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IRAQ: UN backs US-led occupation

BY DOUG LORIMER After weeks of haggling, France, Germany and Russia on October 16 finally voted in the UN Security Council for a US-sponsored resolution mandating the creation of a "multinational" occupation force in Iraq under US command. While

Anti-Palestinians campaign to overturn peace prize

BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — Palestinian legislator and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi is scheduled to receive the Sydney Peace Prize from NSW Premier Bob Carr on November 6 at Parliament House. Ashrawi, a long-time campaigner for the rights of

Is Syria socialist?

Syria: Neither Bread Nor FreedomBy Alan GeorgeZed Books, 2003 REVIEW BY CHRIS SLEE Israel's government on October 5 launched a missile attack on Syria, the first strike into Syrian territory in 30 years. US President George Bush immediately

The Tamworth boy who exposed Howard's lies

BY TIM BYRNES CANBERRA — Andrew Wilkie, the former senior intelligence officer at the centre of a storm following his resignation in protest at Prime Minister John Howard's government's stance on Iraq, admits to having a soft spot for Tamworth.

The movement against the Vietnam War - its lessons for today

BY DOUG LORIMER With the United States and its allies facing an escalating guerrilla war of resistance to its occupation of Iraq, more and more people are starting to see similarities between the Iraq war and the US war in Vietnam in the 1960s and

Simon says 'stand up', socialists say 'Stop Bush!'

BY PIP HINMAN Federal Labor leader Simon Crean has told Labor MPs that they should give US President George Bush a standing ovation when he finishes his address to the joint sitting of parliament on October 23. Tim Gooden, assistant secretary of

WA electricity 'reform': privatisation disguised

BY ANTHONY BENBOW PERTH — On October 10, 125,000 homes in Western Australia lost electricity when a computer fault caused the Collie power station to shut down for two-and-a-half hours. This followed widespread blackouts in the south-west area of

LBJ protest was 'a defining event'

BY BOB GOULD In 1966, the Vietnam War was still fairly popular, and the jingoistic patriotism of the previous period in Australia was still predominant. In this context, it is hard to understate the courageousness of federal Labor leader Arthur

Socialist Alliance to 'set path for socialism'

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — Members of the NSW branches of the Socialist Alliance will meet on November 8 for the alliance's NSW conference. Its theme is "Regime change begins at home: unite for socialism!". Socialist Alliance NSW committee member

WA socialists to build anti-war movement

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — Around 60 members and supporters of the Socialist Alliance attended the organisation's WA conference on October 12. A variety of workshops and plenary sessions were held, discussing topics such as fighting governments'

UNITED STATES: Voters reject 'Racial Privacy Initiative'

BY MALIK MIAH SAN FRANCISCO — In a referendum that coincided with the election for California's governor, voters rejected Proposition 54 — the "Racial Privacy Initiative" — by an almost two-to-one margin. Drafted and aggressively promoted by

PHILIPPINES: 60,000 'welcome' Bush

BY NORM DIXON MANILA — At least 50,000 people mobilised across the Philippines on October 18 as US President George Bush, arrived for an eight-hour visit. At least 10,000 people jammed the main thoroughfare leading to the House of