GLW issue 599, published 2004-09-22.

Indigenous Australians need a voice

Green Left Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke with Richard Frankland, founder and lead Senate candidate for Your Voice, a new Indigenous-based political organisation contesting the Senate in Victoria in the federal election. Your Voice boasts former

'Vile Fred Nile'

SYDNEY — Queer activists protested outside the $100-a-head fundraising dinner held by Fred Nile's Christian Democratic Party on September 13. Nile is leaving his NSW parliamentary seat to contest the Senate in the federal election. Nile has

Socialist candidate attacks Kodak plant closure

Graham Mathews, Melbourne "Kodak is shutting its Coburg plant while crying poor, but its share price has jumped nearly 20%", David Glanz, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Wills, said in a media release on September 17. The Kodak

International support flows in for Craig Johnston

Sue Bolton, Melbourne Within 24 hours of sending out a sign-on statement calling for Australian trade unionist Craig Johnston to be released from jail, unions, left parties and activists in 10 countries had signed their support for the statement.

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Ghost of Abu Ghraib haunts Halliburton

James Caulfield, Canberra The Socialist Alliance launched its election campaign for the seat of Fraser outside the offices of Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root on September 16. The alliance's candidate, James Vassilopoulos, was

CDU staff rally for better wages

Jon Lamb, Darwin After 14 months of drawn-out negotiations with Charles Darwin University management over pay and conditions, unions covering academic and general staff are taking action to improve the lot of their members. On September 15, staff

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International News

INDIA: Not shining, but drowning

John Pilger, Mumbai The crows beat their wings against the bay windows, waiting to ascend and dive. Their cries are incessant; it is their apocalyptic swarm that is different in India. They dance in the rain and wait in the yellow heat of

IRAQ: US escalates air strikes on civilian targets

Rohan Pearce On September 9, the US military launched vicious air strikes against two Iraqi cities, Fallujah and Tall Afar, killing more than 40 people and wounding more than 100. These assaults were part of the US occupation forces' effort to

Further International News

Cultural Dissent

Murdoch's war on journalism

BY AUSTIN WHITTEN Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, a recently released documentary about the Fox News channel in the US, has mostly been ignored in Australia by the corporate media. At the same time, lawyers have threatened to sue a

On The Box

Blaktrax: Gumbainggir Lady — Indigenous music series. Features Emma Donovan, a young Gumbainggir woman whose vocal style is influenced by country, gospel and soul. SBS, Saturday, September 25, 7pm. Message Stick: Aunty Marg — Coffs Harbour's

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