SYDNEY — A week out from the start of the Second Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, the phones were running hot in the Sydney office used by the young voluntary conference organising team headed by Iggy Kim. There
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SYDNEY On March 13, the Sydney Labor for Refugees group decided to oppose the attempted exclusion of members of the Democratic Socialist Party, International Socialist Organisation and other activist left groups from the
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The decision of the Sydney Palm Sunday 2002 peace rally organising committee to exclude participation by members of the Democratic Socialist Party has provoked widespread protest, including from the NSW Greens. Dave Bell, secretary
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Progressive movements worldwide are under pressure from the US-led "war on terrorism" (actually a war against the Third World) and the associated ideological offensive against global solidarity. The world's corporate rulers and their
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When the US government declared an open-ended "war on terrorism" in retaliation for the September 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington, world politics shifted into a new and more dangerous phase. US President George Bush
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While the Howard Coalition government was returned with a comfortable majority of seats in the November 10 federal election, there was a significant shift of votes to the left of the traditional parties. This shift was driven by
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The discussion around the issue of the Socialist Alliance's preference policy at its founding conference revealed differences within the alliance over its orientation toward the Labor Party and the Greens which will undoubtedly be
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What orientation should the Socialist Alliance take towards the new global anti-corporate movement? While the founding conference of the Socialist Alliance adopted a platform that brings together the main demands and slogans of the
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SYDNEY — As I rocked up to Sydney University for my usual Green Left Weekly sales spot on August 9, three university security officers were attempting to close down the Socialist Worker club's literature stall in the library
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Indonesian non-government organisations believe the June 8 raid by police on the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference, during which 32 foreigners were detained, was "a threat not only for [conference organiser] INCREASE but for all
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At 6pm on Saturday June 9, 24 hours after the detained foreign participants at the Asia Pacific People's Solidarity Conference were first brought to Jakarta's central police HQ, the remaining 30 foreign detainees were allowed to
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Just seven months after S11, the radical left has once again tapped the powerful anti-corporate globalisation sentiment in the community. The 20,000 or more activists mobilised on May 1 across eight cities in Australia were cheered