Pilger: Bush's `war on terror' is a cruel hoax - Green Left Weekly #556 October 1, 2003

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Green Left Weekly,
Australia's socialist newspaper Issue #556
October 1, 2003
Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an
environmental and left perspective.

Featured this week: Bush's war on terror - a cruel hoax

As the illegal Anglo-American occupation of Iraq now unravels, the
forgotten disaster in Afghanistan, the first `victory' in the `war on
terror', is perhaps an even more shocking testament to the use of
imperial power. In this issue of Green Left Weekly, John Pilger explains
how the declarations of concern for the oppressed people of Afghanistan
and Iraq were cruel illusions that prepared the way for the conquest of
these countries.

COVER STORY
JOHN PILGER: Bush's `war on terror' is a cruel hoax

FEATURES
Abbott's latest attack: Defend the right to strike!

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
SOUTH KOREA: `Anti-dispatch' movement opposes troops to Iraq
IRAQ: US `weapons inspectors' find nothing
BRITAIN: Hutton inquiry finishes hearings
IRAQ: Chirac ready to cut a deal with Bush
BRITAIN: 100,000 condemn Tony `B-liar'
&&UNITED STATES: Why antiwar movement should demand `US troops out now!'
INDONESIA: Poor farmers protest
BOLIVIA: Security forces massacre `gas war' protesters
PALESTINE: Said `fearlessly spoke the truth to power'
VENEZUELA: Ruling class becomes increasingly desperate
UNITED STATES: Seattle socialist scores 10%
&&UNITED STATES: Californian election: is it just about Schwarzenegger?
UNITED STATES: Immigrant workers stage `freedom ride'

ISSUES
Travelling to work on the 457
A Woman's Place is in the Struggle: Amina Lawal acquitted
Radical activists and the law
Fair share for aged care!
WA Labor maintains antiworker bias in compo system
EDITORIAL: Confront the liars - protest Bush and Howard!
Militant: `We need more socialists in the union movement'
When LBJ visited: `Ride over the bastards!'

AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Members First nominates candidate
Ruddock `celebrated'
Militant ticket to contest NSW AMWU election
WA teachers rally for public education
Bankstown launches `Stop Bush' campaign
Sydney Uni staff strike back at Abbott
Bush visit sparks anti-war protest preparations
Parramatta students protest
Fitzroy Centrelink to close
Subiaco mayor welcomes Socialist Alliance
Labor backs `big brother' powers

ANNOUNCEMENTS
GLW is taking a break

CULTURAL DISSENT
The `war on terror' comes home
Photo exhibition celebrates water activism
Songs of the political underground
Free speech supporters rally for `Poetic justice'
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