In early August, three revolutionary socialist organisations in the Philippines the Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Workers Party of the Philippines, PMP), the Sosyalistang Partido ng Paggawa (Socialist Party of Labour, SPP) and the Partido
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and ain't i a woman?: Scarlet classifieds
In late August, a classified ad was printed in the Florida-based Tallahassee Democrat. After listing the name of the author, along with her age, height, hair and eye colour, weight and race, it
BY PAUL ROBERTS
MELBOURNE The Socialist Alliance's Melbourne South-East branch has preselected Josephine Cox as a candidate for the seat of Dandenong in the Victorian state election, expected before December. Cox, a TAFE student, ran for the
BY BOB WING
LONDON, September 28 British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be President George Bush's only European ally in his drive for war on Iraq. But the people of the United Kingdom today forcibly demonstrated their opposition to forcible
Commendation
As a former United States Marine, Korean War era, I want to commend you on your stand against Bush's war. It is plain that he wants to rush into war before the November congressional elections so as to keep voters' minds off our many
Santa's little helpers
"The HIH royal commission has heard the company threw extravagant Christmas parties for staff a little over a year before the company collapsed. The commission has been told HIH spent almost $1.2 million on Christmas parties
Support for Palestine, opposition to war in Iraq
CANBERRA — More than 160 people pledged their support for a free Palestine at a dinner on September 27. Obada Kayali spoke of the injustice committed against his people and Avigail Abarbanel, a
BY DICK NICHOLS
[This is the text of a talk given to the final plenary of the September 22-23 Sydney Social Forum on the topic of alternatives to globalisation.]
Let me begin by asking an unpopular question and give what could well be an
BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, near the Peel Inlet south of Perth, promotes itself to potential residents and eco-tourists with the slogan, "Explore the beauty". In its "Vision for the Future", the shire
BY IGGY KIM
A show trial
is looming for Australian academic Lesley McCulloch, detained by the Indonesian
military in Aceh, along with US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler. Both have been charged
with alleged visa violations.
On September 23,
Let Timorese stay!
The immigration department's September 25 announcement that it had rejected
168 asylum claims made by East Timorese refugees is a national disgrace.
These are the first of more than 1700 applications which have been
BY MELINDA SMITH
SYDNEY On September 24, the Port Jackson branch of the Socialist Alliance decided that its candidate for the March 2003 state election would be Paul Benedek.
The decision to contest the seat gives voters an alternative to
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