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BY JOHN PILGER LONDON — Remembering September 11 merely as a gruesome spectacle is an insult to the victims of that epic crime. However, remembering is important in order to make sense of it, and especially of what happened next. Most of the
BY TIM GOODEN MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance and the Skilled Six Committee jointly hosted a rousing public meeting on September 2, discussing solidarity with the militant unions in Victoria. The Victorian Trades Hall was occupied by
BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — The struggle between militant Victorian Australian Manufacturing Workers Union officials and the AMWU national office took a dramatic turn on September 2. By noon of that day, the elected state secretary of the
Howard, Carr fuel racism The combined efforts of John Howard, Bob Carr and the media to create a xenophobic atmosphere surrounding Muslims and all things Islamic has begun to bear its bitter and poisonous fruit. On August 22, a pregnant woman was
BY NORMAN BREWER SYDNEY — Reconciliation and peaceful dialogue among West Papuans was the theme of the workshop of the West Papua Project, held at Sydney University on September 2-3. The WPP is based at the Centre for Peace and Conflict
BY NORM DIXON In the week before the first anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, TV networks aired a seemingly never-ending string of “special events” featuring “exclusive” or
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a statement issued in Johannesburg on September 4 by the Social Movements Indaba.] The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in the super-rich suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg, has failed. The
BY IGGY KIM On September 5, Sri Lanka's government lifted its four-year ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This followed a clash over the issue between the United National Front (UNF) government and President Chandrika
BY SARAH STEPHEN On February 20, a Senate committee began investigating what the government knew about false allegations that asylum seekers threw their children overboard. In March, retired diplomat Tony Kevin alleged that Australian navy
BY ALISON DELLIT On August 27, the Bega valley shire unanimously voted to support the work of Rural Australians for Refugees, support in principle an RAR proposal for "Welcome Towns" to host asylum seekers and to encourage the government to reduce
Pinochet's coup remembered ADELAIDE — The Socialist Alliance hosted a public meeting on September 4 to mark the US-backed military coup that overthrew the elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.
In these awful times, as we struggle to understand what is happening to our world, we must keep in mind the events of the recent past. At dawn on September 11, he received his orders.While others would attack the citadels of commerce and defenceTo