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Filipino socialists: Australian forces should get out

Filipino socialist group, the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), released the statement slightly abridged below on September 3 after the Australian government announced to it would send special forces to work with the murderous Rodrigo Duterte regime in Mindanao in the name of the “war on terror”.

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The PLM demands that the Australian government withdraw the two Australian air force Orion spy planes participating in combat since June in Marawi, Mindanao, and abandon plans announced by Australian government ministers to send special forces.

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‘For the first time, I’m optimistic’, young English socialist says

Nathan is a young London-based activist who has joined the British Labour Party as a supporter of the platform of socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn. A student who is part of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts and a member of Socialist Resistance, Roberts was recently in Australia for the Radical Ideas conference in Melbourne organised by Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance over August 18-20.

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Action update

ADELAIDE — One thousand Electricity Trust of South Australia workers began three days of rolling stoppages on July 20. The stoppages were directed against ETSA management who are moving to employ contract labour. Martin Gibson, from the Electrical

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Life of Riley

It's a wonderful life

Introducing, the one and only mother of us all — perpetually purveying provisions. The lady who gave us life itself — your mum and mine ... yes, it's Gaia!

Let's give the old girl a round of applause. Where would

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News briefs

ADELAIDE — Single women are "going around getting pregnant to rort the system", according to state Liberal backbencher Joe Rossi. He has also been quoted by a suburban newspaper as saying that single women should be sterilised after their third

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Capital punishment, US style

By Stephanie Wilkinson

"I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that the death penalty has any essential deterrent effect on potential

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Grunge meets gothic

Grunge meets gothic

The Crow
Directed by Alex Proyas
Starts on July 21
The Crow
soundtrack by various artists
Reviewed by Nick Fredman

The Crow is a black, humorous and violent grunge/gothic fable of true love and good versus

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Greenpeace acts against asbestos exports

Greenpeace acts against asbestos exports

ITALY — Eight Greenpeace activists blocked a convoy of four asbestos-contaminated passenger railcars ready for export to eastern Europe on July 4.

At the small Casarsa railway station, near the

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SA plan to isolate 'disruptive' students

SA plan to isolate 'disruptive' students

By Kristy Koglin

ADELAIDE — The Liberal state government has introduced a new disciplinary code for state schools for next year. The new code includes measures ostensibly aimed at creating a more

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On the Box

Masterpiece: Larry Kramer — "The idea of a judicious Larry Kramer is an oxymoron ... I would like there to be a gay Malcolm X, a gay Martin Luther King ... but until there is, Larry is the best we've got," says Christopher Bram, critic and writer.

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