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  • Hiroshima — Never Again!

    Sunday, August 6 No nuclear power, no uranium mining, troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan and no attack on Iran Sydney 1pm rally at Hyde Park North for a march through the city. Ph Diane 0413 003 148 Brisbane 2pm rally at Queens Park.

  • Bankstown youth offer support

    Aaron Benedek, Sydney Young people living in Sydney's south-west, regularly targeted by the state ALP government's "law and order" and "anti-terrorist" policing, have seen the Redfern Block's resistance as an inspiration. "The way the police

  • US bombers get the nod

    Jon Lamb, Darwin On November 18 it was revealed by defence minister Robert Hill that one of the outcomes of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), held on November 17-18, was that the Australian government had given the

  • CFMEU legal challenge

    The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union (CFMEU) is mounting a legal challenge to laws that require employers to dock the pay of workers who take part in "unauthorised" industrial action, according to the July 17 Age. Under new workplace

  • Case for socialism: Money or the environment?

    In an earlier column, I wrote that capitalists, unlike earlier ruling classes, have no motive to preserve the environment because their exploitation is based on value rather than on physical products. Where the feudal lord sought grain or fine

  • Loose cannons

    Different "The super-rich — those with a net worth of more than $10 million — are different from the merely rich, a new study released this week shows... In the next 12 months, the study shows: 60 percent [of the super-rich] will host a party

  • MUA, CFMEU: fighting Howard's laws

    Sarah Smith, Perth PM John "Howard makes laws to suit himself and the laws are all designed to smash us", said Kevin Reynolds, Western Australian secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU),

  • Protest same-sex marriage ban on August 13

    Ben Edwards, Sydney People in eight cities and towns across Australia are taking action to protest against the federal ban on same-sex marriage, which was passed with Coalition and Labor party support on August 13, 2004. The Australian government

  • 'Melbourne 13' accused of thought-crime

    Colin Mitchell, Melbourne On June 14, 13 men who were arrested in sensationalised raids in Melbourne in November and March appeared in court and were charged with belonging to an unnamed terrorist organisation and donating money to that

  • NSW TAFE anti-fees campaign

    Leon Parissi, Sydney Thousands of NSW TAFE students face a massive fees hike this year. A union- and student-based campaign to oppose the new fees has built up a head of steam since the middle of last year. Unionists oppose the fees because public

  • 'No police state'

    HOBART — After a lengthy recess, the Tasmanian Council for Civil Liberties recommenced activity in August in response to recent government attacks on democracy. Demanding "no police state in Australia", the council will hold a rally on November 12

  • Protesting war and occupation

    NEWCASTLE — The Socialist Alliance, Rising Tide and the ALP organised a commemoration of Hiroshima Day with a rally on August 5. Speakers from each supporting group addressed the injustice of Israel's occupation of Palestine and bombing of