The Labour Party Pakistan, in close association with the Afghan Labour Revolutionary Organisation, has decided to launch the Afghan Workers Solidarity Campaign.
The idea to start this campaign was discussed during the recent visit to Pakistan of
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Students commit to anti-racism campaign
MELBOURNE — Following their successful vigil outside the Maribyrnong immigration detention centre, students at Princes Hill High School, in inner-city Melbourne, have committed themselves to organising
BY SEAN HEALY
There's not often something to celebrate on World AIDS Day, December 1, but there might be this year: a small, much fought-over clause in a World Trade Organisation declaration may signify a turning of the tide, at least insofar as
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The United Nations' declaration that the 1990s would be the international decade for the eradication of colonialism was supposed to usher in a 21st century free from colonial enslavement. Yet in September of the first year of that
In the wake of the November 13 ousting of the Taliban regime from Kabul by Northern Alliance troops aligned with the exiled government of Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, a number of groups involved in the anti-war movement in Australia have
BY SUE BOLTON
AUCKLAND — When the New Zealand parliament voted on October 3 to offer Special Air Services troops and other military assistance to the US-led war in Afghanistan and declared that it "totally supports the approach being taken by the
BY EVA CHENG
Of the world's rulers, China's were among the most shaken by the September 11 attacks. Their highly oppressive methods have long bred resentment, especially in China's vast north-western territory of Xinjiang, which borders
A Dirty Little WarBy John MartinkusForward by Xanana GusmaoRandom House428 pages, $24.95
Just over two years since the heroic East Timorese people voted for independence and so many questions remain unanswered and so many problems unresolved. Like
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
The Socialist Alliance won 1182 votes or 1.46% in the ACT seat of Fraser, with 76% of the votes counted on November 10. When the count finishes we will probably get around 1400 votes. This is a modest but decent result.
The
The Socialist Alliance vote
Perhaps you need some help with the calculations? If the Socialist Alliance received about 1% in the 15 seats in which it stood, that works out at 0.1% of the total House of Representatives vote. The vote for the Senate
BY KIM BULLIMORE
SYDNEY — In an attack on free speech, Burwood City Council has attempted to fine Max Lane, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Lowe in the November 10 federal election for "delivering an address-meeting without
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — "When [Richard] Court and [Graham] Kierath were in power we had security guards and thugs on the wharves, now [Geoff] Gallop and the ALP are in and we have the same thing happening on construction sites. Is this what we
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