BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG — “War and racism affect us all and students have an important
role to play in struggles against injustice”, Belinda Selke told Green
Left Weekly. Selke is part of the “No War No Racism” ticket running
in the
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BY ELIZABETH SCHULTE
CHICAGO — The San Francisco Chronicle called it "a rising rumble". On October 6, opponents of George Bush's war drive against Iraq hit the streets in cities across the United States in the biggest numbers yet.
Up to
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — The militant Members First rank and file group in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has nominated candidates for union positions representing workers in many federal government agencies across the country.
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"If they've done it because they expect that naming a child after me that they may get a more sympathetic claim... You don't get preferment through flattery", immigration minister Philip Ruddock told Associated Press on October 8, after
At its special rules conference on October 5-6, the ALP adopted a first: parliamentary quotas not just for women, but for men. The compromise motion passed by the delegated conference guaranteed women 40% of safe Labor seats and men 40%, with the
BY JAMES CAULFIELD
CANBERRA — Three hundred people gathered in Civic on October 11 for a rally against the US drive to war on Iraq. The event was organised by the ACT Network Opposing War. Speakers included ACT Labor MLA John Hargreaves, health
Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of SanityBy Richard NevilleOcean Press, 2002126 pages, $18.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"The wounded Goliath" (the US after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001) "is on a rampage — armed to the
BY SHANE BENTLEY
US President George Bush has thrown his weight behind the bosses of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) in their struggle to break the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) which covers 10,500 US west coast dock
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Â鶹´«Ã½ news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9565 5522. Visit
BY DANIEL JARDINE
MELBOURNE — Meeting on October 3-6, the national council of the National
Tertiary Education Industry Union discussed its agenda for the fourth round
of enterprise bargaining with universities. The pattern bargaining
Socialist Alliance I
The value and necessity of a united response from the left on key issues has been borne out during the current debate around asylum seekers. The Socialist Alliance has consistently been present in (and often driving) community
BY JOHN PERCY
On September 20, the Bush administration released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) document. The document justifies US aggression on a world scale — pre-emptive strikes, "regime change", unilateral action. "We will not
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