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Write on: Letters to the editor

Nukes The September 29 issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly (#600) offers up Lyndon LaRouche's support for nuclear power as further evidence of his reactionary, fascist views, comparable in nature to his homophobia and racism. Elsewhere in the same issue,

Merlin calls for reality TV in Baxter

Paul Oboohov, Canberra At a September 29 Socialist Alliance public forum on the theme "Truth overboard: war, lies and refugees", Big Brother's Merlin Luck criticised the warped view of reality presented on so-called reality TV shows. Reality in the

SUDAN: Why Washington won't save Darfur villagers

Norm Dixon On September 21, Salih Booker, the director of the Africa Studies Program at the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations ruling-class think tank, argued in the International Herald Tribune that the US government has failed to

Put yourself in their shoes

On September 24, refugee supporters placed 80 pairs of children's shoes outside the office of the Liberal member for Dobell, Ken Ticehurst, out of respect for the 80 children still held in detention by the Coalition government. The protest was a

PALESTINE: 'We will never give up our lands or our liberties'

Kim Bullimore, West Bank On the fourth anniversary of the second Palestinian intifada, the residents of the small village of Budrus once again faced off teargas, sound grenades and rubber bullets to protest the wall that is dividing their land. The

Sunrise protest

SYDNEY — Socialist Alliance members protested outside Channel 7's new Sunrise studio in Martin Place on 'Truthful Tuesday', September 28. The activists displayed signs with anti-war and other slogans that could be seen in the background of the

Sri Lankan asylum seekers face deportation

Sarah Stephen The plight of hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, many of them living in Australia without the right to work, Medicare or government benefits, was largely invisible until the Victorian Tamil Cultural Association raised the alarm on

Rodents lay trap for Downer

MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance laid a trap for foreign minister Alexander Downer as he was to address a conference on human rights in Iraq on October 1. With a rodent trap baited with cheese made of lies, Socialist Alliance activists dressed

Thousands march for refugees

Tony Iltis, Melbourne More than 3000 people joined a march on October 1, organised by the Refugee Action Collective, to call for an end to the persecution of refugees in Australia and an end to the Coalition government. Speakers included Annette

Who stands up for the Greens' principles?

This open letter was sent from the Melbourne west branch of the Socialist Alliance to the Melbourne inner west branch of the Victorian Greens on September 30. We write to communicate our disappointment and surprise at the decision of the inner west

'Real change happens outside parliament'

Peter Robson, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for Newcastle, talks to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Kerry Vernon about the federal election campaign. Both the major parties have been doling out election promises over the past few weeks, what do you think

Rudd reads socialist manifesto

BRISBANE — Labor foreign affairs spokesperson Kevin Rudd was spotted reading up on the Socialist Alliance's policies at a September 27 Politics in the Pub. Along with Rudd, the forum was addressed by the Greens, Democrats and Socialist Alliance