BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — If people were not being killed and beginning to starve, the American attack on Afghanistan might seem farcical. But there is a logic to what they are doing. Read between the lines and it is clear that they are not bombing
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BY JO ELLIS
DARWIN — Chanting "You can't bomb Afghanistan, we remember Vietnam", 150 protesters marched to the Parap markets on November 3. Members of the Socialist Alliance, Australian Greens and Australian Democrats attended the protest.
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In the November 10 federal election, the Socialist Alliance will be standing 30 candidates, in some House of Representatives seats in every state and territory as well as in the Senate in all states and the Northern Territory. ALISON DELLIT explains
BY JIM GREEN
Predictably, the Coalition government has been placed bottom of the class for its environmental performance when environment groups — including the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Wilderness Society, Friends of the Earth and
BY DAVE HOLMES
It has become a familiar scenario. A former political tool of the United States has fallen from favour and become an obstacle. Washington decides to take drastic action to assert its interests. But first, the public must be
BY LINDA WALDRON
MELBOURNE — Seventy Telstra workers rallied outside the Telstra building in the CBD on October 30. The rally was the eighth meeting in Victoria called by the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) to protest against
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW — When I am asked to name some indisputable achievement that marks the 10 years since the collapse of the USSR, I always recall that Russians have learnt to brew good beer.
In the Soviet Union the beer was
BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
SYDNEY — The public's right to know about asylum seekers is being limited by the major parties' agreement on the issue, Peter McEvoy, producer and journalist for the recent ABC Four Corners program on the refugee detention
BY WILL WILLIAMS
WOLLONGONG — More than 400 people gathered on November 3 for a march and rally to oppose the US war on Afghanistan. Marchers poured scorn on pro-war Prime Minister John Howard and the equally gung-ho Labor "opposition" leader Kim
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — During an October 25 interview on Radio 3AW, Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Victoria Alison Thorne faced a barrage of abuse and accusation.
Thorne was invited by 3AW drive-time host Steve Price to talk
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