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'Environment before profits'
Glenn Shields is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Franklin. As a long time campaigner for a healthier environment and for the preservation of Tasmania's forests, he has played a leading role in challenging the introduction of wood-fired power

Glenn Shields is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Franklin. As a long time campaigner for a healthier environment and for the preservation of Tasmania's forests, he has played a leading role in challenging the introduction of wood-fired power stations in Tasmania such as the Southwood Woodchip Mill.

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News briefs #1
#1 Timor benefit concert BRISBANE — Several hundred people crowded into the No 12 Lounge Bar in Fortitude Valley on September 9 for the "Dem Belly Full?" benefit concert for East Timor. The event was sponsored by the Roots 'n' All Foundation
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Corporate media vilifies Craig Johnston
Sue Bolton It's hard to think of any unionist in recent times who has been more vilified by the mainstream media than former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston. The previous most vilified trade
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James Hardie: Murder by any other name
Rohan Pearce The James Hardie scandal is one of corporate Australia's worst. While the amount of money involved may be less than some of the high-profile corporate collapses of recent years, the cynicism with which Hardie's management evidently
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INDONESIA: Rights campaigner Munir dies
Well-known Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir died onboard a flight to the Netherlands on September 7. He was 38 years old. The following statement was issued by Tapol, the British-based Indonesia human rights campaign organisation. Tapol
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'Being stateless is not a crime!'
'Being stateless is not a crime!' Andrew Hall, Canberra Protesters gathered in several cities around Australia for the September 9 "national day of shame", marking stateless refugee Peter Qasim's seventh year in detention. At the Canberra
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Our Common Cause: Socialists and the environment
Now a spokesperson for Lismore's No War on Iraq group, I've been an environment and social-justice activist for more than 20 years, and am proud to say I was one of those arrested for blocking bulldozers on Mt Nardi (near Nimbin) in 1981. Those
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Write on: Letters to the editor
Iraq John Howard yaps behind the US and British dogs of war while his faithful warmongrel, Larry Anthony, obsesses with the vital events of our time — the Casino/Murwillumbah railway and the Ocean Shores sports field — in an attempt to blinker
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Iraqi resistance pushes the US back
Doug Lorimer Iraqi resistance fighters are steadily rolling back the US-led occupation of their country, turning one city after another into a "no-go" zone for the occupation troops. Over the past eight months, US troops have been driven out of
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Community unites to reject "anti-terror" laws
Kate Stockdale, Sydney On September 11, more than 80 people attended a public forum at the Bankstown Town Hall to discuss the community's response to repressive "anti-terrorism" laws. The forum was initiated by the Socialist Alliance and the
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