GLW issue 469, published 2001-10-31.

Beazley's non-solution to refugee crisis

BY SARAH STEPHEN Federal Labor leader Kim Beazley has made much of the fact that Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has so far refused to discuss the issue of asylum seekers with the Howard government. During the Tampa incident, Megawati

Loose cannons

Majorities are another question Fighting terrorism "must never be an excuse to persecute minorities". — US President George "The Crusader" Bush. Foot 'n mouth disease is enough "I do not have anthrax." — George the Crusader again.

and ain't i a woman?: Women pollies opposed to violence?

The speakers' lists at Reclaim the Night rallies across Australia were littered with election candidates from all political parties — in Adelaide it was Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja and the Coalition's Trish Draper; in Sydney it was

IRAQ: Bugging Saddam Hussein

BY NORM DIXON The crude efforts by a faction of the US government to link anthrax-infected letters to the Saddam Hussein regime — without a shred of evidence — are an attempt to win greater public support for an extension of Washington's "war

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Socialist Alliance campaign launched in Brisbane

BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — "No to war! No to racism! Tax the rich!" were the main themes of the October 24 campaign launch of the Queensland Socialist Alliance team, attended by around 90 supporters. Karen Fletcher, one of the two Socialist

Building workers to defy Royal Commission

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — In a combined mass meeting on October 24, 10,000 construction unionists have decided not to cooperate with the royal commission into the industry set up by the federal government and have backed a united industrial

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International News

ASIA PACIFIC: Lame duck APEC flounders in troubled waters

BY EVA CHENG If US President George Bush hadn't dominated this year's October 17-21 summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) in Shanghai, China, with his "anti-terrorist" war drive, the peak regional body of 21 economies would have

UNITED STATES: The lies they tell about Islam

BY LEE SUSTAR CHICAGO — Well-paid academic experts and media pundits are lining up to give Washington an intellectual justification for war. Basically, the justification is that "they hate us". In a Newsweek magazine cover story, Fareed Zakaria

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Editorial

Labor won't guarantee job security

Labor won't guarantee job security On November 1, unionists will gather across Australia to rally for job security. Such demonstrations are badly needed � the collapse of Ansett, Qantas' threatened job losses, Coles Myer's mass

Cultural Dissent

Revolutionary thinking in the brave new world

REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM Links issue 19: "The Future of Revolution"128 pages, $8New Course Publications 2001 In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States, President George Bush's edict that "if you are not with us, then you are with

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit for program details. Lessons of

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