BY DICK NICHOLS
[The
following is an abridged version of a talk presented to the International
Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September
6-8. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of the
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BY ROHAN PEARCE
The commemorations for the innocent people killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York received saturation television coverage across the globe. However, Israel's atrocities committed against the Palestinian
BY JACK BERHOFF
AUCKLAND — The new New Zealand parliament is now sworn in and the Labour-Progressive minority coalition government headed by Prime Minister Helen Clark has delivered its "speech from the throne" — sketching out its
KIM STANLEY
ROBINSON is one of the most highly awarded science fiction (SF) writers,
winning the Nebula and Hugo awards for his Mars series (Green Mars,
Red Mars, Blue Mars and The Martians), among a dozen other novels
and short story
[The following statement was issued on September 11 by Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organisation founded by family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.]
"The past is prophetic in that it
BY AMIE HAMILTON
PERTH — Despite a 200-strong student general meeting at which students voted overwhelmingly to hold a referendum in order to declare the University of Western Australia a refugee safe haven, it is unclear whether the referendum
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Office-bearer positions in the September 10-13 elections
for the Tasmania University Union (TUU) were predominantly won by a ticket
called SHAG. A referendum to declare the campus a refugee safe haven won
two
and ain't i a woman?: Women's liberation in Cuba
In capitalist societies, particularly in the Third World, women have fought, and continue to fight, to overturn the inequalities they face. These include unequal access to education, less
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — The September 7-8 “Radical Times: Brisbane in the '60s
and '70s” conference overwhelmingly condemned US plans to wage war against
Iraq. Participants demanded that the Australian government keep out of
any war in
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) held stop-work meetings during the week of September 9 to 13, at which they voted to hold a two-hour strike on
BY SUE JOHNSONÂ
[The following is the text of a talk given at a session on the Socialist
Alliance at the International Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference
held in Melbourne, September 6-8. Sue Johnson spoke on behalf of the
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — The Illawarra Socialist Alliance met on September 8 and unanimously endorsed Chris "Will" Williams as its candidate in the October 19 federal by-election for the NSW seat of Cunningham.
Williams is a 24-year-old
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