GLW issue 563, published 2003-11-26.

Ideas to resist the empire

BY MARGARITA WINDISCH MELBOURNE — One hundred and twenty socialists attended the Socialist Alliance's Victorian state conference, held on November 15 around the theme "Resisting the Empire". Renowned Marxist historian Humphrey McQueen opened

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM: 'Constructing another Europe, another world'

BY SUSAN AUSTIN PARIS — The second European Social Forum, held in Paris from November 12-15, attracted around 50,000 people, mainly from the countries of the Europe Union. The ESF is modeled on the World Social Forum (WSF), held for the last

Allegations of violence in the union movement

BY SUE BOLTON On November 20, ABC Radio's PM program and most TV network news programs reported that Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national secretary Doug Cameron had been punched on the nose outside his home on November 18. On November

IRAQ: US terrorises civilians

BY ROHAN PEARCE A November 19 press release from the US military's Central Command was headlined, "Operations Make Iraq Safer, Improve Quality of Life". It was referring to the renewed offensive by US occupation forces against Iraqi resistance

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News briefs

WA Labor attacks CFMEU officials PERTH — On November 17, the Western Australian Labor government announced that it would be initiating action to strip Joe McDonald, state assistant secretary of construction division of the Construction, Forestry,

300 protesters march on Footscray police station

BY SEAN SEYMOUR-JONES& TONY ILTIS MELBOURNE — On November 22, 300 people rallied in Footscray Mall to protest against police racism and violence, and to call for an end to religious profiling and attacks on youth. The protesters marched through

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International News

WORLD ECONOMY: WTO ruling open way to US-EU trade war

BY EVA CHENG A trade war is threatening to sweep across the Atlantic as the United States lost an appeal at the World Trade Organisation on November 10 against a July WTO dispute panel ruling that tariffs of up to 30% that US President George Bush

BRITAIN: A killer comes to town: 200,000 march against Bush

BY MARCUS GREVILLE& JULIAN COPPENS LONDON — In a tremendous display of opposition to US President George Bush's and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's invasion and occupation of Iraq, a vast crowd — estimates vary between 200,000 and 300,000

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Editorial

Australian military to train puppet Iraqi army

After having contributed several thousand troops to assist the criminal US-led invasion of Iraq and then rapidly scaling down the number of Australian Defence Force personnel in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard's government now is considering

Cultural Dissent

How the WTO works

Behind the Scenes at the WTO: the Real World of International Trade NegotiationsBy Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen KwaZed Books, 2003329 pages, US$19.95 (pb) REVIEW BY EVA CHENG Few people expected the Third World countries to force a collapse of a

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