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Green Left Weekly: Bush Plans Bloodbath In Iraq
Friday, 17 January 2003, 9:17 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
For a year now, US President George Bush's administration's top foreign policy goal has been violent “regime change” in Iraq. On October 22, on the basis of a leak from the White House, the New York Times reported that the Bush administration plans to ... More >>
Green Left Weekly: UN Vote Brings War Closer
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 11:56 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
The unanimous vote by the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council on November 8 to impose ``tough'' new weapons inspection rules and deadlines for compliance on Iraq, with the threat of ``serious consequences'', should not confuse anti-war campaigners. ... More >>
Howard's racist ASIO raids — who's next?
Friday, 8 November 2002, 2:06 pm | Green Left Weekly - Australia
Many Muslim and Arab Australians are bracing for an escalation of racist abuse and harassment following ASIO and Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on the homes of Indonesian Australians at the end of October. More >>
Indonesia: Military Linked To Terrorist Groups
Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 12:53 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
The brutal murder of nearly 200 people in Indonesia's tourist resort of Kuta on the island of Bali on October 12 occurred as the US is attempting to pressure Jakarta into supporting its War on Terror. As part of this effort, Washington and Canberra ... More >>
GLW: Bush's And Blair's War Threat Based On Lies
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 2:29 pm | Green Left Weekly - Australia
On September 24, British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented his much-anticipated "dossier", Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, to the parliament. Supporters of a US attack on Iraq had promised that Blair would provide the definitive ``evidence'' ... More >>
US Armed Saddam Hussein With Chemical Weapons
Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:46 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
On August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, ``Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of gas''. Quoting anonymous US ``senior military officers'', the NYT ``revealed'' that in the 1980s, the administration of US President ... More >>
Iraq: US War Drive `Built On A Bed Of Lies'
Friday, 30 August 2002, 9:43 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
The Australian government has the dubious distinction of being one of only three governments -- along with Britain and Israel -- to have unconditionally endorsed the United States' impending invasion of Iraq. Washington is finalising battle plans ... More >>
Feature: Mandatory Detention Is Child Abuse
Friday, 7 June 2002, 10:48 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
The government is responsible for “institutional child abuse”, according to a May report by two Melbourne organisations — the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace (CCJDP) and the Western Young People's Independent Network. More >>
GLW: Zimbabwe Left Debates Response To Poll Fraud
Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 9:59 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
In the aftermath of the rigged March 9-10 presidential election, Zimbabwe's trade unions and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have failed to lead serious mass mobilisations to block the return of the authoritarian capitalist regime ... More >>
Feature: Bush's Racist War On The Third World
Friday, 15 February 2002, 11:30 am | Green Left Weekly - Australia
“Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile ... More >>