[Radical "poet lorikeet" Denis Kevans, who joined the LBJ protests in Sydney and in Canberra, sent the following poem which he presented to "concerts, smoke-ohs and rallies". It was published and set to music in February 1962 when the anti-Vietnam
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SYDNEY — NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr told the annual NSW Labor Party conference on October 5 that the NSW government does not plan to renew the leases for Patrick Stevedores' Darling Harbour and P&O's White Bay and Glebe
Thousands turned out across the United States on September 27 for a day of protest against the US occupation of Iraq and Israel's oppression of the Palestinians. The demonstrations were called by the International Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW — There has been heated discussion in the camp of the Russian opposition this northern Spring. The crisis of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) led to the emergence of "renovating" tendencies in its
BY DALE McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — As the Congress of South African Trade Unions' (COSATU) eighth national congress, held September 15-18, was winding down, a senior leader, perhaps inadvertently, summed up: "We can only hope that these issues
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — After taking strike action for the first time in more than 10 years, 500 workers employed by the Swedish-owned auto components company Autoliv have won major concessions from the company.
The mostly female and mostly
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COCHABAMBA — An intense series of protests, strikes and highway blockades continue to gain momentum across Bolivia as new 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the population join the movement against the export of the country's natural gas to the US.
BY JIM GREEN
ADELAIDE — A bush camp was held near Coober Pedy from September 29 to October 1 to build the campaign against the federal government's plan for a national nuclear waste dump in South Australia.
The Kulini Kulini ("Are you
BY TIM GOODEN
GEELONG — After five months of being locked out of their workplace with no pay, workers at the Geelong Wool Combing factory have been sacked. On September 23, the GWC board decided to close the plant on October 1, leaving 115
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
CANBERRA — In a phone interview with 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on October 8, federal Labor MP Harry Quick, known for his strong opposition to the Iraq war, indicated he was thinking of wearing a white armband to protest the US
BY TIM O'CONNOR
September 11, 2001 changed the world! It's a statement that has become part of our lexicon.
While the attack on New York and Washington was certainly a catalyst for immense change in international relations, there is an argument
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