The following is abridged from a speech given by Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party member and Yarra city councillor, to the council's swearing-in ceremony at Richmond Town Hall on December 1.
Last Saturday, 91% of voters in this area voted for what
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East Timor: TestimonyElaine BriereBetween the Lines Books128 pages, 64 photographs, $56.95
REVIEW BY STEPHEN LANGFORD
For people involved in East Timor's struggle, this book is a must-read. I have Elaine Briere to thank for my start in East
Songs for MahmudDavid Rovics$25 from Hobart Activist Centre, phone (03) 6234 6397 or $US12 from <http://www.davidrovics.com>.
REVIEW BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
Like the other CDs David Rovics has released in the last few years, Songs for Mahmud
The Origins of the ALP: A Marxist AnalysisBy Jim McIlroyResistance Books, 200458 pages, $5.95Available from your local Activist Centre (see page 2) or email <info@resistancebooks.com>
REVIEW BY CHRIS ATKINSON
The further 2.4% swing to
Zionist myths
Rachel Freeman's diatribe (Write On, GLW #609) against Doug Lorimer's obituary for Yasser Arafat (GLW #607) repeats many Zionist myths created to demonise Arafat and the Palestinian people.
If Freeman had done even an ounce of
Since European settlement, half of Australia's forests have been cleared. Only 5% of the country has any forest cover remaining.
Over 85% of the southern temperate woodlands has been completely cleared. Between 12 and 15 billion trees have been
On December 7 the National Centre for Social Research released research showing that opposition to further immigration had increased from two-thirds of the population to three-quarters under the government led by New Labour's Tony Blair. The shift
Donna Mulhearn, Baghdad
It all happened so fast as we turned the corner.
The US humvee seemed to come out of nowhere. It drew close to the car, aimed its machine gun at us and forced the car off the road.
A checkpoint heavy with Iraqi soldiers
Dick Nichols
The Eighth Congress of Cuba's Union of Communist Youth (UJC) took place in Havana's Convention Centre, on December 3-6. At the centre of discussion was the Battle of Ideas: the campaign of cultural, educational and social work launched
The Socialist Alliance has joined the call for the dropping of all charges against four people accused of helping asylum seekers who had escaped from detention to obtain false passports so they could get to a country that would offer them protection.
Linda Waldron, Lahore
On December 6, 2000 protesters participated in an anti-imperialist rally organised by the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP). Following the rally, the protesters marched through downtown Lahore to Lakshmi Chowk, one of the largest
On schedule
"I noticed today that the elections are on schedule for June the 30th." — Emperor George Bush II, November 20, referring to the US-dictated January 30 Iraqi parliamentary elections.
Free enterprise
"A third or more of the
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