BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — The coalition organising a mass unity rally protesting against the World Trade Organisation "mini-ministerial" meeting on November 14 decided not to have opposition to an impending war on Iraq as a main demand of the
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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — On September 13, the Victorian Electoral Commission sent letters to all 764 Socialist Alliance members in Victoria.
The letters ask one simple question — "Are you an Australian citizen 18 years or over and
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — The Victorian office of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union remains in limbo, awaiting a resolution to the dispute between the AMWU's national office and elected Victorian officials. By September 14, most
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — In the lead-up to the September 17 University of Wollongong student general meeting, activists have again met resistance from the Student Representative Council. The SRC meeting on September 13 reaffirmed its
Duck and cover
It is my solemn duty to blow the whistle: 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly is within three months of a functioning nuclear weapons arsenal. Government sources, corroborated by national security experts, confirm that nothing — repeat, nothing
Every day the sun risesBut we are in a positionThat can't rise upCan you imagine what it is?
I like to see the worldBut I know that I can'tCan you tell me about the world?Do the people treat you well enough?
Every bird has feathersSo they fly
Respectful, like a subordinate should be
"The United States helped found the United Nations. We want the United Nations to be effective, and respectful, and successful." — George "The Crusader" Bush, addressing the UN General Assembly,
BY DICK NICHOLS
[The
following is an abridged version of a talk presented to the International
Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September
6-8. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of the
BY JACK BERHOFF
AUCKLAND — The new New Zealand parliament is now sworn in and the Labour-Progressive minority coalition government headed by Prime Minister Helen Clark has delivered its "speech from the throne" — sketching out its
Protesters target Howard
CANBERRA — One hundred people protested against the federal government's pro-war and anti-refugee policies on September 11 outside the National Press Club while Prime Minister John Howard was giving a speech.
9/11
BY JASON DI ROSSO
ABC Radio National's Hindsight program will present a 60-minute
documentary on the 1973 strike by workers at Ford's Broadmeadows plant,
near Melbourne.
In the program, former metalworkers' union leader Laurie
[The following statement was issued on September 11 by Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organisation founded by family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.]
"The past is prophetic in that it
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