BY
LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY Ask anyone on the street in NSW when the date
of the state election is and the odds are you'll get a blank look. This
isn't a reflection of people's disinterest in politics after all, just
three weeks ago
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BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — At a March 11 caucus of the national left unions in the leadup to the Australian Council of Trade Unions executive meeting on March 25-26, there was a discussion about whether to propose a motion to toughen up the ACTU's
MELBOURNE — Scottish folk music legend Dick Gaughan will be performing at Trades Hall for one night only on March 25. His songs evoke a deep sympathy and respect for the working class, their struggles and their victories.
A professional musician
400 rally against war
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — Around 400 people rallied in Federation Square on March 14, a snap action that was called just six days before. Protesters condemned Prime Minster John Howard's speech on March 13 that
Moral leadership
Some advocates of a US-initiated war with Iraq will admit its illegality but argue that law and morality are not the same. This claim is true but, of itself, does nothing to establish the morality of war.
Furthermore, if people
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In the past six years, there has been a rapid decline — from 80% to 70% — in the proportion of doctors who bulk-bill their patients, charging the government direct, rather than charging the patient a fee. If this rate of
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
ALLEN MYERS
Dear Jose,
I am proud to have participated in conferences and solidarity demonstrations
with East Timor from the Indonesian invasion in December 1975 until the
withdrawal of Indonesian troops. Twelve years ago, when I edited
Balmain calls for peace
BY LACHLAN MALLOCH
SYDNEY — Chants of "Come on Balmain, stand for peace, join the march on Darling Street" echoed from 300 anti-war protesters who marched through Balmain on March 15.
Led by peace drummers, the march,
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
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