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Organising for IWD ADELAIDE — The Adelaide IWD Collective met on October 4 and decided that "Celebrating Women's Activism — the Struggle Continues" would be the theme for the march and rally in 1998. A forum has been scheduled on

Sydney tribute to Che Guevara

Sydney tribute to Che Guevara By Margaret Gleeson SYDNEY — Six hundred people packed a University of Technology hall on October 11 to celebrate the life and ideas of Ernesto "Che" Guevara on the 30th anniversary of his death. The evening

Left on-line

Left on-line New on the Democratic Socialist Party web site — One of the most comprehensive and enlightening socialist sites on the web, the DSP's web page continues to develop. New additions include 'Globalisation', Neo-liberalism and the

Nike protest

Nike protest SYDNEY More than 100 people protested against the super-exploitation of workers in Nike's factories in the Third World on October 18. The energetic, overwhelmingly young, crowd moved through Pitt Street in a flying picket that

Arguments for socialism: Doing well or doing good?

Doing well or doing good? By Allen Myers A story about a potential breakthrough in the treatment of cancer appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on October 14. The events began when a team of US scientists was collecting specimens off the

Hotel Windsor attacks award

Hotel Windsor attacks award By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — On October 15, several hundred metalworkers joined with hospitality workers and members of other unions to protest against the first attempt by an employer to use the new federal

Striking miner addresses Newcastle Green Left dinner

Striking miner addresses Newcastle Green Left dinner Striking miner addresses Newcastle Green Left dinner By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — More than 60 people attended the October 17 Green Left Weekly dinner to raise money for the paper.

Labor fudges the issue

Labor fudges the issue By Susan Laszlo Kim Beazley and Gareth Evans have cynically tried to take advantage of the government's unpopularity over greenhouse. But they not only support the Coalition government's "differentiation" position

Loose cannons

Love "I invited everyone I love to the launch." — Richard Spehalski, program manager of the US Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the launch of the Cassini spacecraft carrying 32.5 kg of plutonium — enough to kill hundreds of thousands of people

Write on: letters to the editor

Write on: letters to the editor Terrorism Doug Lorimer's original article distancing socialists from terrorist actions was — perhaps understandably — misinterpreted by some of us as referring to "terrorists" in the widely accepted dictionary

To poll or not to poll?

To poll or not to poll? By Nick Middleton CANBERRA — Students at the University of Canberra go to the polls on October 21-23 to elect next year's Students Association. A petition has been tabled by a Labor Right member for a student

SA voters surprise the government

SA voters surprise the government By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — In a result that surprised most commentators, the SA Liberals were re-elected to government on October 11 with a significantly reduced majority. They lost 12 of the seats won in