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Diana fever Welcome to Green Left Weekly — a paper that is a Diana-free zone. If you were hoping to find a seven-part series on the life and times of Di as you scanned these pages, along with glamour posters and special details on how to win a
Militant's anti-racist student 'united' front Comment by Kerryn Williamsand Jorge Jorquera MELBOURNE — The recent growth in anti-racist organisation among high school students has been set back here by the sectarian political intervention of
By Allen Myers Marxist Economics: a handbook of basic definitions, published by Resistance Books, was first developed by renowned Belgian economist Ernest Mandel and English economics writer Alan Freeman for the Fourth International's cadre school
Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef By Francesca Davis On August 19, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced new regulations to ban mining and drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. The move will not, however, stop three proposed
By Ben Philpottand Arrow Tong ADELAIDE — Posters are being pasted up in schools and public places here by the neo-Nazi group National Action. The posters feature a picture of Resistance leader Marina Carman and state that Resistance is a
APCET demands release of political prisoners The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor Council met in Indonesia for the first time on August 29-31. An APCET media conference called for the release of Xanana Gusmao and all political prisoners in
By Stephen O'Brien NEWCASTLE — The Democratic Socialists will accept the challenge issued by Bob Baldwin, Liberal MP for the Hunter Valley seat of Paterson. Baldwin warned last month that if Resistance ran in his seat he would buck Liberal Party
Green candidate proud of 'activist' tag By Stephen O'Brien NEWCASTLE — The NSW Greens' number one Senate candidate, university lecturer John Sutton, is proud of his "activist" tag, which right-wing critics have levelled at him for his role on
For actions, not words, against racism MARINA CARMAN, Resistance national anti-racism spokesperson, answers questions about Resistance's approach to fighting One Nation and racism. Question: Why is fighting racism a political issue? Why doesn't
Rally in the Valley By Chris Dawson BRISBANE — The second in a series of anti-racism community rallies organised by the Democratic Socialists and Resistance took place in the Chinatown mall, Fortitude Valley, on September 5. With the slogans
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — When US President Bill Clinton sat down with Boris Yeltsin on September 1 for the first day of their summit meeting, Russia was without a prime minister, a government or a strategy able to deal with the country's worst
WA socialists announce candidates By Ana Kailis PERTH — On September 1, the Democratic Socialists announced their candidates for the federal seat of Perth and the Senate. Iggy Kim will stand in Perth. The WA Senate team will be Sarah Stephen