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Bracks orders stop to logging in Goolengook

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — On October 30, Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks ordered a moratorium on the logging of the Goolengook state forest in the East Gippsland. Under the moratorium, logging in the old-growth forest will be

Socialist Alliance candidate condemns ASIO raids

BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — “The raids by armed secret police on a number of Muslim families in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth must be condemned by all who value democratic rights”, said Sam Wainwright, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the

War on Iraq: Howard prepares to defy public opinion

BY ALISON DELLIT Despite a Newspoll indicating that public opposition to a war on Iraq has not been dented by the Bali bombings, Prime Minister John Howard has strengthened indications that Australians will be part of any US-led war on

On the road with Che

The Motorcycle Diaries: a Journey Around South America By Ernesto Che Guevara Fourth Estate $20.95 REVIEW BY STEVEN KATSINERIS The Motorcycle Diaries is the incredible story of a remarkable road journey, written in the words of a

'Don't go to war for Packer'

BY EMMA MURPHY ADELAIDE — On October 29, around 100 people attended a public meeting in Adelaide organised by the Network Opposing War and Racism. The meeting was chaired by ABC radio personality Julia Lester. David Palmer, senior lecturer in

UNITED STATES: 'It was time to add our voice'

No to Bush's war on Iraq! That message rang out at huge protests at both ends of the United States on October 26, and in smaller demonstrations across the country. More than 100,000 people turned out on October 26 in Washington, DC, for the

How racism destroyed a great cricketer

Only one bowler has ever knocked the bat out of the hands of Don Bradman, cricket's greatest batter: Eddie Gilbert. Only 15 bowlers have ever dismissed Bradman without a run to his name. Eddie Gilbert was one of them. Yet, whilst Bradman played test cricket for Australia for two decades, Gilbert was never selected to play at the sport's highest level.

Anti-WTO coalition decides against united march

BY IGGY KIM SYDNEY — On November 1, the organising coalition for the November 14 rally against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decided against a march. Instead, the coalition will leave it up to different contingents to hold their own

Left unity vs co-operative disagreement

BY TIM KIRCHLER One purpose of the Socialist Alliance as an electoral alliance is to raise the profile of socialists and socialism by means of its participation in election campaigns. We need to create widespread awareness of what our tradition of

BRITAIN: The new protest movement

BY JOHN PILGER LONDON - Graham Greene once described a "subterranean world, where the hopes and dreams of the mass of the people reside, unconnected with the rarefied world above, until those above take one step too far". There is a

Loose cannons

Whatever happened to user-pays? "A German intelligence-gathering operation went spectacularly wrong after bills for phone tapping services were sent to the people being bugged. About 50 people received the demands in mobile phone invoices." —

Positive proposals to move forward

BY JANET BURSTALL While Workers Liberty welcomes the Democratic Socialist Party's intentions to put far more of its resources into the Socialist Alliance (SA), we believe that there other measures that the alliance itself needs to take, to become a