CANBERRA — A statue of Prime Minister John Howard titled 'If the boots don't fit', helped set the scene for one of the most radical national folk festivals in years, over the Easter weekend.
The statue, by Melbourne sculptor Greg Taylor, was
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Andrew Watson
After years of retreat under conservative leaderships, sections of the trade union movement are today experiencing a revival of militancy and rank-and-file workplace organising. Socialists are playing a leading role in rebuilding
Jon Lamb
The recently formed Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea (MKOT) staged a series of peaceful demonstrations in Dili on April 14-16, demanding an end to the theft of East Timor's oil and gas resources.
Some 500 protesters
SYDNEY - On March 16, 250 people attended an emergency rally initiated by the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) in response to the aerial bombardment and killings in Falluja, Iraq.
Protesters marched to the US consulate, demanding "Iraq for the
Ali Abunimah
The April 14 meeting between US President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Washington sent Palestinian leaders into a flying panic. But their response reeks of desperation and self-interest rather than any real
Sarah Stephen
South Korea's April 15 general election has resulted in a shift to the left.
Ten representatives to the 299-member parliament were elected from the labour movement-based Democratic Labor Party. The DLP, which previously had no
Chris Atkinson, Melbourne
"We support the mounting campaign of the Iraqi people to rid their country of foreign military occupation", said Adelaide Resistance activist Amy McDonell in the opening report of Resistance's national conference on April
Doug Lorimer
For the first time, the regime in Washington has been forced to directly confront the comparison between its 1960s and 1970s Vietnam War and its current war in Iraq.
In an April 7 congressional debate, Joseph Biden, a senior
Eva Cheng
On April 11, more than 20,000 people marched to China's central government liaison office in Hong Kong. They were protesting Beijing's backtrack from a promise, made before the 1997 handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China, that the
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There can be no doubt that planet Earth would be a much safer place without the likes of George W. Bush. Here we are a year into the chaos of Iraq with thousands of Iraqis either dead or maimed; 600 dead US soldiers; a country bordering
Sarah Stephen
Conceding the situation in the war-torn country was not "settling down", immigration minister Amanda Vanstone announced on April 10 that the government would lift the freeze on processing asylum applications from Iraqis on three-year
They sailed for survival, for peace and justice,They sailed for each other, they put their faith in us,But you hold them in your gulags, your island cells of shame,To teach them all a lesson, you hold them in our name.
They sailed across the oceanA
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