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Nuclear dump plans leaked

BY JIM GREEN The federal government's plan to build a national nuclear dump in South Australia has hit another hurdle with the leaking of a document outlining plans for a $300,000 propaganda campaign in the coming months. The Department of

Anti-WTO protesters to defy street march ban

BY IGGY KIM SYDNEY — Activists planning demonstrations during the World Trade Organisation (WTO) mini-ministerial meeting in Sydney, November 14-15, have condemned the NSW Labor government's plans to prohibit street marches during the

No war! No WTO!

BY NORM DIXON US President George Bush has cynically exploited the 9/11 terror attacks to launch a blatant drive to finally realise the long-held dream of the United States capitalist ruling class: an “American Century” (as the goal was

And ain't i a woman: Laws continue to fail women

And ain't i a woman: Laws continue to fail women Recently, a woman in NSW was awarded $500,000 in damages for physical abuse she endured during her marriage. Because of the abuse, the woman suffers from deep vein thrombosis and has permanent

2000 march against war on Iraq

BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — Two-thousand people gathered in the Roma Street Forum on November 3 for a lively rally opposing any war on Iraq. Demonstrators came from far and wide, from Ipswich to the Gold and Sunshine coasts. The protest

UNITED STATES: Prospects for the new anti-war movement

BY JACK SMITH NEW PALTZ, New York — On October 26, the ANSWER [Act Now to Stop War and End Racism] coalition mobilised hundreds of thousands in Washington, San Francisco and well over 100 other cities in the US and abroad against the Bush

DSP: 'Nothing justifies such a destructive course'

BY JOHN PERCY [The following letter was sent on November 7 on behalf of the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) to the national executive of the International Socialist Organisation (ISO).] Dear comrades, we were

'Illegal' workers and the NSW CFMEU

BY ANDREW FERGUSON Sam Wainwright's article on “illegals” (GLW #513) was great in theory but demonstrated a lack of understanding of the dynamics of contracting. Employers have historically used many strategies to undermine union

Iraq sanctions condemned

BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — A video and discussion night on the continuing US/UN war against Iraq was held in the Paddington Workers Club on November 7. It featured a talk by researcher Pauline Rigby on the horrific results of US/UN

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

Socialist Alliance The discussion around left unity has left me wondering if some comrades think that we have to build the Socialist Alliance in a vacuum. Phil Sandford (GLW #515) suggests that SA must "develop as an organisation in its own

Pilger to address Sydney anti-war rally

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — John Pilger has confirmed he will speak at the “Walk Against the War” on November 30, the city's first major protest rally opposing the looming war on Iraq. The protest has bought together anti-war, community,

CHINA: Increased resistance as capitalist restoration deepens

BY EVA CHENG On November 4, Beijing removed a seven-year ban on foreigners' purchase of Chinese state enterprise shares listed on stock exchanges, opening the way for the privatisation of an estimated US$300 billion of state assets — and more