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Socialist Alliance approaches Victorian registration

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — On September 13, the Victorian Electoral Commission sent letters to all 764 Socialist Alliance members in Victoria. The letters ask one simple question — "Are you an Australian citizen 18 years or over and

AMWU fights it out in court

BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — The Victorian office of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union remains in limbo, awaiting a resolution to the dispute between the AMWU's national office and elected Victorian officials. By September 14, most

'Illegality is not the issue'

BY GRANT COLEMAN WOLLONGONG — In the lead-up to the September 17 University of Wollongong student general meeting, activists have again met resistance from the Student Representative Council. The SRC meeting on September 13 reaffirmed its

Write on: Letters to the editor

Duck and cover It is my solemn duty to blow the whistle: Green Left Weekly is within three months of a functioning nuclear weapons arsenal. Government sources, corroborated by national security experts, confirm that nothing — repeat, nothing

A Sudden Cry of Pain

Every day the sun risesBut we are in a positionThat can't rise upCan you imagine what it is? I like to see the worldBut I know that I can'tCan you tell me about the world?Do the people treat you well enough? Every bird has feathersSo they fly

Loose Cannons

Respectful, like a subordinate should be "The United States helped found the United Nations. We want the United Nations to be effective, and respectful, and successful." — George "The Crusader" Bush, addressing the UN General Assembly,

A step toward a stronger socialist left

BY DICK NICHOLS [The following is an abridged version of a talk presented to the International Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September 6-8. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of the

NEW ZEALAND: Clark government moves right

BY JACK BERHOFF AUCKLAND — The new New Zealand parliament is now sworn in and the Labour-Progressive minority coalition government headed by Prime Minister Helen Clark has delivered its "speech from the throne" — sketching out its

Action updates

Protesters target Howard CANBERRA — One hundred people protested against the federal government's pro-war and anti-refugee policies on September 11 outside the National Press Club while Prime Minister John Howard was giving a speech. 9/11

Radio doco on 1973 strike

BY JASON DI ROSSO ABC Radio National's Hindsight program will present a 60-minute documentary on the 1973 strike by workers at Ford's Broadmeadows plant, near Melbourne. In the program, former metalworkers' union leader Laurie

UNITED STATES: 'War is not the answer to terrorism'

[The following statement was issued on September 11 by Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organisation founded by family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.] "The past is prophetic in that it

Students vote for refugees in low key elections

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Office-bearer positions in the September 10-13 elections for the Tasmania University Union (TUU) were predominantly won by a ticket called SHAG. A referendum to declare the campus a refugee safe haven won two