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Dave Riley A day after admitting that he took policy leads from interstate ALP governments and New Labour in Britain, state Coalition leader Lawrence Spingborg accused Queensland Labor of policy theft. "This is just plagiarism", he said, "at the
Doug Lorimer The Labor Party's three-day 2004 national conference formally began on January 29 with federal ALP leader Mark Latham's keynote speech. However, the conference — a largely staged-managed public relations event to launch Latham's bid
This statement was distributed by Socialist Alliance members to delegates at the January 29-31 ALP conference. The Howard government is creating a two-tier Australia — one for the rich, another for the poor. It is trying to smash the unions,
Eva Cheng Hoping that China's enormous population of about 1.2 billion people could be turned into mass consumers for the products of Western companies, Western leaders hailed China's initiatives in the early 1990s to reintegrate into the world
Norm Dixon A landmark report, commissioned by the environmental group Friends of the Earth and released on January 29, has revealed that the operations and products of the world's largest oil corporation, Exxon Mobil and its predecessors (beginning
"Good parenting and responsibility is not an optional extra in life, it's necessary for a good society", argued federal ALP leader Mark Latham in supporting plans by the Western Australian Labor government to issue "parental responsibility orders"
Doug Lorimer "Today our coalition is working ... with Iraqis and the United Nations to prepare for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June", US President George Bush dishonestly declared in his January 21 State of the Union
@intro2 = As the battle for the Democrat presidential nomination heated up, US Socialist Worker took a closer look at the most likely candidates. Profiles of all candidates are available at <http://www.socialistworker.org>. John Kerry
Anna Samson, Sydney There is little difference between "an irresponsible drunken man" wantonly vandalising private property and two individuals attempting to "make a serious political point" by marking a public building. This is what Justice John
Max Lane The Indonesian people's contempt for, and rejection of, the country's elit politik (political elite) is wide and deep. So deep, that a term that began as a normal sociological description is now a form of insult used by the masses. Several
No. 1 with a bullet "As Americans flood Iraq's airwaves with radio stations playing harmless Western and Arab pop tunes, the young are turning elsewhere for their musical inspiration. They turn to artists like Sabah al Jenabi who sings: 'America
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane "We are issuing a challenge to Premier Peter Beattie to use his almost certain big majority after the coming state election to make some significant changes in this state", Coral Wynter, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for