Why was the Japanese army so brutal?

23 Dec 2011 | TOP 10 IA STORIES OF 2011 Japan and Australia enjoy a very close relationship these days, but ...  

Dubious justice for Bradley Manning

18 Dec 2011 | Private Bradley Manning is unlikely to get a fair trial by the US military for handing over ...  

What is Serco doing to refugees behind the desert Curtin?

15 Dec 2011 | In the remote WA desert near Derby, refugees endure horrific conditions in the re-opened Curtin ...  

Occupy the Police State

12 Dec 2011 | Jason Leopold from Truthout investigates what role of the US Government may have had in dismant ...  

The Victorian injustice system

7 Dec 2011 | We are saddened to report that Independent Australia’s contributing editor-at-large has recently ...  

An historic week for equality in Australia

4 Dec 2011 | It has been a monumental week for LGBT rights in Australia – and Queensland in particular – ...  

Ayotte amendment seeks return to Bush-era torture

2 Dec 2011 | Amendment currently before Congress seeks to re-establish newly outlawed US torture techniques. ...  

Bring back the eight hour working day

29 Nov 2011 | We work too hard these days, says Shaun Newman, who advocates a return to the work, rest and play ...  

Caught on camera: ten shockingly violent police assaults on Occupy protesters

20 Nov 2011 | Probably 97 per cent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 per cent are ...  

Obama reneges on Guantanamo promises

15 Nov 2011 | Why has President Barack Obama reneged on a campaign promise to reject military commissions for ...  

Australian Government's shabby treatment of Assange much like Hicks'

8 Nov 2011 | Julia Gillard should ask Barack Obama to cease the persecution of Julian Assange while the US ...  

Reagan and Guatemala’s death files

8 Nov 2011 | Robert Parry from Consortium News says “...there is no …indication that [Ronald Reagan] was ...  

A Candlelight for human rights

7 Nov 2011 | Artist, and regular IA cartoonist, Jeffrey Wood talks about his 'Candlelight for human rights' ...  

Moral dwarf Mayor bashes Occupy Melbourne protestors for the Queen

25 Oct 2011 | On Saturday, schoolteacher/writer Mike Stuchbery was punched by a cop as police brutally removed ...  

Occupy Gold Coast says - we are the 99 per cent!

15 Oct 2011 | The Occupy Gold Coast occupation started in Surfers Paradise today. Organisers say three slogans ...  

The "getting" of Assange and the smearing of a revolution

9 Oct 2011 | If Australian Julian Assange is extradited to Sweden from the UK, he faces a legal device there ...  

School bullying victim speaks out - media silent

3 Oct 2011 | School bullying victim Jordan Nash made a moving speech at a recent Courier Mail law and order ...  

Fossil fuel industry sponsors repression in Bahrain

2 Oct 2011 | While the nation violently suppresses pro-democracy activists, international oil executives meet ...