The Fight Against Fascism in the USABy James P Cannon, Farrell Dobbs, Joseph Hansen, Leon Trotsky & Murray WeissResistance Books, 2004$19.95, <http://www.resistancebooks.com>
REVIEW BY SIMON BUTLER
In January this year, a small
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Peter Boyle
At the end of the fourth week of our Emergency Appeal, $55,452.15 has been raised to keep Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly coming out, and we are overwhelmed with powerful messages of support from our readers. Here is one from a progressive
On August 13, 1000 people marched in Sydney to demand the repeal of the federal government's same-sex marriage ban. Smaller rallies for same-sex marriage rights were also held in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart.
Photo by Rachel Evans.
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"Woolworths: I won't shop there", "Save Maleny's platypus" and "Support Maleny residents" were some of the placards held up by protesters outside the Woolworths supermarket in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill on August
Sue Bull, Warrnambool
As the Temperance Hall in Warrnambool began to fill on August 6, it was clear that even in country towns people are worried about the impact of the federal government's amendments to industrial relations laws.
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Osama Yousif
In 1983, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed in opposition to Sudan's Islamist military regime. The SPLM called for the liberation of Sudan from poverty, for peace, for a solution to the oppression and
Marce Cameron, Sydney
Representatives from the City Hub and the City News, the Big Issue, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly and progressive organisations met on August 8 to launch the Sydney Free Speech Alliance. The alliance will campaign against the City of
On average, union members earn $125 more per week than workers who are not in unions, and have better working conditions and job security. The federal Coalition government wants to undermine the ability of unions to fight for workers' rights by:
Susan Price, Sydney
One hundred protesting unionists forced Imperial Mushrooms, located in Sydney's far western suburbs, to shut its gates for the day on August 12. The unionists were taking action in support of Carmen Walacz Vel Walewska, a
Mike Fuller
The August 9 overturning of the Miami court decision that unfairly jailed five Cubans charged with conspiracy to commit espionage was a major victory and they deserve an apology, stated their defence counsel Leonard Weinglass.
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Joe Lewis
Sustainability, as I define it, is the ability for a system to continue indefinitely for a prolonged period of time without reducing the amenity or the resources that maintain it.
Put this way it might seem to be a form of perpetual
Land of the living dead
"If the US Army and its Iraqi allies are killing as many insurgents as reports indicate they are per month, why is the insurgency intensifying instead of collapsing?" — United Press International, August 8.
Afraid of
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