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Howard gave ’billions to the rich’

"For the past twenty years, working people have suffered under economic rationalist policies. While billions of dollars have ended up in the hands of the rich, we have suffered neglected schools, run-down hospitals and a dilapidated welfare system.

High school students launch pre-emptive strike

Amanda Zivcic High school students in Wollongong launched a "pre-emptive strike" against the Coalition government, holding mock federal election ballots on several schools. The ballots, organised by high school members of Resistance and the

Howard’s lying is systematic

David Glanz Why do politicians lie? For many people the answer would be "because they breathe". If I had a dollar for everyone who told me as I go doorknocking that politicians are two-faced I'd be spending the last two weeks of the campaign with

Write on: Letters to the editor

Illawarra Mercury I am outraged by the Illawarra Mercury's refusal to cover the campaign against homophobia at the University of Wollongong. Bouts of rampant homophobia, including death threats, have plagued the University of Wollongong over the

‘They stole his youth’

Letters to AliDirected by Clara LawWritten by Eddie L.C. Fong and Clara LawNow showing at the Palace in Sydney and the Nova in Melbourne REVIEWED BY LACHLAN MALLOCH & SARAH STEPHEN Letters to Ali is a sensitively made, restrained yet powerful,

‘We can’t trust John Howard’

Michael Organ was the first Green MP elected to the House of Representatives in the Cunningham by-election in 2002. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Nicole Hilder spoke to both Organ and Chris Williams, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Cunningham. There

Courageous resisters

BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY Former Rio Rancho High School humanities and poetry teacher/coach Bill Nevins of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was given a 2004 Courageous Resister Award by the Artists Network of Refuse and Resist, a national organisation, in a

News briefs #3

#3 NTEU strikes at two universities MELBOURNE — Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) held 24-hour strikes at RMIT and the Victoria University of Technology on September 23. Staff at both universities are in the midst of

International greetings for Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly’s 600th issue

Argentina Allow me to forward you a message of militant solidarity with Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly on behalf of Herramienta, Journal of Marxist Debate and Critique. Francisco T. SobrinoEditorial staffHerramientaBuenos AiresArgentina Brazil Greetings

Karaoke against Carr’s cuts

Kath O'Driscoll, Lismore On September 23, 100 people attended a "Karaoke against the cuts" protest against the NSW Labor government's "reforms" to disability services. The action was part of a state-wide protest, which included rallies on September

Combative culture at poetry festival

BY RACHEL EVANS Ngara is an Eora Indigenous word meaning "listening". At Ngara: the Fourth Australian Poetry Festival on September 3-5, 450 people collectively listened to readings, workshops and performances. The 500-member-strong Poets Union,

Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly’s 600: Still telling the truth

Rohan Pearce If there was any justice in the world, 2004 should have been the year the corporate media died. Over a year after Iraq was occupied by the "coalition of the willing" under the false pretext of disarming "weapons of mass destruction"