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  • Loose Cannons

    Peace danger looms "The risk in the strategy [of allowing UN inspectors to return to Iraq], [US] officials note, is that the inspectors may visit those sites and discover nothing", — New York Times, November 14. Washington, London and Canberra

  • East Timorese face deportation

    Fatima is a widow and grandmother who has been in Australia for 10 years, living with her family who are financially supporting her. She has no remaining close family in East Timor and has grown very close to her grandchildren here.

  • Parliament forum discusses protest tactics

    SYDNEY — Despite allegations by NSW police minister Michael Costa that it would be used to promote violent behaviour against police, organisers of a civil disobedience forum held at Parliament House on November 8 asserted that

  • Socialist Alliance candidates launch campaigns

    MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance has launched its campaign for the November 30 Victorian election. On November 8, the Socialist Alliance launch in the seat of Footscray, in Melbourne's west, attracted 35 people. Surma Hamid from

  • Action updates

    Christmas parade for peace LAUNCESTON — "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all" — As the US and its allies plan for war on Iraq and asylum seekers in Australia languish in detention, this simple Christmas message couldn't be more relevant.

  • Corporate media backs Bracks

    MELBOURNE — "Victorian economy surges past NSW" announced the November 14 Age. Heralding the growth of the Victorian economy, the article praised the state government. Photos of a serious looking Premier Steve Bracks and

  • Candidate withdraws

    MELBOURNE — With regret, the Aston branch of the Socialist Alliance has announced that Josephine Cox will no longer be standing for the alliance in the seat of Dandenong in the state elections. Aston Socialist Alliance members wish Cox all the best

  • Socialists celebrate electoral registration

    MELBOURNE — On November 2, the Socialist Alliance held a very successful dinner. Around 110 people filled the Flemington Community Centre to celebrate achieving electoral registration in Victoria. Every party that was affiliated

  • 'No borders! No nations! No deportations!'

    SYDNEY — A dynamic and colourful gathering of around 1000 activists at Town Hall on November 13 kicked off three days of protest against the mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with a march demanding

  • Tasmania to get 'best gay and lesbian laws in the world'

    HOBART — The Tasmanian Labor government announced plans in early November to allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children and to register their relationships (although not marriages) with the Office of Births, Deaths and

  • Leichhardt says no to war

    Seventy protesters marched down the streets of Leichhardt in opposition to war and racism on November 8. The protest was organised by the Port Jackson branch of the Socialist Alliance. Photo by Liam Mitchell. From Green Left Weekly,

  • Rally against ASIO raids

    PERTH — Around 250 people attended a rally outside Perth's Parliament House on November 9 to protest against the Coalition government's recent attacks on Islamic Australians. Called by the Islamic Council of WA, the demonstration