BY AARON BENEDEK
TOKYO — Activists here are preparing to launch a Japanese chapter of ATTAC, Action for a Tobin Tax to Assist the Citizen, which calls for a tax on speculative capital flows.
Thirty socialists, unionists and non-government
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[The following motion was passed unanimously by the Asia Pacific Peoples
Solidarity Conference in Jakarta on June 7.]
For the past 10 weeks workers and students in Melbourne have blockaded
the Nike superstore in the central business district
Joao Carrascalao, a cabinet member of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, told ABC radio on June 4 that telecommunications carrier Telstra is spying on Timorese leaders' phone calls for the Australian government.
Telstra
BY CHRIS CHAPLIN
At its inaugural meeting on June 4, the O3 To CHOGM Alliance agreed to the following call to action, for distribution through all progressive, activist and community networks. The alliance meets weekly on Monday nights at 6.30pm in
Glowing in the dark is also handy
"If you set aside Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the safety record of nuclear is really very good." — US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, quoted in the June 12 New York Times.
No snuggles for Little Johnnie
BY JACKIE LYNCH
MELBOURNE — In the same week that the Victorian Ombudsman cleared police of accusations of violence at last year's S11 protests, an activist who "pied" the Victorian premier has been sentenced to prison.
Victorian Ombudsman
BY QAMAR NASEEB KHAN
PERTH AIRPORT DETENTION CENTRE — I was born in Kashmir, which has been disputed territory between India and Pakistan for 54 years. Since 1989, 70,000 people have been killed, 12,000 women have been raped and 200,000 are held
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — The Liberals have only just managed to hold on to the lower house seat of Nedlands in a by-election on June 9. Greens candidate Steve Walker came within 3.5% of stealing the blue-ribbon Liberal seat.
The seat was
BY FRED FUENTES
MELBOURNE — In Australia, with the most monopolised media in the world, there is a growing need to support alternative media. For the past 25 years, 3CR has been broadcasting on a volunteer basis, providing alternative coverage of
BY PHIL HEARSE
LONDON — Candidates of the Socialist Alliance and the Scottish Socialist Party won more than 129,000 votes in the June 7 British general election. In England and Wales constituencies, Socialist Alliance candidates won an average of
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