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Looking Out: A question

A question “Democracies cannot dispense with hypocrisy any more than dictatorships can with cynicism” — Georges Bernanos, 1888-1948. Before I begin, let me make it perfectly clear that I am not attacking anyone's sexual

MUA leaders fail to back sacked delegate

BY DANIEL KELLY SYDNEY — Dave Hauser was sacked from his job as a wharfie with P&O here in March, for allegedly reading a newspaper on the job. A delegate for the Maritime Union of Australia, Hauser was one of several to be sacked in the past

Where to now for the indigenous rights movement?

COMMENT BY KIM BULLIMORE The Olympic Games were surely the "perfect" platform to showcase the issues that affect indigenous Australia. When almost half a million people showed their support for indigenous people by marching across the Sydney

and ain't i a woman: Greenham Common women inspired many

Greenham Common women inspired many BY MARGARET ALLUM “We say no to the threat of global holocaust, no to the arms race, no to death. We say yes to a world where people, animals, plants and the earth itself are respected and

BRAZIL: Land reform activist murdered

BRAZIL: Land reform activist murdered Sandoval Alves de Lima, a land reform activist and one of the leaders of a group of landless families occupying an estate in northeastern Brazil, has been shot dead by a gunman closely linked to the

Squatters resist eviction

BY AARON BENEDEK SYDNEY — "Evictions are increasing, Olympic rents are going through the roof, and there is a chronic housing shortage", according to Gavin Sullivan, a Sydney Housing Action Collective (SHAC) spokesperson. But this hasn't stopped

BRITAIN: Should socialists support the petrol protests?

LONDON — The idea that Britain has a "dot com" economy got a severe jolt with the week-long protests outside the oil depots, which brought the country to a complete stop. It became rapidly apparent that, to function, every aspect of industry and

Some movement-building lessons from S11

COMMENT BY SEAN HEALY Now that the initial surge of euphoria and adrenaline is slowly dissipating into afterglow, it's time to dissect the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum's Melbourne summit. What made them a success? Here's an attempt

Interest in DSP and Resistance strong after S11

BY ARUN PRADHAN MELBOURNE — "There is definitely renewed curiosity and interest in socialist politics following the S11 protests", says Democratic Socialist Party activist Anne O'Casey, who has revealed that both the DSP and the socialist youth

S11 haunts Bracks, cops

BY ARUN PRADHAN MELBOURNE — The furore caused by police brutality against S11 protesters, and the explicit backing given to it by Premier Steve Bracks, has not died down. Community lawyers assembling the case against police are confident that an

INDONESIA: Peasants march for justice

JAKARTA — One thousand peasants from various regions of Indonesia rallied and marched here on September 24 to demand government action on human rights and economic justice. Organised by the National Peasants Union (STN), the rally brought

TWU: truckies are 'struggling' to survive

BY TIM STEWART & SUE BOLAND BRISBANE — While the Transport Workers Union was restricted from officially endorsing the blockades of oil refineries here and in Melbourne for fear of legal action, the union's national president and Queensland state