Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Sixty-five people attended the feature session of the Socialist Party's two-day national summer school on "The great debate — Who would best represent working class people?" at Trades Hall Bar on February 6.
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Doug Lorimer
The Danish government's defence of the publication by a Danish newspaper of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, including one with the 7th century Arab religious leader wearing a turban with a bomb attached to it, has provoked
The First CasualtyBy Ben EltonBantam Press, 2005381 pages, $32.95 (pb)
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty PythonBy Terry JonesNation Books, 2005163 pages, $17.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY
Doug Lorimer
A former senior AWB executive told the government-appointed commission of inquiry into the Australian wheat export monopoly's deals with the now-ousted Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein there was a culture of regular bribes and
Eva Cheng
Due to a united boycott by Nepal's opposition parties, participation in the country's February 8 local government elections was reportedly only about 20%, compared with a 60% turnout in the last municipal elections. Despite this, King
On February 4, the Saharawi Red Crescent made an urgent appeal for assistance for 158,000 Saharawi refugees in the south of Algeria. Emergency food supplies will only last until March, the organisation stated, and medical supplies have already run
This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class PastBy Ian R. MitchellLuath Press, 2005180 pages
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
If Edinburgh was the city of the 18th century enlightened bourgeoisie, Glasgow was, and to a certain extent still is, the city of
Karen Fletcher
"Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?" — The Feminine Mystique, 1963.
In 1963 Betty Friedan published the ultimate zeitgeist book debunking the myth of women's fulfilment through household
Rohan Pearce
On January 24, Iraqi reporter Mahmoud Zaal was killed during a shoot-out between US occupation forces and Iraqi rebels in the city of Ramadi. He was the second Iraqi journalist to have been killed this year; 35 reporters and other
SYDNEY — "Captain Cook's a crook" yelled members of the Maritime Union of Australia as 50 people picketed Captain Cook Cruises at Circular Quay on February 7 to protest against the company's decision to sack an employee simply for his union
Graham Matthews
It's an open secret that the Howard government introduced the Orwellian-named Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) in its Work Choices package as a means to cut the minimum wage. The commission will supercede the Australian
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
On February 8, 1200 angry members of the United Firefighters Union (UFU) marched to Victoria's Parliament House steps to protest the stalling by the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) on negotiations over a
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