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[The following letter was sent by DAVID GLANZ, on behalf of the national executive of the International Socialist Organisation, to the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party on September 29.] The ISO's national executive and national
East Timorese refugees The GLW #511 editorial "Let Timorese stay!" is spot on. Many of us remember the almost sadistic trap the East Timorese refugees were deliberately caught in when they arrived after 1991. Before the Dili massacre there was no
BY DALE T. MCKINLEY JOHANNESBURG — Be afraid. Be very afraid. Lurking beneath the surface of an evidently otherwise contented and patriotic South African society, there lies a "new" enemy of the state and the people. According to those in the
BY SUSAN AUSTIN CAIRNS — Non-nursing health unions have agreed to the enterprise bargaining agreement offered by the Queensland health department which involves a pay rise of 3.5% per annum, back-paid to June 1, and retention of many of the
HOBART — Activists had wondered if the terrorist attack in Bali would dampen the spirits of the fourth in a series of weekly vigils against the war on Iraq that have attracted up to 100 people. On October 18, the conclusion was that it hadn't.
BY JAMES BALOWSKI The brutal murder of nearly 200 people in Indonesia's tourist resort of Kuta on the island of Bali on October 12 occurred as the US is attempting to pressure Jakarta into supporting its War on Terror. As part of this effort,
The latest in a series of Socialist Alliance-initiated Sydney suburban rallies against war on Iraq took place in Newtown on October 18. The rally was addressed by Socialist Alliance candidates for Marrickville (Sue Johnson) and Port Jackson (Paul
BY JOHN TULLY John “Jocka” Burns died on October 11 at the age of 93. Although he avoided the limelight, Jocka was an indefatigable working-class agitator all of his adult life. He participated in many of the political struggles of the
BY PETER ROBSON “Only one year ago yesterday, we too lost our brothers and sisters to the violence and injustice that stalks humanity right across the globe”, refugees' rights activist Kathy Newnam told people gathered in Newcastle's Civic
BY NORM DIXON A series of "leaks" to major US newspapers have shed light on what is emerging as Washington's preferred political scenario in a post-invasion Iraq: before or during the US attack, senior officers of Iraq's armed forces overthrow
BY ROHAN PEARCE The October 2 Cleveland Jewish News reported that several members of Congress, deemed to be "not a friend of Israel" or "anti-Israel", will not be reelected to Congress in November. They include Democrat party members Earl
BY PETER ROBSON NEWCASTLE — An angry crowd of staff and students confronted Newcastle University vice-chancellor Roger Holmes on October 16 as he attempted to justify plans to close the Huxley Library and replace it with an electronic