Ken Turner, Lismore
Around 1000 people rallied at the Lismore railway station on April 26 to protest state government plans to close the Casino-Murwillumbah XPT rail link on May 17.
Protesters wore red to the rally to symbolise that the community
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Bruce Marlowe, Sydney
Seeing Red, the new magazine of social, political and cultural dissent recently initiated by the Socialist Alliance, is going through its launch phase. Last week the magazine "blasted off" in four east coast cities — Sydney,
A growing anti-privatisation movement, allegations of government corruption and revelations of the repression of Muslims are all causing headaches for the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, and creating new opportunities for a re-emerging Thai left.
Sarah Stephen
The seven judges of the High Court's full bench ruled unanimously on April 29 that the Family Court did not have the authority to release children from immigration detention or make orders about their welfare.
Constitutional lawyer
Unequal Treatment: what you don't know about how women are mistreated by the medical communityBy Eileen Nechas and Denise FoleySimon and Schuster, 1994232 pages, US$19.80
REVIEW BY RACHEL EVANS
Unequal Treatment exposes a medical system that
Kiraz Janicke, Perth
Student anger erupted on April 26 as the University of Western Australia's senate met to vote on a 25% HECS increase. More than 200 students rallied at the doors of the meeting in opposition to the fee increase.
Although the
Norm Dixon
Even while working people were still coming to terms with the shock of witnessing the unimaginable and traumatic collapse of the World Trade Center, top US officials were describing this mass-murder of 3000 people as "an opportunity",
In late January, Internationalen's Farooq Sulehria caught up with renowned writer and activist Tariq Ali. The following is an abridged vrsion of the interview.
Do you really think that Islamic fundamentalism is a threat created by US imperialism
Shua Garfield, Hobart
Sixty people heard Cecilio Freitas, chair of East Timor People's Action, and Greens senators Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle speak at an April 26 forum on "oil and self-determination: Iraq and East Timor". The meeting was organised
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In Adam Bonner's letter (Write On, GLW #579), which I otherwise agreed with, there is the surprising statement: "Where they [the Iraqis] lacked the courage to take on Saddam, maybe they can redeem themselves by taking on the new military
HOBART — With 78% of the vote counted by the end of polling night on May 1, Socialist Alliance candidate Kamala Emanuel had received 860 votes or 5.27% in the Tasmanian upper house seat of Elwick.
Greens candidate Helen Burnett gained 14.79% of
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Craig Johnston, the former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian branch secretary, goes on trial on May 10 on charges arising from an industrial dispute in 2001. The dispute was over the sacking of 29 workers
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