In defiance of the biggest security campaign ever seen in Australia, aimed at intimidating and deterring people from protesting at APEC, up to 15,000 people joined the Stop Bush Make Howard History protest in Sydney on September 8. The rally was a huge victory a mass demonstration of our collective strength on the streets that Howard and Bush can only pretend to ignore.
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The Socialist Alliances new Welfare Rights Charter was launched on September 14 to an enthusiastic audience at the Southport Community Centre.
The Bourne Ultimatum
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring Matt Damon & Julia Stiles
111 minutes
Screening nationally
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring Matt Damon & Julia Stiles
111 minutes
Screening nationally
The War on Democracy
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
This statement was issued by Sam Watson, leading Indigenous activist and Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Queensland. To sign or comment of the statement, or to view what others have said, visit .
On September 13 Britains Trade Union Congress (TUC) reaffirmed its solidarity with Venezuelas Bolivarian revolution at its annual conference, backing Venezuelas decision not to renew the public-broadcast license of the private TV station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), which had supported the military coup [in 2002] against the democratically elected government of Venezuela.
The Molotov’s new track “Terror Nullius” comments on how “white Australia” treats its first people and rejects the lie that Australia was ever an empty land (terra nullius). With a pumping rock/dance beat, didgeridoo bass lines (from Dave-J), heavy guitars and spitfire lyrics, “Terror Nullius” calls on all Australians to fight for “a fair go” for Murri, Koori and all Indigenous Australians. Vote for this song and hear it played on Triple J by visiting . The song can also be downloaded at .
In the 2004 federal election, the name Socialist Alliance appeared on the ballot paper for the first time.
A massive drop in Arctic sea ice during this years northern summer has opened up the Northwest Passage a sea route that passes between the frozen Arctic region and northern Canada that could provide a quicker shipping route between Europe and Asia than previously allowed by either the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal for the first time since satellite recordings began in 1978.
The images on the television screen are now so familiar we become immune. Unimaginable numbers of people suffering and dying in a part of the world we know little about for reasons we know even less. What is it that we feel? Sadness, pity, a sense of anger, a sense of hopelessness? So we make the right noises, perhaps make a donation to the relevant charity and move on to the next news item. Yet the people suffering are just like us; the only difference is that we are lucky enough to have been born here.
Since Beijings push to speed-up privatisation in the mid-1990s, left-leaning intellectuals in China have increasingly made use of Dushu (Readings), a monthly discussion magazine, as a platform to challenge this policy direction and Beijings overall pro-capitalist agenda. They highlighted the horrific social consequences of Beijings course and have generated waves of debates on the way forward for China.
Independent journalist and film-maker John Pilger has just released a new film, The War on Democracy. Set in Latin America and the US, the film outlines the US-led destruction of democracy in successive Latin American countries since the 1950s and the significant reversal of that tide today. The film includes an exclusive interview with Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez. 鶹ý Weekly’s Emma Murphy spoke to Pilger about the issues raised in the film.
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