Jenny Long, Sydney
At a September 2 meeting to set up a campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston, around 25 activists made plans for a protest against the Victorian government, which successfully pushed for Johnston's
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UNITED STATES: DOJ drops subpoena on ISP worker
On September 1, the US Department of Justice abandoned an attempt to subpoena Nicholas Merrill, a worker at Calyx Internet Access, the internet service provider for New York City's Indymedia website,
Jim McIlroy
Leslie John (Jack) McPhillips, a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Australia and trade union official, died last month, aged 94. Jack was one of the early generation of CPA union officials, who were prominent in the union
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
As the implications of the August 27 jailing of militant unionist Craig Johnston sink in, support has been growing for the campaign to free the former secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Some
Silent StormSBSSeptember 9, 8.30pm
REVIEW BY JIM GREEN
Silent Storm tells the fascinating story of CSIRO scientist Hedley Marston and his battle to alert the Australian public about radioactive contamination from the British atomic tests carried
BRISBANE — The Brisbane Timor Leste Goodwill Coalition for Justice in the Timor Sea has launched "A Fair Go for Timor Leste" campaign, with plans to distribute a brochure over the period September 4-14 outlining the case for East Timor.
Iggy Kim, Sydney
"Truth" and "lies" (and "rodents") are fast becoming hackneyed election buzz words. But the national "End the lies" rallies being held on the weekend before the elections will put back some of the real content.
Since the election
Outgoing President George W. Bush is hoping to use the rights of same-sex couples as a battering ram in this year's US presidential election campaign. It's an old tactic of ruling elites to exploit religious bigotry.
But the Republicans and the
Rohan Pearce & Alison Dellit
The appalling end to the hostage crisis in Beslan, Russia on September 4, which left more than 300 dead, had people all over the world horrified. The killing of so many children helped neither the Chechens fighting the
The following statement was issued in response to the August 27 jailing of former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian secretary Craig Johnston.
We, the undersigned Socialist Alliance candidates in Victoria for the upcoming federal
Travels in American IraqBy John Martinkus
Black Inc books, 2004224 pages, $24.95 pb
REVIEW BY ANNA SAMSON
Smart bombs. Guided missiles. Minimal collateral damage. Attacks on high-value targets. All phrases designed to give the impression that
LondonTheir message:Two hundred thousand miscellaneous persons, surging streets.It was the arthritic knees ignored(Grandmother Edith's first march);It was the lunch missed,the school test - zero scorethe prioritisation of expressed disgust(red
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