Simon Cunich, Sydney For the first time in a number of years, the left activist tickets in the Sydney University student representative council elections, which finished on September 21, posed a serious challenge to Labor students' dominance of the
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Roberto Jorquera Last December's National Assembly elections in Venezuela marked a significant step forward for the revolution that is unfolding there. It was the 10th consecutive electoral victory for the supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo
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DARWIN — The local No War committee has begun meeting to organise for the March 20 global day of protest against the occupation of Iraq. The rally also will demand a stop to plans for a new US base in the Northern Territory. The rally will be held
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne Following an emergency demonstration of 150 people on July 5 to call for a halt to Israel's military assault on Gaza and recognition of Palestine's national and democratic rights, a second rally supporting these demands and
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Following the 30,000-strong protests around Australia on July 22 against Israel's bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, anti-war actions continued last week, with plans for more during the next fortnight. Linda Seaborn reports from Hobart that 40 people
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SYDNEY — The Socialist Alliance is campaigning in support of train drivers and against the NSW government's destruction of public transport. See the activist calendar on page 23 for details of upcoming campaign events or go to
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MELBOURNE — Civil-rights campaigners have welcomed the US Supreme Court ruling to scrap the Bush administration's military commissions. "These commissions were about finding people guilty without evidence or proper procedures", Civil Rights Defence
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Jim McIlroy, Brisbane Around 60 members of the Aboriginal community and their supporters held an angry meeting at Jagera House on November 23 to discuss the increasing police harassment of Indigenous people in Musgrave Park and other areas of the
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CANBERRA — As part of their "Clean start for cleaners" campaign, members of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union marched through the streets on July 20 before occupying the lobby of a major building owned by the Deutsche Bank group.
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Sarah Stephen The Australian government delegation sent to the Pacific island state of Nauru to assess its health services on January 12-14 released the report of its findings on January 29. The delegation was given narrow terms of reference for
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Soccer capitalism "The beautiful game is a pointless pursuit except that it provides a big stimulus for consumer spending in rich countries. One billion people will probably watch the [FIFA World Cup] final and the event itself will earn some $2.8
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Kerry Smith, Sydney The Australian Capital Territory Network Opposing War (ACTNOW) has called a protest rally in Canberra on November 28, the day the Howard government's Anti-Terrorism Bill is expected to be passed by the Senate. Endorsing the