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  • Public education walkers reach Wollongong

    WOLLONGONG — On November 21, students from Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, labeled the Coalition government "out of order" and started their "walk for a better education". The journey has taken them through the Blue

  • Socialist Alliance does better in Footscray, Geelong

    MELBOURNE — Although the big news of the November 30 Victorian election was the massive swing to Labor and the Greens' remarkable results (particularly in inner-city seats), the Socialist Alliance has been quietly celebrating

  • Loose Cannons

    Solid lies "The president of the United States and the secretary of defence would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction ... if they did not have a solid basis for saying it" — White House

  • 'No to war'

    PERTH - On December 8, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth to oppose the impending war in Iraq. Organised by the NOWAR Alliance, the protest demanded: no war on Iraq; no Australian support for war; an end to sanctions on Iraq;

  • River cruise for Green Left Weekly

    PERTH — Seventy-five people dined and wined on a November 30 river cruise on the Swan River. Greetings were presented by trade unionist Craig Johnston and Democratic Socialist Party member Anthony Benbow. The cruise raised $900 for Green Left

  • Peggy Errey remembered

    WOLLONGONG — The life of prominent union leader and left political activist Peggy Errey was commemorated by 150 people at her funeral in Wollongong on December 5. Peggy Errey was born in Ireland in 1914 to a staunchly republican

  • Growing movement against war in the NT

    DARWIN — On November 30, 300 people rallied and marched against the looming US-led war on Iraq. In Alice Springs, 100 people also rallied. Col Friel, a veteran human rights and environmental activist, told the

  • 15,000 rally to save Ningaloo Reef

    PERTH — Fremantle streets were filled with protesters on December 1 as 15,000 people mobilised to oppose the proposed development of a marina resort at the fragile and unique Ningaloo Reef, in north-west WA. Speakers

  • Christmas parade floats cause a stir

    HOBART — Two floats in the November 30 Launceston Christmas parade have sparked a string of letters in the Examiner, the town's daily tabloid. The Peace on Earth float was entered by a coalition of No War on Iraq,

  • Large left-of-Labor vote in Victoria

    MELBOURNE — The victory of the Labor Party in the Victorian state election has surprised few. The most encouraging aspect of the election was the huge increase in the left-of-Labor vote, which in some inner-Melbourne

  • Thousands march in Melbourne

    BY ANNE O'CASEY MELBOURNE — A crowd of around 10,000-15,000 turned out to oppose war on December 1, the day after the Victorian election. The rally was chaired by Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia state secretary Michele O'Neil

  • Peace and diversity in Christmas parade

    LAUNCESTON — Amongst the usual tinsel, angels and reindeers of the annual Christmas parade on November 30, there were a couple of floats that carried a different message. “Peace on Earth, goodwill to all; no war on