BY SARAH STEPHEN
Some media commentators have ridiculed the fact that the Scottish Socialist Party doesn't expect to win any seats in the UK general election on June 7. The unfairly high deposit of 𧺬 combined with the "first past the post"
450
BY PATRICIA CORCORAN & ARUN PRADHAN
"Listen! Please, just for a moment. Who is crying? Who is moaning? Since long ago we detainees at the Woomera Detention Centre have been suffering. We are human ... We have got blood in our vessels like you."
Israel's use of F16 jets against Palestinian civilians on May 18 departed from all military norms of the previous 33 years of occupation [of the West Bank and Gaza Strip]. This extreme step shows an imbalance of judgement. When a nation-state uses
Police violence at Perth M1
Jon Mayhew (Write on, GLW #449) raised the point that no riot shields were used on protesters. On this point he is correct. The mistake in my article was due to an error in the editing process. Police did not use riot
Global waste
From the closing months of 1998 until March 2000 the world was bombarded with an image of capitalist success, the "dotcom". Named after the internet's abbreviation for commercial companies, the propaganda was unremitting. Companies
BY SEAN HEALY
Melbourne's M1 Alliance, fresh from its successful May 1 blockade
of the Australian Stock Exchange, has set itself a new target for militant,
mass action: the Commonwealth Business Forum, which protest organisers
say is proof
BY JOHN GAUCI
SYDNEY — While the federal Coalition government siphons $700 million from public to private schools through its commonwealth state grants act, the NSW Labor government is planning to sell off Marrickville, Maroubra, Hunters Hill and
BY SEAN WALSH
MELBOURNE — One feature of the new anti-corporate movement has been revived activism amongst queer groups, in particular amongst students, which has sought to link the discrimination and vilification faced by gays and lesbians to
BY ARUN PRADHAN
"Set against the richly variegated backdrop of history, this is the story of a unique American who started with virtually nothing and built a worldwide security empire. An extraordinary life story spanning over seven decades, as
BY ALISON DELLIT
If anyone expected the 2001-2002 federal budget to kick-start a vibrant and exciting election contest between the two major parties, they will have been sorely disappointed by Treasurer Peter Costello's latest effort.
Facing an
Rally saves planetarium
BRISBANE — The Brisbane City Council has backed off from a threat to cut funding to the Brisbane Planetarium, after some 60 people rallied at the planetarium's Mount Coot-tha site on May 20 to demand it be kept open.
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — The details are emerging of the NSW Labor Council's deal with the state Labor government to resolve the debacle over industrial relations minister John Della Bosca's proposed changes to workers' compensation.
Although the
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