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BY SARAH PEART MELBOURNE — On the first anniversary of the September 11-13 protest against the World Economic Forum, anti-corporate activists organised an all-day protest outside the city's main Nike store. It was the 26th successive week of
BY KAREN FLETCHER In the wake of the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington there has been pressure to cancel planned protests against the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane next month. The CHOGM Action Network (CAN) has
BY PETER JOHNSTON DARWIN — Larrikiah elder June Mills has been pre-selected as the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the Senate in the Northern Territory. Mills, who has previously run as a Senate candidate for the NT Greens, will be joined on
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI For several months, activists in Brisbane have been busy organising for the protests at the October 6 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. "We have been campaigning on campuses and on the streets and have found significant
[The following statement is being circulated by the Council of Canadians public interest organisation. To sign on to the statement, visit the web site of the Council of Canadians, <http://www.canadians.org>.] People's movements across the
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS GEELONG — "For too long now ordinary workers have had to suffer while governments, both Liberal and Labor, have implemented their big business policies. It's time that workers had an opportunity to stand up", says Tim Gooden,
(S)Hell in Nigeria The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, commonly knowN as Shell, controls over 1,700 companies and is one of the largest producers of petroleum and related products in the world. Some of its largest operations are in Nigeria, where it
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance campaign for the federal seat of Batman kicked off on September 8 with a demonstration demanding that the federal government accept the Tampa refugees. The demonstration, held at the Preston
BY MICHAEL MOORE LOS ANGELES, September 12 — I was supposed to fly today on the 4.30pm American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in LA with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where
Socialist Alliance briefs Speakout supports refugee rights BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in

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