Graham Matthews

  • Workers protest war

    BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS & ANTHONY BENBOW Militant unionists in Melbourne and Perth have offered a lead to others by walking off the job to protest the war at union-organised rallies following the beginning of the war. In Perth,

  • Anti-war activists' notebook

    400 rally against warMELBOURNE — Around 400 people rallied in Federation Square on March 14, a snap action that was called just six days before. Protesters condemned Prime Minster John Howard's speech on March 13 that

  • Melbourne mobilises against war

    MELBOURNE — Recent emergency actions against war in Iraq show the depth of anger against the Australian government’s decision to back the impending war against Iraq. On January 19, more than 150 people joined a hastily

  • Large left-of-Labor vote in Victoria

    MELBOURNE — The victory of the Labor Party in the Victorian state election has surprised few. The most encouraging aspect of the election was the huge increase in the left-of-Labor vote, which in some inner-Melbourne

  • Brunswick Socialist Alliance campaign launched

    MELBOURNE — Around 30 people attended the campaign launch for Judy McVey, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Brunswick district, on November 27 at Cafe Mingo. Speaking with the candidate were Construction, Forestry, Mining

  • Vote 1 Socialist Alliance

    MELBOURNE — "On November 30, a vote for the Socialist Alliance is the clearest possible vote against war and racism", said Arun Pradhan, Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Melbourne. Pradhan, who has been an

  • Corporate media backs Bracks

    MELBOURNE — "Victorian economy surges past NSW" announced the November 14 Age. Heralding the growth of the Victorian economy, the article praised the state government. Photos of a serious looking Premier Steve Bracks and

  • Bracks calls November 30 election

    MELBOURNE — On November 4, Victorian Premier Steve Bracks called an early state election for November 30, the earliest date that an election could constitutionally be called. Bracks, whose government rules with the

  • Bracks orders stop to logging in Goolengook

    MELBOURNE — On October 30, Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks ordered a moratorium on the logging of the Goolengook state forest in the East Gippsland. Under the moratorium, logging in the old-growth forest will be

  • TNI suspected of role in Bali bombings

    MELBOURNE — Some 400 people on October 23 attended a forum on the Bali bombings. It was organised by Asialink and was also simulcast on Radio National and was addressed by academics Arief Budiman, Merle Ricklefs and Tim

  • Socialist Alliance registration certain

    MELBOURNE &#151 On October 2, the Victorian Electoral Commission received the 502nd positive response to a questionnaire it sent to all Socialist Alliance members in the state. Five-hundred positive returns were required by

  • 45,000 march against war

    MELBOURNE — In a massive outpouring of anger against proposed Australian support for war on Iraq, 45,000 people rallied on October 13. Jammed shoulder to shoulder across several city blocks, the participants marched