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Last year Scottish Militant Labour combined with other forces on the left to create a new, broader vehicle for socialism in Scotland — the Scottish Socialist Alliance. National secretary of the alliance ALLAN GREEN explains why socialists in
DARWIN — An Aboriginal protest camp on vacant Crown land in the northern suburbs has ended tragically after the sudden death of one of the protesters. Bob Bunduwabi died on January 22 after two months of defying repeated attempts by the NT
Hackers modify Indonesian government home page On February 10, and again on February 15, a group of Portuguese hackers (Portuguese Hackers Against Indonesia) modified the home page of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry. The altered home page
20 years' jail for possession of a leaflet By Karen Fredericks BRISBANE — The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) candidate in the Mundingburra by-election, Billy Tate, was charged on February 20 with possession of drug law reform literature.
By Allen Myers ABC managing director Brian Johns has put himself in deep trouble with the Howard government by agreeing to the telecast of Gough Whitlam's inaugural "Whitlam Lecture" to the Trade Union Education Foundation on February 9 —
By Norm Dixon As the ADFL sweeps through eastern Zaire, opposition to Mobutu and the war, and sympathy for rebel leader Laurent Kabila, are being openly expressed on the streets of the capital, Kinshasa. A general strike on February 10, called by
Looking out: Lessons learned By Brandon Astor Jones I know a wonderful woman whose words of wisdom I want to share with you. Her name is Barbara Chapman-Woods. I regret that this column lacks space to present a greater number of her thoughts. My
By Nick Fredman LISMORE — Student activists here kicked off the year with a lively protest on February 18 against tighter restrictions to Austudy eligibility and other attacks on education. A lunchtime speak-out was organised by the Student
Arnott's workers the 'innocent victims' By James Vassilopoulos Contrary to last week's claim by Arnott's Biscuits' managing director Chris Roberts that the company is the "innocent victim" in the current extortion attempt, the real innocent
By Julia Bale Amnesty International issued an urgent action demand last week on the case of Irish prisoner Roisin McAliskey. McAliskey, seven months pregnant and in bad health, is being held in a British prison awaiting extradition proceedings by
By Iggy Kim and Peter Boyle Racism is often presented as a deep-seated and "ancient" suspicion and hostility between people of different races — a "natural" if mistaken prejudice that is hard to eradicate but will eventually be banished through
By Dave Riley Satire, to be worthy of its name, generalises, exaggerates and distorts. Because it relies on its immediate impact and addresses topical vices and abuses, satire can rely on persistence in its struggle against hypocrisy, pretence and