What's in the latest Green Left Weekly? #497 June 26, 2002

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                           Green Left Weekly,
                      Australia's socialist newspaper
                             Issue #497
                          June 26, 2002

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Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an
environmental and left perspective.

Featured this week: HOWARD BACKS BUSH'S WAR ON THE WORLD

The "Bush Doctrine" has expanded to officially include "first strike"
attacks on any state or group that Washington decrees is associated with
"terrorism". Prime Minister John Howard has been quick to
enthusiastically endorse this declaration of war on the world. Green
Left Weekly explains why.

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COVER STORY

 * UNITED STATES: Washington's dirty bomb hoax
 * Howard supports US `first strike' attacks

FEATURES

 * How IMF-World Bank make Africa sick
 * WORLD HUNGER: 800 million can't afford capitalism

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

 * VENEZUELA: Why Washington tried to topple Chavez
 * UNITED STATES: Henry Kissinger, war criminal
 * UNITED STATES: Treaty withdrawal fuels militarisation
 * PAKISTAN: Peasant women lead land struggle
 * PALESTINE: How Israel creates suicide bombers
 * PALESTINE: Torture, murder in custody revealed
 * General strike halts Spain
 * COLOMBIA: Most dangerous country for unionists
 * CUBA: Millions sign for socialism
 * INDONESIA: Squalls before the storm
 * EAST TIMOR: Canberra pressures Xanana
 * INDONESIA: When `national unity' is no longer voluntary
 * ZIMBABWE: Activists beaten, arrested
 * BRITAIN: West Papuan supporters confront Megawati
 * AFRICA: `Nepad? No thanks', say African activists

ISSUES

 * Eyewitness report: `Welcome to Christmas Island'
 * Ruddock warns public servants
 * Students stand firm to save their education
 * Why Abbott targets Victoria's militant unions
 * Save the Jilliby forests!
 * Chop 'em, chip 'em and burn 'em
 * Capitalism exploits young people
 * Editorial: Imperial impunity and the International Criminal Court

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

 * Glenn Shields: `Why I'm running for the Socialist Alliance'
 * Forum discusses AIDS in Africa
 * Let Afghan asylum seekers stay!
 * Militant unionists to face trial
 * Nurses, hospital staff strike for improved pay
 * `Most ambitious socialist campaign ever'
 * Socialists need lawyer
 * Dayson workers hold out for union rights
 * Residents determined to fight ADI redevelopment
 * Protesters arrested at Narangba irradiation site
 * WA Labor to introduce routine DNA testing
 * Government tests Labor with islands' excision
 * Residents oppose Pinkenba refugee prison
 * Victory for Mindil Beach free speech
 * More refugee applications rejected
 * Thousands mobilise for refugees' rights

CULTURAL DISSENT

 * Can soccer survive the World Cup?
 * `Mainstream' meets `alternative'
 * Rock for Refugees needs musicians!
 * Under the shadow of the bomb
 * A meeting in Denmark



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