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I'd like to apologise to all you young people out there for my previous dose of spirituality. While I now wholeheartedly recommend dialectical materialism (look it up!) as the way to go, in hindsight my remorse rests primarily on my daily
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BALLARAT — When I heard of plans for an action outside the World Economic Forum summit on September 11, I was anxious to find a way for unionists and activists in Ballarat and regional Victoria to be a part of the event. It also
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The final part of a three-part eyewitness report on the protests against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meeting in Prague, in September, by Russian socialist BORIS KAGARLITSKY. Parts one and two were printed in GLW issues #425
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Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,
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exports, taxes, farmers, Elmer Berger, American, United States, SIMON BUTLER"> Palestinians fight apartheidOver the past month Palestinians have once again risen up in defiance of their national oppression by the Israeli
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S11 and M1 Janet Burstall (Write On, GLW #426) suggests that it would be better for the S11 movement to focus on actions against specific global corporations instead of making its major next focus the proposed M1 (May 1) global strike against
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The willingness of the tens of thousands of people who ensured the smooth running of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to cooperate and work for "the public good", without financial gain (apart from a new pair of trousers and a shirt), was inspiring.
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The measure of success What is the measure of a successful internet company? Some would say vision the ability to bravely present the future in a world struggling with the present. Others would suggest flair having a style that
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What was once a debate between free traders and protectionists has now become posed as a debate between free traders and those championing the notion of "fair trade". While the notion of fair trade has only come to prominence in
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A Senate inquiry into the plan for a new nuclear research reactor in Sydney has heard evidence about a string of problems and scandals surrounding the project. The federal government and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
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MELBOURNE — Premier Steve Bracks and the commanders of the Victoria Police are under heavy fire for their backing of violent assaults on peaceful S11 protesters during the September 11-13 blockade of the World Economic Forum's summit in the Crown
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An opportunity for Aboriginal children? What makes a boat float? Children from Philadelphia School District spent part of this past school year at the Philadelphia Wooden Boat factory attempting to find the answer to that question. — messing
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PERTH — Before the 1998 federal election, Western Australian Liberal Premier Richard Court described the One Nation party as having "racist policies which have no place in the Australian political system". One Nation was placed
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As risk factors like unemployment, poverty and homelessness rise, so too does the prevalence of heroin use. In Western Australia, official 1997 figures estimate that there are between 43,200 and 57,600 active heroin
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If anything captured the desperation of the ruling class during the S11 blockade, it was the screaming headlines about "violent protests" accompanied by graphic photographs and TV images of police, with name tags removed, beating up
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SYDNEY — Federal communications minister Richard Alston has told the ABC to "cut its cloth" to cover the shortfall in government funds for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He said the ABC should drop some of its "esoteric"
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SYDNEY — The 70 people who attended a seminar entitled "The Communist Party of Australia: Lessons for the 21st Century" on October 22 agreed that an anti-capitalist movement can be built: the September 11-13 (S11) protests in
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HOBART — Resolutions proposed for the upcoming ALP state conference by party branches will have only symbolic meaning if the ALP leadership gets its way. The ALP hierarchy is seeking to formalise a situation where resolutions
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Anger at the war unleashed against the Palestinians by Israel drew members of the Palestinian community to a special forum organised by Green Left Weekly in Adelaide on November 1. John Nebauer reports that the forum featured a talk by Leslie
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S11 activist, Marcus Brumer who cream-pied the Victorian Premier Steve Bracks last week is facing five charges after being arrested at his Upwey home on October 31. He was taken by two members of the Protective Security Intelligence Group to the
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SYDNEY — Women's Abortion Action Campaign members and supporters gathered outside an abortion clinic near Penrith on November 3 to counter an anti-abortion picket. The anti-choice campaigners have been harassing the clinic regularly. The pro-choice
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MELBOURNE — Last week FairWare activists held lively protest actions against the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), marking a change in the focus of the FairWear campaign. ARA-affiliated companies control over 70% of the
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MELBOURNE — For anyone who's ever wondered what happens to all the toxic waste produced by the global corporations operating in Australia, there is a disturbing answer. It seems a substantial proportion is simply being dumped
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The Palestinian people are rebelling against the past 52 years of occupation and injustice. They have been betrayed by a false peace process that did little more than readjust the terms of Israeli occupation of their land. The Palestinians have
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HOBART — "No more woodchips!" was the chant arising from 700 protesters outside an international "environment" conference here last week. The Forest Certification Conference, organised by the Forest Industries Association of
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MELBOURNE — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) employed in power stations in the Latrobe Valley stopped work for several hours on the night of November 2, causing power blackouts in many parts of
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BALLARAT — The largest union meetings in the history of the University of Ballarat have supported a proposal for a campaign of industrial action. Meetings at the School of Mines and the Mt Helen campus on November 2 brought
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MELBOURNE — On November 1 a meeting of the S11 Alliance in Melbourne decided to support as a "global strike" against corporate tyranny on May 1, 2001. This meeting of the alliance had been called with the specific intent of
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BYRON BAY — About one hundred people gathered at the Great Northern Hotel here on October 29 for a fund-raising meeting organised by Byron Friends of East Timor and the Helping Ordinary People Exist(HOPE). Isa
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The main speaker was Dr , Council of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island Studies, Wathaurong, BRONWYN JENNINGS"> Geelong meets for reconciliationGEELONG — On November 1, about 200 people packed into the Geelong West
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SYDNEY — The campaign against the amalgamation of the campuses of the University of Western Sydney has been boosted following a successful half-day strike by 2300 staff on November 1. Staff and students joined forces to picket all
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The following Palestine solidarity actions were confirmed as of November 5. Further actions may be called in your city. For more information, contact your nearest Resistance Centre (details on page 2). ADELAIDE — Action planning meeting. Wed Nov
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The following motion was adopted at the November 1 meeting of the Melbourne S11 Alliance. The success of S11 and the continuing international movement against corporate globalisation suggests the need for ongoing coordination and cooperation of
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HOBART — Feminists and socialists have opposed the appointment of a male women's officer at Tasmania University's Launceston campus, calling it a step backwards for women. "Whichever way you look at it, having a man as
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Reality bites MAKING LOVE LAST: How couples use illusion to maintain a happy marriage page one headline for a Bettina Arndt article in the October 28-29 Sydney Morning Herald. Self-made millionaire The man behind
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Labor rolled on student solidarity CANBERRA — Following heated debate, the University of Canberra Students Association has given its support to the April 2001 Student Solidarity Conference. Motions to the general committee called for
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SYDNEY — The Central New South Wales branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)is taking legal action against Patrick Stevedores over the work conditions of straddle operators at the company's Port Botany container terminal.
