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  • Asia-Pacific conference draws globalisation's dissidents

    SYDNEY — A week out from the start of the Second Asia-Pacific International Solidarity Conference, the phones were running hot in the Sydney office used by the young voluntary conference organising team headed by Iggy Kim. There

  • Socialist Alliance consolidates vote

    MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance received 1608 votes in the six wards it contested in Moreland and Darebin council elections held in March. In the city of Moreland, candidate for Merri ward Judy McVey received 374 votes,

  • Socialist bookshop 'unveiled'

    GEELONG — On March 23 the Geelong branch of the Democratic Socialist Party unveiled its new shopfront and opening hours. The bookshop is open Monday to Wednesday from 4-6pm, Thursdays noon to 6pm, Fridays 5-7pm and Saturdays 9.30am to 12.30pm. The

  • News briefs

    Terror laws in parliament On March 22, the federal government introduced the final bill of its "anti-terrorism" package into parliament. It proposes to give ASIO the right to detain people for 48 hours without access to legal advice, and with

  • TCFUA workers do it with Flair

    BY LINDA WALDRON& NATALIE ZIRNGAST MELBOURNE — Workers at Flair Menswear Preston, manufacturers of Hugo Boss fashions, held a victory barbecue on the morning of March 18, after a two-week picket. A planned solidarity sausage sizzle at the

  • East Timor leader speaks

    CANBERRA — “I used to be an activist, where I was very flexible and could criticise everything, but now I'm representing East Timor”, East Timor's deputy minster for foreign affairs and cooperation Fernando de

  • Loose cannons

    We also decide who's a 'democratic nation' "With respect to democratic nations that are friends of ours, we only go where we are invited." — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, March 21. Too bad for everyone who's not "Not only will we win

  • Michael Albert: 'Build mass movements'

    BRISBANE — "If you want to replace the World Bank, World Trade Organisation and International Monetary Fund, you need to create massive movements that are powerful, conscious and raise the social costs for the ruling class",

  • Action updates

    Rally for Palestine I BRISBANE — A speakout against Israel's terror against the Palestinian people was held on the steps of King George Square on March 22. Organised by the M1 Alliance, the action drew attention to the Palestinian people's

  • Sinn Fein sells unity

    PERTH — The prospects for peace and a united Ireland had been enhanced by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, Mitchell McLaughlin, national chairperson of the Irish republican party Sinn Fein, told a February 28 public meeting.

  • Leichhardt defends refugees

    Eighty people attended at refugee-rights protest in Leichhardt on March 21 organised by Free the Refugees campaign. Photo by Jonathan Strauss. From Green Left Weekly, March 27, 2002. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

  • 1000 votes for ratbags!

    DARWIN — The prediction of the March 7 NT News editorial — "No votes for ratbags" — was disproved in the March 16 elections for Lord Mayor of Darwin. Socialist Alliance candidate Ruth Ratcliffe received 1057 votes after