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Quantock and socialist salads

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — More than 170 people enjoyed a lively night of fun and socialist politics at the Socialist Alliance's anti-corporate festival at Daniher Hall, Carlton, on October 20. The festival raised $3000. Comedian and

Construction workers demand safety

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Three hundred construction workers on October 23 released black balloons in a moving tribute to workers killed on the job. Between 1990 and 2000, 161 workers were killed by electrocution on the job. Members of the

Olsen falls on his pension

BY LESLIE RICHMOND ADELAIDE — It is a received wisdom that a week is a long time in politics. If your idea of politics is bounded by parliament, boardrooms and the editor's office, it would certainly seem so. In South Australia in October the

Write on: Letters to the editor

Billy Bragg I Like Daniel Sullivan ("Bollocks", Write On, GLW #468), I appreciate the music of Billy Bragg but unlike Daniel I find some of Billy's recent political stands quite obnoxious. Unfortunately, I missed his recent round of concerts but

BELGIUM: Protesters take on 'Eurotops'

BY DANNY FAIRFAX GHENT — As participants in the first major "anti-globalisation" protest since the beginning of the war against Afghanistan, those who gathered in this north Belgian city on October 19 knew they had a great responsibility on their

ALP branch secretary resigns, supports Socialist Alliance

BY STUART MARTIN WOLLONGONG — On October 26, Naomi Arrowsmith cut up her ALP membership card and put a Socialist Alliance poster in support of Margaret Perrott's campaign for the seat of Throsby in her front yard. "This is what I think of Kim

Socialist Alliance: Ten reasons to oppose Bush's 'war on terrorism'

BY DICK NICHOLS, IAN RINTOUL& RIKKI LANE The Socialist Alliance was appalled by and condemned the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington (for a full statement see our web page, www.socialist-alliance.org

UNITED STATES: Anthrax scare stokes war fever

BY NORM DIXON The fear of "bio-terrorism" in the United States is being cynically used to whip up war fever by politicians, the "attack Iraq" faction of the US administration and the mass media in the wake of the deaths of a Florida media worker on

ARGENTINA: 'Angry votes' threaten government

BY ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ & ROQUE GRILLO On October 14, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in the country's history, Argentinians went to the polls to elect representatives to the Congress and Senate — and gave the government of

WTO: Ruling protects sea turtles

BY SEAN HEALY In a rare win for environmental issues within the World Trade Organisation, the WTO's Appellate Body on October 22 upheld the legality of a United States ban on fishing practices which endanger the sea turtle. Malaysia had sought to

Women march to reclaim the night

BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — Banging on drums, blowing whistles and shouting anti-war and anti-violence chants, one thousand women participated in this year's Reclaim the Night march. The march began with a rally early in the evening of October 26

Australia to blame for refugee drownings

BY SARAH STEPHEN A 19-metre, rotting, leaky Indonesian fishing boat, with a capacity for 150 passengers, picked up more than 400 asylum seekers from Lampung on October 18 to make the journey to Christmas Island. A few hours out to sea, the boat