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Corporate elite calls for Democrats split

BY ALISON DELLIT In a two-page spread in the September 3 Bulletin (which hit newsstands on August 27), leading Packer political commentator Laurie Oakes argued that “A split [in the Democrats] would be the quickest, cleanest solution” to

PHILIPPINES: Asian Peace Alliance formed

BY MAX LANE MANILA — On September 1, an assembly of about 100 peace activists, including more than 50 representing organisations from around Asia, founded the Asian Peace Alliance (APA). The meeting was called by several organisations as a

Why we hate the banks

Naked Among Cannibals: What Really Happens Inside Australian BanksBy Graham HandAllen & Unwin, 2001306 pages, $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Banks are the most hated companies in Australia. Their expansive greed drives constant branch

GLW correction

In the article "Victorian AMWU stewards unanimously back leaders" by Sue Bull (GLW #506) it was reported that: "Dave Harrison, Queensland state secretary told organisers' meetings in that state that the union is prepared to sue the Victorian

Illawarra Grammar votes for refugee safe haven

BY SIMON CUNICH & MARK CUNICH WOLLONGONG — More than 80 students from The Illawarra Grammar School attended a lunchtime concert and meeting in support of refugees' rights on September 6. At the meeting the students voted unanimously

Loose cannons

Mullah Bush "We value the idea of being able to — people being able to worship freely an almighty God. That's what we value in America." — George "The Crusader" Bush, August 29. Invasions, economic blockades and wars don't count "I'm

La Trobe supports refugee safe havens

BY KARL MILLER MELBOURNE — At a student general meeting on September 4, La Trobe University students voted overwhelmingly to declare the campus a refugee safe haven. With 131 students attending, the meeting was, however, 19 votes short of

'We always put workers first'

[This letter was sent by Craig Johnston, elected Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union to John Speight, AMWU Victorian state president and all Victorian AMWU state councillors on September 2. A copy was sent to

and ain't i a woman: US women get poorer and married

and ain't i a woman: US women get poorer — and married In 1996, then US President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill that was designed to “end welfare as we know it”. The notorious law denied benefits to many single mothers who could

Refugees rights speak-out

Jackie Lynch from the Socialist Alliance and Sarah Nicholson from the Greens addressed a refugees' rights speak-out in Thornbury, Melbourne, on August 31. Photo by Peter Cahill. From Green Left Weekly, September 11, 2002. Visit the Green

Save Callan Park!

BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — A mass rally, public forums and independent polling have shown that there is overwhelming opposition to the NSW Labor government's plan to sell eight hectares of Callan Park, near Rozelle. According to polls, Labor is

DSP discusses major initiative for left unity

BY JOHN PERCY On September 2, the Democratic Socialist Party's national executive agreed to propose to the party's membership that the DSP cease to operate as a public organisation from January 2003 so as to devote much more resources to building