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West End declares 'No war on Iraq'

BRISBANE — On March 1, 200 anti-war protesters marched from the inner-city suburb of West End to King George Square in the city, where a rally was being held to greet the newly established Peace Embassy. The march and rally were initiated by

Socialist Alliance to stand in Charlestown

BY STEVE O'BRIEN NEWCASTLE — The Socialist Alliance has decided not to stand against Progressive Labor Party member Harry Williams in the seat of Newcastle in the March 22 NSW election. The PLP failed to gain state electoral registration and

ACEH: Activist was jailed for 'crime' of solidarity

BY PIP HINMAN Australia-based Scottish academic LESLEY McCULLOCH and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler were arrested in Indonesian-occupied south Aceh on September 11. They were beaten, harassed and jailed for five months and four months respectively on

SCOTLAND: Socialists set sights on seven new MPs

BY PETER BOYLE GLASGOW — The Scottish Socialist Party may win up to eight candidates in the May 1 elections for the Scottish parliament. At the very least, sole SSP parliamentarian Tommy Sheridan told the annual SSP conference on February

Karol Florek: Classroom warrior

BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS SYDNEY — “I believe that young people will be especially affected by the war, and that is one of the reasons why opposition to the war among youth and students is so strong”, Karol Florek told Green Left Weekly.

Unions debate taking anti-war action

BY SUE BOLTON Over the past four weeks, several trade unions have passed motions to take stop work action against the threatened war on Iraq. Mobilising the ranks of the unions, the largest organisations of working people, will be crucial

Building unions launch strike campaign

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Contract scab labour could be used on the Suncorp Stadium project in a bid to break a strike by building unions. The federal government's building industry task force has offered "safe passage" to contract labourers in a

IRAQ: 'Star witness' told US that weapons were totally destroyed

In a revelation that "raises questions about whether the [weapons of mass destruction] stockpiles attributed to Iraq still exist", Newsweek's March 3 issue reported that the Iraqi weapons chief who defected from the regime in 1995 told UN inspectors

ZIMBABWE: Socialists challenge government repression

BY TAMARA PEARSON HARARE — At 8am, people here wait in long queues for the shops and banks to open. Milk is scarce, and salt and oil can only be obtained at ridiculous prices on the black market. Cars form 1-kilometre-long queues for

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

Sect outlook In her discussion article in GLW #526, presenting the Freedom Socialist Party's view of the future of the Socialist Alliance, Alison Thorne argues that the SA cannot become a vehicle for regroupment of the socialist left into a united,

'Let the Timorese asylum seekers stay!'

BY KATE STOCKDALE DARWIN — Local community organisations, politicians and activists — meeting regularly as the Refugee Action Network (RAN) — are campaigning to allow all 1800 East Timorese asylum seekers to stay in Australia. A public

How to organise a high school anti-war group

Already this year, dozens of groups have been formed on high schools, organising students to protest against war on Iraq and the accompanying slaughter of the Iraqi people. The socialist youth organisation Resistance has put together some