BY
DOUG LORIMER
DELHI Red resistance to saffron subversion was the central theme
of the seventh congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
held November 25-30 in the city of Patna, capital of Bihar state, in
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COMMENT
BY MICK BULL
The position of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry,
Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) on the question of illegal labour is
rather simple in comparison to some of the other branches of the union.
BY
ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART Two floats in the November 30 Launceston Christmas parade
have sparked a string of letters in the Examiner, the town's daily
tabloid.
The Peace on Earth float was entered by a coalition of No War on Iraq,
MANILA Some
20,000 militant workers, together with the urban poor and student youth,
celebrated National Heroes Day on November 30 with a vow to continue Gat
Andres Bonifacio's struggle by resisting imperialist globalisation and
war.
BY EVA CHENG
In November, Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South launched a useful 60-page expose of the dirty tricks that rich countries use to get their way within the World Trade Organisation.
Power Politics of the WTO is based on extensive
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH - On December 8, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth to oppose the impending war in Iraq. Organised by the NOWAR Alliance, the protest demanded: no war on Iraq; no Australian support for war; an end to sanctions on Iraq;
BY PETER BOYLE
In real political terms the most important development in the November 30 Victorian election was the doubling of the Greens' vote — to 9.2% in the lower house and 10.3% in the upper house — and their beating the Liberals to win
BY NICK FREDMAN
The Terrorism (Police Powers) Bill 2002, passed on December 4 by the NSW parliament, is a serious threat to democratic rights. It builds on increasing police powers granted by previous Labor and Coalition administrations, and shows
BY SARAH STEPHEN
On November 20, arch-reactionary Christian fundamentalist NSW MP Fred Nile seized the opportunity presented by the federal government's vague warnings of terrorist threats to raise "concerns" that the Muslim chador (religious
Prime Minister John Howard's December 1 statement in an interview on Channel Nine's Sunday program that his government would launch pre-emptive military attacks on neighbouring countries to stop any suspected terrorist strike on Australia has
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