BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE
In a massive outpouring of anger against proposed Australian support for
war on Iraq, 45,000 people rallied on October 13. Jammed shoulder to shoulder
across several city blocks, the participants marched
512
BY ALANA KERR
SYDNEY The US war on the people of Iraq has persisted since 1991, an October 9 public meeting in Bondi Junction, hosted by the Eastern Sydney branch of the Socialist Alliance, was told.
Layla Mohammad, from the Worker
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE On October 2, the Victorian Electoral Commission received the 502nd positive response to a questionnaire it sent to all Socialist Alliance members in the state. Five-hundred positive returns were required by
Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of SanityBy Richard NevilleOcean Press, 2002126 pages, $18.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"The wounded Goliath" (the US after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001) "is on a rampage armed to the
BY ALEX MILNE & KIM HALPIN
ALICE SPRINGS For three days from October 5, activists from across Australia converged on the US-controlled military spy base at Pine Gap. More than 300 people made the journey to voice their anger at the Australian
WoomeraWritten by Joshua WakelyPerformed by Joshua Wakely, Susannah Hardy, Laurence Coy, Hillary
Manning, Ben Barrack and Craig MenaudOld Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, corner of Cathedral and Dowling streets, WoolloomoolooTuesdays to Saturdays, 8pm;
BY JOHN PERCY
On September 20, the Bush administration released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) document. The document justifies US aggression on a world scale pre-emptive strikes, "regime change", unilateral action. "We will not
BY EVA CHENG
"The [World Health Organisation's] objective is 'the attainment of all peoples of the highest possible level of health', and WHO defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence
SYDNEY On October
10, unionists gathered outside the Hilton hotel to protest the proposed
sacking of 450 workers.
Photo by Amy McDonnell.
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WOLLONGONG Green Left Weekly's OWEN RICHARDS spoke to CHRIS WILLIAMS, the Socialist Alliance's candidate in the October 19 by-election for the federal seat of Cunningham.
What's the focus of the Socialist Alliance campaign?
We want to make