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Global Exchange, a human rights organisation based in San Francisco, has launched an instant fax-away that demands justice for the people of occupied Palestine. Go to <http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/palestinefax.html>, enter
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SYDNEY — A group of pro-public education activists, including members of the Democratic Socialist Party and the Internationalist Socialist Organisation, demonstrated outside the Kings School in North Parramatta on November 2 to
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The deadly November 2 firefight between rival factions of the Fiji armed forces has again revealed the true source of "regional instability", and the greatest threat to human rights and democracy, in the South Pacific: the privileged neo-colonial
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As a contribution to a big picture still being put together in countless publications, videos and photo essays, S11 Spring has its place. However, there is little analysis of what made S11 a success.
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The following appeal was made by Rahman Hoseinzadeh, secretary of the Kurdistan Worker-Communist Party of Iran, on November 1. Mahmood Salehi, president of the Bakers' Syndicate in the city of Saqez, Kurdistan in Iran, was arrested for the second
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Striking workers attacked Striking workers at plastics manufacturing company PT Mepoly, near Surabaya in East Java, were attacked by hired thugs and police on November 1. The company employs some 600 workers, 50% of whom are women. Two trucks
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The efforts by the West Papuan people to garner international support for self-determination have taken a number of leaps forward recently. But despite growing international concern at Indonesia's repressive policies in West Papua — including a ban
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The people of Iraq live under unbearable circumstances. Since Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath regime seized power, it has engaged in ruthless repression and led the country into economic crisis. The living conditions of the working class, already bad due
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LONDON — The pro-choice movement here is intensifying its campaign to ensure women can gain "no strings" access to abortion. The campaign was spurred on by an abortion law conference in October which backed an end to all restrictions on
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While BHP's proclaims that "prevention is better than cure", the company is pressing ahead with investigations into dumping in the ocean wastes from the proposed Gag Island nickel project, 150 kilometres west of West Papua in Indonesia. In 1996,
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Hawree Latif was killed on July 14 when forces from the ruling Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) attacked the offices of the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) in Suleimaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan. On October 27, Hawree's brother, Aram Latif, was
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LONDON — Since September 28, a group of 40 refugees, migrants and their supporters have been travelling across England, providing support to black and migrant communities who have suffered from racism and telling people that the campaigns for
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In the last issue of Green Left Weekly, in the article titled "What went wrong with O20?", a sub-editing introduced an error. The sentence, "They had the prior agreement of the PRC and Citizens' Action for this announcement", should have read, "They
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The current intifada in Palestine against Israeli occupation is clarifying United States policy towards the Middle East for those who thought President Bill Clinton was acting as a non-partisan mediator. Washington is 100% behind the Israeli state
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BELFAST — TOMMY MCKEARNEY, a native of Moy, County Tyrone, is a former republican prisoner and one of the founding members of the Irish Republican Writers Group (IRWG). He currently works with Expac — the ex-prisoners' assistance committee — in
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Companies operating in the oil and natural gas rich Timor Gap include some of the largest multinational and Australian-based energy corporations. Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, US-based Phillips Petroleum and Australian players such as Woodside Energy and
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LONDON — London-based activist group Oztudak, the Freedom Prisoners Solidarity Committee, has launched a campaign against the Turkish government's use of isolation cells, in particularly the infamous "coffin cells" introduced by the Turkish
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LONDON — Solidarity with Colombian workers will step up a notch here in November, when workers' leader Alexander Lopez visits to tell of his union's fight against privatisation in Colombia's second largest city, Cali, and to urge opposition to the
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The ouster of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's regime was the result of two overlapping events. The first was a rearrangement of power within the ruling elite, replacing a tainted Milosevic with Vojislav Kostunica,
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REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Dancing in our DreamsPressGangVoxpop records<http://www.voxpop.demon.co.uk> Cheerful harmonies, dulcimer, double bass and danceable praise of the egalitarian Chartist faith of the English working class. This is
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The Art for a Change web site (<http://www.primenet.com/~mvallen>) has just published an emergency Palestine solidarity issue that documents art activism in support of a just and lasting peace between the Palestinian and Israeli people.
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REVIEW BY EVA CHENG Globalization: Neoliberal Challenge, Radical ResponsesBy Robert WentTranslated by Peter DruckerPluto Press170 pp, $42.80 With Ernest Mandel, the respected Marxist economist, as one of its founders, the Amsterdam-based
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South Africa in the mid-'70s was a deeply oppressive society. Apartheid repression was at its height and rigid racial segregation was the law. So when Sipho Mchunu, an illiterate black gardener from rural Zululand, and Johnny Clegg, a white