Glenn Shields is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Franklin. As a long time campaigner for a healthier environment and for the preservation of Tasmania's forests, he has played a leading role in challenging the introduction of wood-fired power stations in Tasmania such as the Southwood Woodchip Mill.
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Cascade Brewery workers formed a picket line on September 10 in response to the company's attempt to stand down 30 workers. By the end of the day the jobs were reinstated and the workers won a pay rise. The workers previously imposed work bans
Ian 'Jammo' Jamieson, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, explains why he is contesting the federal election.
I have been involved in the socialist movement for 35 years. Currently I'm working as a wharfie down in Fremantle. Since the
Well-known Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir died onboard a flight to the Netherlands on September 7. He was 38 years old. The following statement was issued by Tapol, the British-based Indonesia human rights campaign organisation.
Tapol
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Doug Lorimer
United Nations inspectors have found no clear evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Iran, according to a report circulated to the board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Iranian government
Max Lane
I condemn the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on September 9, which has taken at least nine lives and injured more than 180 Indonesians — mainly people doing business at the embassy and passers-by. I express my full
Support is growing daily for the national "End the lies!" rallies scheduled for the October 2-3 weekend. Following are messages of endorsement for these actions.
Jo Vallentine
It's important for people to be seen to be speaking out about the need
Sue Bolton
It's hard to think of any unionist in recent times who has been more vilified by the mainstream media than former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston.
The previous most vilified trade
Rupen Savoulian
According to the Russian government, about 330 people, one-third of them school children, were found dead after Russian special forces (Spetsnaz) stormed a school gymnasium in the North Ossetian town of Beslan on September 3. How
Rihab Charida, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Palestinian solidarity group Sawiyan, travelled to Palestine and Lebanon in June to help at the refugee camps. This is one of her tales from Palestine, sent to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on September 2.
Left Hook co-editor M. Junaid Alam recently discussed the political and the personal with the radical Palestinian-American activist and rap artist Will Youmans, who dons the moniker "Iron Sheik". His clever and powerful music is aimed against
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