BY DICK NICHOLS
[This is the text of a talk given to the final plenary of the September 22-23 Sydney Social Forum on the topic of alternatives to globalisation.]
Let me begin by asking an unpopular question and give what could well be an
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BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, near the Peel Inlet south of Perth, promotes itself to potential residents and eco-tourists with the slogan, "Explore the beauty". In its "Vision for the Future", the shire
BY IGGY KIM
A show trial
is looming for Australian academic Lesley McCulloch, detained by the Indonesian
military in Aceh, along with US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler. Both have been charged
with alleged visa violations.
On September 23,
Let Timorese stay!
The immigration department's September 25 announcement that it had rejected
168 asylum claims made by East Timorese refugees is a national disgrace.
These are the first of more than 1700 applications which have been
BY MELINDA SMITH
SYDNEY On September 24, the Port Jackson branch of the Socialist Alliance decided that its candidate for the March 2003 state election would be Paul Benedek.
The decision to contest the seat gives voters an alternative to
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BY ROHAN PEARCE
John Pilger has come under attack in Britain for his documentary Palestine
is Still the Issue, to be screened in Australia on SBS TV at 8.30pm on
October 8.
A September 20 article in the British Jewish Chronicle
Building workers march
BRISBANE Around 600 building workers, members of five unions belonging to the Building Trades Group of Unions, marched through city streets to the Queensland Master Builders Association (QMBA) offices to present their
BY ROHAN PEARCE
MELBOURNE
Even if United Nations Security Council support for this war is granted,
the agenda behind the war won't change, Kim Halpin, a member of Resistance
and the La Trobe University education officer, told a
BY STEPHEN MARKS
MANAGUA Every pig has its Saturday is a popular Nicaraguan saying,
which refers to slaughter of fattened pigs on Saturdays for the weekend
cooking pot. For former right-wing president Arnoldo Aleman, Saturday seems
to
[This letter was received from
Lesley McCulloch via an email from the Acehnese human rights activists
working for her release from Indonesian custody. It was written on September
27.]
Those of you who know me personally can confirm I am
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The immigration detention centre at Woomera in South Australia has been at the centre of the public controversy surrounding the mandatory detention of asylum seekers since it was opened in 1999. The brutal conditions
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