BY
ALI ABUNIMAH, MICHAEL BROWN & NIGEL PARRY
The inclusion in the Israeli government of the racist National Union,
which openly calls for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, has received
muted coverage in the mainstream media.
The
530
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA In response to continuing protests and press criticism,
the government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri is resorting to the tactics
used by the Suharto dictatorship to suppress dissent.
A March 1 article in the
BY
STEVE O'BRIEN
CHARLESTOWN, NSW The newly opened campaign headquarters for the
Socialist Alliance's election campaign for the seat of Charlestown in the
March 22 NSW election is attracting the attention of voters. The windows
of the
BY LISA MACDONALD
With the recent rise of the Greens as a real force in electoral politics, the question is posed: why is the Socialist Alliance bothering to contest elections. The answer is simple.
The Socialist Alliance strongly supports the
According to a poll published in the March 7 Glasgow Herald, support for the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) has surged because of its steadfast opposition to a war in Iraq, with or without UN backing.
"The Scottish Socialist Party has made
BY DOUG LORIMER
Despite the March 1 vote by Turkey's parliament against allowing 62,000 US troops to be deployed in Turkey, the Pentagon has pushed ahead with preparations to use bases in eastern Turkey as part of its planned invasion of Iraq.
US
BY JOHN PERCY
During the last few years, visits to the Green Left Weekly web page have been steadily rising, but they've taken a dramatic leap in the last month, probably reflecting the rising anti-war consciousness and activity.
In April 2001,
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY
"Now how many people must get killed? For oil families' pockets to get filled?", ask the Beastie Boys in the new anti-war song "In a World Gone Mad". The song was released on March 11 on the group's web site
BY JAMES CAULFIELD
CANBERRA — Around 800 people came to Parliament House on March 13 for an anti-war rally to coincide with Prime Minister John Howard's speech to justify Australian involvement in a US war on Iraq.
Howard's speech was
BY MICHAEL ARNOLD
On February 1, Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra significantly upped the stakes in the war on drug users, resolving to make Thailand "drug free" within three months.
Given the level of drug use and distribution in
BY
IGGY KIM
Dita Sari, head of the Indonesian National Front for Workers' Struggle,
was in Baghdad on March 14-18 as part of high-profile Asian peace mission
to Iraq. Mission members visited hospitals, orphanages and schools. They
met with
BY LAURIE
SAUNDERS
MELBOURNE Socialist Alliance candidates recorded respectable results
in the Maribyrnong and Brimbank local council elections on March 15.
Maurice Sibelle scored 6.1% of the vote in McKay, a ward of the Brimbank
council
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