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Sydney Social Forum a success
SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the third Sydney Social Forum on September 17 19 at the University of Technology, Sydney. The forum was launched with a public forum titled "Keeping it common", which
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[The following is a statement by the national conveners of the Socialist Alliance issued on September 11.]
The September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in the United States made it much easier for the Bush administration to
Amy McDonell, 21 (Socialist Alliance Senate candidate in South Australia)
"While I was growing up in rural New South Wales, I spent a lot of time yelling at the television. I was angry at the way billions of people had to suffer because of the
Doug Lorimer
"Almost every day, in campaign speeches, [US President George] Bush speaks with bravado about how he is 'winning' in Iraq... But, according to the US military's leading strategists and prominent retired generals, Bush's war is already
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"Let's have regime change here in Australia, for ourselves as well as the people of Iraq", Donna Mulhearn, peace activist and former human shield in Iraq, told a rally of up to 1000 people on September 26. The protest took
Michael Organ was the first Green MP elected to the House of Representatives in the Cunningham by-election in 2002. Green Left Weekly's Nicole Hilder spoke to both Organ and Chris Williams, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Cunningham. There
Kim Bullimore, West Bank
As you pass through the West Bank, you can't help but notice the illegal Israeli settlements dotted high up on the hills. They are easily identifiable: red tiled roofs, Western-style houses, barbed wire, checkpoints and
The following letter was sent by imprisoned union militant Craig Johnston to "Bagman" (AKA Denis Evans) 3CR Community Radio's Stick Together Show.
Please thank all your listeners for their support. I am doing extremely well and in high spirits. All
"Dumping Howard on October 9 will send a clear message of our opposition to his government's unjust and illegal war on the people of Iraq. We have to repeat the lesson the Spanish people dished out to their warmongers and vote out a government that
Rohan Pearce
If there was any justice in the world, 2004 should have been the year the corporate media died. Over a year after Iraq was occupied by the "coalition of the willing" under the false pretext of disarming "weapons of mass destruction"