BY ANGELA LUVERA
High school students walked out of class and took to the streets on October 18 to voice their opposition to war and racism in a national day of anti-war action initiated by the socialist youth organisation Resistance. The walkout
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Adelaide: Students Together Opposing War And Racism (STOPWAR) meets every Wednesday, 4pm, Level 5, Union Building, Adelaide Uni. Phone (08) 8231 6982 for more information.
Brisbane: Highschoolers Agitating to End War and Racism (HATEWAR) meets
BY MELANIE EVANS
Under Attack, Fighting Back: Women And Welfare in the United StatesBy Mimi AbramovitzMonthly Review PressUS$15
The words, "Welfare is like a traffic accident. It can happen to anybody", were uttered by Johnnie Tilman, an
John Howard's One Nation Party
"A lot of people are actually saying that I'm John Howard's adviser because he's picking up a lot of the policies and issues that I have raised and spoken about over the years". — Pauline Hanson, October 14.
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — The Labor Party is likely to form a minority government in the ACT following the October 20 election. The ALP polled 42% of the vote while the polled Liberals 31%.
The ALP gained a massive swing of 14.1% on the 1998
Anti-war rallies
Adelaide: NOWAR rally. Sun Nov 4, 2pm. Gather Victoria Sq., city. Ph Kathy 8212 6706, Irene & Ron 8332 3461.
Brisbane: Anti-war & refugee rights rally. Sun Nov 4, 3pm. King George Sq., city. Ph 0409 877 528.
Canberra: Anti-war
Socialist Alliance notes
Batman campaign launched
MELBOURNE - Sixty people crowded into the local Jika Jika community centre in Northcote to launch the Socialist Alliance campaign for the federal seat of Batman on October 13. The candidate in the
BY SEAN HEALY
SYDNEY — Metalworkers from around the world will march through Sydney's central business district on November 13 to "stop corporate globalisation", in one of the first such demonstrations by unionists in Australia.
One thousand
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — John Howard may have committed 1550 Australian troops to support George Bush's "war against terrorism" on October 17, but, according to Ali Kazak, head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia, "The Australian
While it's in the midst of what it calls a "war against terrorism", the United States has sought to frustrate international attempts to crack down on international terrorism.
There are 12 existing United Nations conventions on international
BY SUE BOLTON
If you thought that the federal Coalition government's royal commission into the building industry is meant to investigate corruption, you're wrong. The terms of reference of the royal commission, and federal minister for workplace
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