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Anatomy of a corporate media beat up

BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — Readers of the September 14 Age newspaper may have thought they were about to get a real inside story when they saw the front-page teaser: "Craig Johnston: The Making of a Middle Class Revolutionary". But they would

Newcastle Uni becomes 'refugee sanctuary'

BY PETER ROBSON NEWCASTLE — After a week of determined campaigning by students, academics and staff, the refugee sanctuary referendum on Newcastle University finished at 3pm on September 20. More than 700 students voted in the week-long

CUBA: Market democracy and fragmented freedom

BY GABRIEL MOLINA HAVANA — A dispatch from the EFE news agency in July confirmed that a new method of producing the UN report on human development has resulted in Cuba being placed "among the world's least democratic countries, comparable with

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Towards a new workers' party

[The following is the editorial from the September issue of Workers Liberty magazine. The Workers Liberty group is one of eight organisations affiliated to the Socialist Alliance.] Workers' Liberty has been arguing that the Socialist

Asia Pacific news briefs

Victory for Samsonite workers On September 13, the last 29 workers illegally sacked by a Thai subcontractor of US luggage giant Samsonite were reinstated. The company gave assurances that it will not "interfere with trade union activities" or

Refugee activist stands for parliament

BY STEVE CILIA MELBOURNE — The September 16 meeting of the Socialist Alliance's Melbourne branch preselected long-term anti-racist campaigner Arun Pradhan as its candidate for the seat of Melbourne in the next state election. Pradhan

Trade union-backed coalition opposes war

BY DARREN JIGGINS HOBART — Three hundred people participated in a rally demanding “No war on Iraq” on September 21. The rally was organised by Peace Coalition, which met for the first time on September 15. Speakers at the rally included

Refugee safe haven supported

BY GRANT COLEMAN WOLLONGONG — At a student general meeting on September 17, Wollongong University students and staff voted overwhelmingly to declare their campus a refugee safe haven and to donate money to escaped refugees. Despite

Western suburbs refugee group launched

MELBOURNE — Fifty people crammed into Hendersons Cafe to launch the West Welcomes Refugees postcard campaign on September 21. The postcards, designed by Viv Mehes and featuring students from Footscray City College, allow Western suburbs

BRITAIN: The lesson of 9/11

BY JOHN PILGER LONDON — The anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US were remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims. The respect and sympathy owed to these suffering

Battle for union democracy hits elections, courts

BY STUART MARTIN MELBOURNE — As the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch approaches a round of organiser elections, the court case on democracy in the union has continued another week without a decision being made as to who