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BRITAIN: London Socialist Alliance campaign an 'astounding success'

BRITAIN: London Socialist Alliance campaign an 'astounding success' Summarised below are two reports by the LONDON SOCIALIST ALLIANCE (LSA) central office which assess the alliance's performance in the May 4 election for the newly created Greater

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Road genocide There's a growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots in our society, and you don't have to look much further than the family car. While many low-income families get around in 20-year-old Fords or Holdens, the well-heeled

INDONESIA: The movement for people's art and culture

REVITRIYOSO HUSODO and SRI WAHYUNINGSIH of the People's Cultural Network (JAKER) in Indonesia spoke to Green Left Weekly's JULIA PERKINS during her recent visit there.   JAKER is sustained by a belief in socialist realist art and

Fighting corporate terrorism

Fighting corporate terrorism By Bronwen Powell SYDNEY — The socialist youth organisation Resistance has announced it will be holding forums across the country to explain the "globalisation of corporate terrorism" and the need for the

SA dump battle turns into 'nuclear war'

SA dump battle turns into 'nuclear war' BY JIM GREEN The South Australian Liberal government on May 17 announced it would legislate in an attempt to stop the federal government storing high-level nuclear waste in the state. Federal science

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE!

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE! Sunday, March 28 Join the "No reconciliation without justice" contingent in the Corroboree 2000 walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. Rally at 10am, Clark Park, Lavender St, Milson Point to demand: A treaty and

NOAM CHOMSKY: The capitalist 'principle' and Third World debt

BY NOAM CHOMSKY The simplest answer to the argument that countries who borrowed from the World Bank/International Monetary Fund have no right to ask for debt forgiveness is that the presupposition is false, so the argument is vacuous. For example,

Loose cannons

Capacity "[It is] subject to having the capacity to pay." — Tax office second commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo on why some of the income, fringe benefit and superannuation taxes evaded by high-income individuals via employee benefit schemes might

Easter forest camp destroyed

Easter forest camp destroyed BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON PERTH — Police and officials of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) stormed the Easter forest camp in Western Australia's south-west forests on May 11, evicting

White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs'

White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs' By Sean Healy The United States government pays television networks and magazine publishers to promote its "tough on drugs" stance through popular TV programs such as ER, Beverly Hills 90210 and

The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements)

The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements) 1. To the tune of "God Save the Queen". Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the games,Send a clear message out, join us and scream and shout,Boycott the games.Let's be

Big business and the farm crisis

BY SUE BOLAND "If the profitable third of our farmers were able to represent the industry and set the agenda for debate we would hear a rural voice with constructive ideas ... Instead, the debate is driven by the unprofitable rump ... who yearn for