On May 1 last year, May Day was reclaimed as a day of struggle for the oppressed and against the corporate rich. Thousands of demonstrators blockaded stock exchanges around Australia.
A key goal of M1 was to promote the globalisation of solidarity,
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Museworthy: Olive Tree
(for Demetra Christodoulou)
You saw the moonYou named it sweetYou followed the heiferAnd milked her teatI met my deathI tormented the seaI ran the numbersWhich delivered meWide and blueWhere the rain sought homeWe
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — The news that two Acehnese activists sought refuge in the Finnish embassy in Jakarta on April 10 didn't surprise Erwanto, an Acehnese activist currently visiting Australia. "Aceh is like hell on Earth", he said. "Already
BY KERRIE BARRON & KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "Against abortion? Don't have one!" was the popular slogan of a rally attended by 300 people outside the ACT Legislative Assembly on April 9. The rally was called by Options for Women in support of
BY SUE BOLTON
The leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) resigned en masse on April 3, in response to heavy criticism of their decision to call off general strike in solidarity with striking power workers on the day it was due
BY JORDAN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — Around 300 people rallied peacefully outside the Israeli embassy on April 13 in support of a free Palestine.
The intimidating presence of at least 100 police officers, was unable to prevent the impassioned chants
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest for refugees' rights on the weekend of June 22-23 around Australia. In Sydney alone, organisers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people will be willing to come
The Socialist Alliance, NSW Greens, Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, International Socialist Organisation, Socialist Alternative, Refugee Action Collective, Free the Refugees Campaign, Sydney People Against a New Nuclear Reactor, Wilderness
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US policies create terrorism
Another American Century? The United States and the World After
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Indigenous organisations and leaders in Queensland have cautiously greeted the state ALP government's plan to take control of alcohol-serving canteens away from elected indigenous community councils in Queensland's far
BY SUE BOLTON & CHRIS SLEE
On April 10, protests were held around the world to call for the unconditional release of six Malaysian government critics, including Tian Chua, the organiser of the Labour Resource Centre in Malaysia. The critics have
BY TONY AVIRGAN
As the United States drifts deeper into the Colombian quagmire of drugs and war, policymakers need to take a new look at the problems of poverty, joblessness, and hopelessness that have made that country such a trouble-spot.
And,
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