BY AMANDA ZIVCIC
When the US-based anarchist web site Raise the Fist (<http://www.raisethefist.com>) was first shut down, there was an outpouring of support for its creator, Sherman Austin. And since Austin's sentencing on August 4 to a
559
US domination discussed
CANBERRA — Alastair Grieg, a Socialist Alliance member and lecturer at the Australian National University, outlined the main aims and "sorrows" of US imperialism at a public meeting held here on October 16.
He
Right-wing US President George Bush told federal parliament on October 23 that PM John Howard was a "man of steel" for sending Australian troops to join the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. What did the Labor opposition MPs do? They joined
BY DOUG LORIMER
A national anti-war conference, called by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign (VMC) and held in Sydney in February 1971, endorsed proposals to build the movement against the Vietnam War. We in the socialist youth organisation Resistance
BY BARRY WEISLEDER
Eight years of right-wing Conservative Party rule in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, came to a crashing halt on October 2. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty, swept into government, capturing 72 of 103
BY BRADLEY SIMS
ALBANY, WA — On October 21, Albany City Council passed a motion to support the city's Afghan Hazara refugees' claims for permanent residency. More than 100 people attended the council meeting. Bradley Sims, Rafiq Alizadah, Paul
BRISBANE — Green Left Weekly has three double passes to The Weather Underground, which is showing at the Schonell Theatre, Union Road, St Lucia, until November 12. The first three callers to phone (07) 3358 5032 after 6pm on october 31 will each
BY JIM McILROY
Jim Cairns, the most prominent leader of the mass protests in the early 1970s against Australia's involvement in the US war against Vietnam and standard-bearer of the Victorian ALP parliamentary left of his generation, died on
Military intelligence I
"George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States. He was appointed by God." — Lieutenant-General William Boykin, Emperor George Bush II's new deputy undersecretary of defence for
Reality TV is designed to bring out the worst in people. On October 20, the top-rating Australian Idol â a glorified talent quest â really delivered the goods when "judge" and music industry heavy Ian "Dicko" Dickenson counselled beautiful and
COMMENT BY PIP HINMAN
Some 10,000 people demonstrated against the visit to Australia by US President George Bush on October 22-23. This number can't compare with the 1 million in February, but it is significant. It shows that the anti-war movement
BY SONJA FORSBERG
MELBOURNE — Two-hundred residents cheered Martin Kingham, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), when he announced at a rally outside the Sunshine Swim and Leisure
- Page 1
- Next page