Paul Benedek, Sydney
One-hundred people packed the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on July to launch the Socialist Alliance's federal election campaign across Sydney.
Compered by Raul Bassi, the Socialist Alliance's Blaxland candidate, the launch
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Tim Anderson
In the corporate-media-dominated two-party system that passes for democracy in Australia, there is recurrent confusion over what the Australian Labor Party actually represents.
Is Labor a force for social democracy, an "imperfect"
Sun Jung Hwang
On June 22, Iraqi militants beheaded Kim Sun-il, a Korean employee of a Baghdad-based food supplier for the US army, after Seoul refused to withdraw its troops from Iraq. The South Korean government plans to send 3000 more in
Peter Boyle
If you were listening to the Australia Talks Back program on ABC Radio National on July 7, you would have heard Tessa Court, from the web monitoring company Hitwise, say: "If you look at the top websites that Australians visited just
Tom Flanagan, Lismore
Thirty people gathered in the departures area of Lismore airport on July 15 and chanted "shame ACON, shame" at representatives of the AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) as they waited to board their return plane to Sydney.
The
Jim Green, Adelaide
The federal government has been forced to abandon its six-year push to build a national nuclear waste dump near Woomera in South Australia. Polling had shown that the issue could swing marginal seats in South Australia against
Kay Moore, Lismore
Three-hundred women attended the 16th Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference on July 12-16. The conference discussed the impact of sexism, racism, homophobia and war on women.
Guest speakers at the conference
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Ita Nian Rasik (Our Own): Songs of East Timor — past, present, futureTeodozio Batista Ximenes$25, including postageEmail orders to <annefor@netconnect.net.au> or phone (03) 5331 1983
Like many who have
Tanya Reinhart
ARIEL, West Bank — Along the route of the "separation barrier", in the West Bank, a new culture is springing up: on one side, soldiers and bulldozers; on the other, Israelis and Palestinians embracing the land.
In June, Israel's
[The following text is from a leaflet calling for an "End the lies" rally in Sydney on the Sunday before the federal election.]
Three years after the truth was thrown overboard at the last federal election, now is the time to say "No more lies!"
Unreasonable lies
"One fact is now clear: before the war, the United States intelligence community told the president, as well as the Congress and the public, that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and if left
Our Common Cause: Poverty: a disease that can be cured
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. So it's a disgrace that as many as 23% of its people are living below the poverty line, or that after 12 years of 4% GDP growth, the
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