Defend democratic rights!
In the last month it has become clearer than ever that the so-called war on terror is being used as a pretext to destroy civil liberties and democratic rights in Australia.
The "national security" and "anti-terror" laws
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Roger Annis, Vancouver
Eighteen months after an imperialist invasion that served the overthrow of the elected government of Haiti, a ferocious repression continues to rain down on the people of that country. The three invading countries — the US,
Socialist feminist Linda Averill, a bus driver and a union activist, is campaigning as a Freedom Socialist Party candidate for the September 20 Seattle City Council election. She is backed by her union, Amalgamated Transit Local 587, as well as other
On September 16, 1982, under the protection of the Israeli military, then led by the current Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right-wing Lebanese Christian militias entered the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. They murdered
Stuart Munckton
The Venezuelan government seized a Heinz Baked Beans processing plant that was left idle by the company, just days after a similar seizure of an idle maize processing plant owned by Alimentos Polar, the largest food company in
Kim Bullimore
In a letter to the August 25 Australian Jewish News (AJN), federal Labor MP for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby launched a "pre-emptive strike" on a yet-to-be published book, Voices of Reason, which explores the pro-Israel lobby in
Difficult
"You have to undercut the perception of occupation in Iraq. It's very difficult to do that when you have 150,000-plus, largely Western, foreign troops occupying the country." — Major-General Douglas Lute, director of operations at US
The United Nations General Assembly has been "completely turned, its main aim kidnapped", president of Cuba's National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon said on September 9, in a speech read by Cuban ambassador to the UN Orlando Requeijo. Alarcon was denied a
MELBOURNE — On September 6, 50 people gathered at the Collingwood Town Hall to discuss the federal government's planned new workplace laws. Zana Bytheway, the director of Jobwatch; Michele O'Neil, the Victorian secretary of the Textile, Clothing
Free speech
As Gavin Mooney suggests (GLW #641), the bullying of universities by Howard's government is compromised by the ethos of a liberal education. And while his vice-chancellor, at Curtin, may defend academic freedom, the University of
Ben Courtice, Melbourne
The Socialist Alliance will run candidates in two wards for the November 26 Maribyrnong City Council elections — George Papanastasiou for Sheoak ward and Jorge Jorquera in Ironbark ward.
The Socialist Alliance has two
Having taken control of the Senate on July 1 and then bullied and bribed recalcitrant Coalition MPs, particularly Queensland National Party senators, PM John Howard was all set to steamroll through parliament the legislation needed to sell off the
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