PHILADELPHIA — The following report on events around the Republic Party convention in Philadelphia by a member of the US socialist group Solidarity was posted on the internet on August 10. It is slightly abridged. What's going on in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia protesters still in jail
PHILADELPHIA — At least 20 of the anti-corporate protesters arrested by Philadelphia police during the week of the Republican National Convention remain in jail as of August 15. Hundreds more face trials in
The names that didn't appear centre stage at the Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles are the ones that will actually pay for the event — names like General Motors, British Petroleum, Microsoft and AT&T. These corporations are
SAN FRANCISCO — It does happen. Not often enough, but it does take place: a defeat for racial bias and white supremacy. On August 2, in a San Francisco Superior Court room, a jury punished the country's largest wholesale baker with a staggering
Major donors to the Democratic convention
Organisation Total to convention Total soft money, PAC & individual contributions Dems Repubs
American International Group $2,000,000 $774,362 $315,162 $456,700
BP Amoco Corp $1,000,000 $1,008,070
By Ruth Ratcliffe
As the fifth largest shareholder in the Asian Development Bank, Australia is a significant imperialist force in this region. The Australian government lends money for a range of projects. Many of the so-called aid projects,
ASIA: Economy recovers, bound and gagged
East Asia used to be the Fred Astaire of the world economy until, on a dark night in 1997, it was mugged by the combined crunch of Wall Street currency speculators and the International Monetary Fund. Now,
BY MARGARET ALLUM
In most parliamentary democracies, issues considered highly morally charged are sometimes exempted from being voted upon along party lines. In these cases, voting parliamentarians are allowed to vote "according to their
US democracy goes online
"In the current election system, the voter is a product to be sold to the corporations. But they're being sold through this convoluted method of advertising, consultants, [and] travelling. Voteauction is making a more
'Solidarity' is the cry
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — "Solidarity!" was the cry at two functions here. On August 11, a Broad Left forum attended by 50 people heard Tim Anderson, Sharon Beder and Max Lane discuss globalisation. On August 17,
A truly free voice
Johnny Cash at San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert)Johnny CashColumbia/Legacy REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
Prison sucks, and Johnny Cash makes no bones about that. In this defiant 1969 prison concert, he pulls fire, freedom and
Activists target Shell
BY SEAN HEALY
SYDNEY — Oil multinational Shell was accused of involvement in murder and gross human rights violations in Nigeria on August 18, when 40 activists staged an action against the company outside the city
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