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BY SARAH STEPHEN In comparison to the number of refugees arriving in the United States or Europe, the number of refugees arriving on Australia's shores is a mere trickle, yet the Howard government continues to whip up a frenzied state of fear
BY SARAH SEXTON Amid the shouts of demonstrators, the protests of Southern delegations and the disagreements between the United States and European Union, the World Trade Organisation failed to launch a comprehensive revision of international trade
SAN FRANCISCO - On September 11 I woke up at 5.30am as I normally do before going to work at United Airlines. As I was eating breakfast watching the morning TV news, I was shocked to see a huge hole in the side of one of the two towers of the World
BY PETER JOHNSTON DARWIN — Larrikiah elder June Mills has been pre-selected as the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the Senate in the Northern Territory. Mills, who has previously run as a Senate candidate for the NT Greens, will be joined on
BY SARAH PEART MELBOURNE — On the first anniversary of the September 11-13 protest against the World Economic Forum, anti-corporate activists organised an all-day protest outside the city's main Nike store. It was the 26th successive week of
BY KAREN FLETCHER In the wake of the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington there has been pressure to cancel planned protests against the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane next month. The CHOGM Action Network (CAN) has
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS GEELONG — "For too long now ordinary workers have had to suffer while governments, both Liberal and Labor, have implemented their big business policies. It's time that workers had an opportunity to stand up", says Tim Gooden,
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI For several months, activists in Brisbane have been busy organising for the protests at the October 6 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. "We have been campaigning on campuses and on the streets and have found significant
[The following statement is being circulated by the Council of Canadians public interest organisation. To sign on to the statement, visit the web site of the Council of Canadians, <http://www.canadians.org>.] People's movements across the
BY MICHAEL MOORE LOS ANGELES, September 12 — I was supposed to fly today on the 4.30pm American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in LA with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where

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