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ApologyList is collecting apologies from white Australians for the removal of Aboriginal children — the stolen generations — citing that fact that almost half of the Aboriginal deaths in custody investigated by the 1988 Royal Commission were removed as children. Four thousand apologies have been collected so far, and more can be sent to .

Interactive postcards — Interactive postcards seem to be all the go. E-mail environment minister Senator Hill to protest against the destruction at Hinchinbrook and Jabiluka. Visit and .

Common Dreams NewsCentre — A "start page" of progressive links and news and opinion. Every day Common Dreams "clips" news articles on progressive issues and left politics. Visit .

James Connolly Society — The JCS has expanded its online archive of James Connolly essays, speeches and articles, many of which were unavailable anywhere until now. The James Connolly Society's web page, which can be found at , is an important source of information on Irish republican socialism. Given Connolly's influence on other revolutionary Marxists before and after his murder in 1916, the page is a good source for insights into revolutionary socialism and national liberation struggles worldwide. More texts are going to be added soon. As James Connolly said: "Revolution is my business".

"The Internet's Future: Free Speech on the Corporate Internet?" — Corporate Watch () is currently featuring analysis and comment on moves in the US that threaten to tip the internet further toward control by corporate interests and away from the free exchange of ideas.

Sweatshop Watch — Some of the most fashionable and trendy fashion labels — like Nike, Guess, Disney, Reebok and many others — pay Third World workers a pittance in dreadful conditions in Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, China and Vietnam to produce their overpriced products. Sweatshop Watch () is sponsored by a coalition of labour, community, civil rights, immigrant rights and women's organisations committed to eliminating sweatshops in the garment industry.

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