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Socialist Alliance

Solidarity with Craig Johnston MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance is organising a public meeting in solidarity with the elected Victorian leader of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston and the “Skilled Six” on September

Labor's the same now as it ever was

BY IAN BOLAS In the present period we have Labor governments in all states and yet nothing much seems to be different. The NSW government sends mounted police against pickets, the Victorian government collaborates in victimising the "Skilled Six"

News briefs

Fish farm protested BRISBANE — Around 500 people took to the water on August 14 in the biggest protest yet against plans to build a fish farm the size of four football fields in Moreton Bay. The protesters, representing 50 environment,

The human cost of the 'Pacific solution'

The human cost of the 'Pacific solution' On August 26, 2001, 433 asylum seekers aboard an Indonesian fishing boat, the KM Palapa 1, overloaded and sinking, were rescued by the Norwegian freighter, MV Tampa. On August 27, the Howard

Defending domestic violence

BY VIRGINIA BROWN PERTH — "Today, men are the only standing target. It is no longer permissible to take potshots at women. A few decades of lobbying by women activists has taken care of that. But men are still fair game for television

UNITED STATES: Racism, cops and videotapes

BY MALIK MIAH SAN FRANCISCO — Once again an amateur's videotape is spoiling the “lawful” deeds of cops in Los Angeles county. In 1991 it was Rodney King. Today it is a teenager. Unbeknownst to the cops, these videotapes exposed the men in

'Fair go' for asylum seekers

REVIEW BY SHANE HOPKINSON The Future Seekers: Refugees and the Law in Australia By Mary Crock and Ben SaulFederation Press 2002152 pages, $24.95Order at <http://www.fedpress.aust.com/Books/CrockFutSeek.html> The Future Seekers is a

PHILIPPINES: Socialists unite in new party

[The following statement was issued on August 5 by the central committee of the newly formed Workers Party of the Philippines.] MANILA — In a historic step forward for the Philippine left, more than a hundred delegates from three

Victorian AMWU members resist Cameron coup

BY SIMON MILLAR MELBOURNE — On August 12, Denis Matson, one of the two national industrial officers for the printing division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union was summarily sacked by AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron, and

Polls register growing sympathy for asylum seekers

BY SARAH STEPHEN It is clear to many people, just from day-to-day experience, that public opinion has become enormously polarised on the issue of asylum seekers. This polarisation reflects a positive trend — that while support for the

Refugee display removed, gets more support

BY KERRIE BARRON CANBERRA — After artwork depicting the plight of children living in detention was removed from a library, the Refugee Action Committee (RAC) has been overwhelmed by offers of support and interest in the display. RAC

Miriuwung-Gajerrong people win limited native title rights

BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON PERTH — An August 8 High Court ruling on the Miriuwung and Gajerrong people's native title claim to their land in east Kimberley acknowledged that they retain limited traditional ownership rights. The ruling is