BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
We are a nurse, illegally striking, to protect the health of patients. We are a student at the Australian National University, working two jobs to pay for uni. We are an S11 protester, beaten up by the cops. We are an ex-ALP
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BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — An anti-war teach-in on October 27 provided an opportunity to discuss a range of issues confronting the anti-war movement. The teach-in, organised by the Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR), was attended by 50 peace
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Lessons of
BY EVA CHENG
If US President George Bush hadn't dominated this year's October 17-21 summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) in Shanghai, China, with his "anti-terrorist" war drive, the peak regional body of 21 economies would have
BY LINDSEY COLLEN
To the people of Britain and the USA: I write from Mauritius. You
may not remember quite where that is. Although, then again The Overcrowded
Baracoon by V.S. Naipaul, especially since he has just won the Nobel
Prize for
BY LESLIE RICHMOND
ADELAIDE — It is a received wisdom that a week is a long time in politics. If your idea of politics is bounded by parliament, boardrooms and the editor's office, it would certainly seem so. In South Australia in October the
BY DICK NICHOLS, IAN RINTOUL& RIKKI LANE
The Socialist Alliance was appalled by and condemned the September
11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington (for a full statement see
our web page, www.socialist-alliance.org
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — Determined to take action against the US attacks on Afghanistan, 55 students and staff formed an anti-war alliance at an October 24 forum on Curtin University.
Addressing the meeting, Gavin Mooney, a health sciences
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Three hundred construction workers on October 23 released black balloons in a moving tribute to workers killed on the job. Between 1990 and 2000, 161 workers were killed by electrocution on the job.
Members of the
BY KIM BULLIMORE
SYDNEY — Banging on drums, blowing whistles and shouting anti-war and anti-violence chants, one thousand women participated in this year's Reclaim the Night march.
The march began with a rally early in the evening of October 26
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