
On February 20, the only remaining Basque daily newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria was shut down. 10 members of staff have been arrested for supporting an armed group. The web site has also been closed.... fullstory | |
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| A smart book about a stupid subject | | REVIEW BY JASON BRAYSHAW | | STUPID WHITE MEN
By Michael Moore
Michael Moore has certainly become a socio-political phenomena in the two years since the September 11 tragedy in New York. Prior to this, Moore was your classic social democrat, whose political views relating to ecology and civil liberties rammed its brave head against mainstream, corporate American ethos. More often than not, it came out through the other side of America’s corporate underbelly, laughing at its ghastly contradictions and absurdities. ... fullstory | |
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| Letters to the Editors | | | | Drop us a line with comments or complaints, rants and ideas. Maximum length should be around 200 words. Send to: PO Box 1733 Collingwood, VIC 3066, or letters@thepaper.org.au ... fullstory | |
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| Rumsfeld’s war letters to Clinton | | JASON LEOPOLD | |
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz undertook a full-fledged lobbying campaign in 1998 to get former President Bill Clinton to start a war with Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein’s regime claiming that the country posed a threat to the United States, according to documents obtained from a former Clinton aide.... fullstory | |
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| Art Cult : | | MARK BOURRIE Illustration: Lachlan Conn | | Cyborg professor predicts future without identity
Writing from Canada, MARK BOURRIE profiles Steve Mann, a self-made cyborg with a penchant for predicting the future.... fullstory | |
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