By Rurik Davidson
On July 2 long-time activist Jolyon Campbell died at the age of 27. Activists in Melbourne will remember Jolyon as a towering man with long black hair, as gentle and soft-spoken as he was large. Jolyon was a member of the
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By John Baker in Maebashi, Japan, and Eva Cheng
Japanese voters expressed disillusionment with Japan's long-standing governing party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Senate elections on July 12. The big gainers were the Japan Communist Party
By Andrew Hall
WOLLONGONG — Almost 300 people rallied in the main street of Kiama on July 17 to protest against Pauline Hanson's first visit to the Illawarra. There were many young people and unionists, particularly maritime workers, in the
By Kim Bullimore
CANBERRA — Aboriginal elder Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma from the Gungalidda people and three other Aboriginal applicants have filed a motion with the ACT Supreme Court asking that John Howard, Tim Fischer, Pauline Hanson and Brian
European left discusses globalisation
By Margaret Allan
COPENHAGEN — The 14th meeting of the New European Left Forum was held here June 19-21. Those attending came from 17 countries in Europe, including the Party of Democratic Socialism
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — On July 1, the Community and Public Sector Union joint national secretary, Wendy Caird, and national assistant secretary, Doug Lilly, travelled to Canberra to inform the ACT branch secretary, Jennifer Eccles, that at
By Norm Dixon
The sudden death of Moshood Abiola, the imprisoned winner of Nigeria's 1993 presidential election, has thrown into disarray the west's efforts to rehabilitate the brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. From June 8, when dictator
Speaking out about refugees
By John Gauci
SYDNEY — Paulo Corsino, born in Dili 19 years ago, is the eldest of three children. He grew up in an environment of fear and oppression under the occupying Indonesian army, and fled to Australia in
Editorial: Stop privatisation of Telstra
Mal Colston, the ex-ALP senator, with the words “on balance ... at this
stage”, derailed the Coalition's first attempt to fully privatise Telstra.
Prime Minister John Howard, however, has not given up
US groups urge methyl bromide ban
On June 10, the US House of Representatives Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the deadly, ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide. Critics charge that the hearing was biased and the committee prevented
Resistance to racism: a statement of dissent
The following statement was adopted at the 27th national conference
of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, held in Melbourne, July
11-13.
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Secondary students across the
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Around 30 union members walked off the job in Brisbane's Centrelink Call Centre at 2.45pm on July 10, frustrated by continuous computer system problems. Before the walkout, 53 Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)
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