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BY NEIL EVERLEY SYDNEY — Two hundred anti-war protesters gathered at Cawper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, on January 23, in a stormy protest against Australian involvement in a war on Iraq. The protesters were responding to a call put out by anti-war
BY SARAH STEPHEN In the last weeks, further incidents of abuse of asylum seekers have come to light at detention centres on Christmas Island, Nauru and Woomera. An Iraqi woman, detained on Christmas Island with her husband and two children, was
BY BRUCE MARLOWE "Major national resources, including use of the military, should be urgently allocated to fighting the current bushfire crisis, instead of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on sending troops to support the US war against
BY EVA CHENG An international campaign against the Hong Kong government's attempt to introduce an anti-union and anti-civil rights law in the guise of combating “sedition” and “subversion” have received strong support from trade unions
BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — A powerful new anti-war documentary is being screened by Socialist Alliance. Not in My Name tells the story of the US-led "war on terrorism" you have not been allowed to see on tellie. It asks, "why is dropping bombs on
Greens I Bill Weller (“Write On”, GLW #521) asks why, if the Greens are doing so well, and are so progressive, would the Socialist Alliance (SA) field candidates against them? While the Greens play a valuable role in profiling
BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — Despite the Canadian state's proud role as junior partner to US imperialism and the federal government's repeated statements of loyalty to Washington's war efforts, the anti-war movement in Canada had been slow off the
BY STUART MUNCKTON "We have burnt our boats. There is no turning back", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared in a national broadcast on January 6. "We will carry on consolidating and deepening the revolution", the radical pro-poor president
When the government is preparing to wage a bloody war on the people of Iraq, which will result in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people; When Australian corporate war-profiteers, like Qantas, BHP, and Dunlop, are set to
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Recent emergency actions against war in Iraq show the depth of anger against the Australian government’s decision to back the impending war against Iraq. On January 19, more than 150 people joined a hastily
BY BRONWYN JENNINGS GEELONG — For several years, Victorians from all sorts of backgrounds have made an annual trek to Avalon, near Geelong, to view the acrobatics of dozens of international aircraft. It has become a family weekend for hundreds of
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE DARWIN — "We come to work standing, walking and talking, but with the current safety conditions, we could leave work in a pine box", the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) organiser Alan Paton, told Green Left Weekly. Workers on