BY NORM DIXON
US President
George Bush has cynically exploited the 9/11 terror attacks to launch a
blatant drive to finally realise the long-held dream of the United States
capitalist ruling class: an “American Century” (as the goal was
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And ain't i a woman: Laws continue to fail women
Recently, a woman in NSW was awarded $500,000 in damages for physical abuse she endured during her marriage. Because of the abuse, the woman suffers from deep vein thrombosis and has permanent
BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE — Two-thousand people gathered in the Roma Street Forum
on November 3 for a lively rally opposing any war on Iraq.
Demonstrators came from far and wide, from Ipswich to the Gold and Sunshine
coasts. The protest
BY JACK SMITH
NEW PALTZ,
New York — On October 26, the ANSWER [Act Now to Stop War and End Racism]
coalition mobilised hundreds of thousands in Washington, San Francisco
and well over 100 other cities in the US and abroad against the Bush
BY JOHN PERCY
[The following letter was sent on November 7 on behalf of the national
executive of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) to the national executive
of the International Socialist Organisation (ISO).]
Dear comrades, we were
BY ANDREW FERGUSON
Sam Wainwright's
article on “illegals” (GLW #513) was great in theory but demonstrated
a lack of understanding of the dynamics of contracting.
Employers have historically used many strategies to undermine union
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — A video and discussion night on the continuing US/UN war
against Iraq was held in the Paddington Workers Club on November 7. It
featured a talk by researcher Pauline Rigby on the horrific results of
US/UN
Socialist Alliance
The discussion around left unity has left me wondering if some comrades think that we have to build the Socialist Alliance in a vacuum.
Phil Sandford (GLW #515) suggests that SA must "develop as an organisation in its own
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — John
Pilger has confirmed he will speak at the “Walk Against the War” on November
30, the city's first major protest rally opposing the looming war on Iraq.
The protest has bought together anti-war, community,
BY EVA CHENG
On November 4, Beijing removed a seven-year ban on foreigners' purchase of Chinese state enterprise shares listed on stock exchanges, opening the way for the privatisation of an estimated US$300 billion of state assets — and more
Anti-war recruitment centre
MELBOURNE — Twenty-six activists occupied an army recruitment centre on November 6 and transformed it into an anti-war recruitment centre. Posters were stuck on the windows, while activists campaigned outside.
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE —
On November 4, Victorian Premier Steve Bracks called an early state election
for November 30, the earliest date that an election could constitutionally
be called.
Bracks, whose government rules with the
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