Robyn Marshall, Brisbane
On July 21, 70 people gathered outside the Queensland parliament to protest the defunding of the Queensland Aids Council (QuAC).
For nearly 20 years, QuAC has delivered high quality services to people with HIV/AIDS.
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Virginia Brown, Perth
A spate of racist graffiti and vandalism in Perth over the July 17-18 weekend has been linked to Jack van Tongeren's neo-Nazi Australian Nationalists Workers Union (ANWU).
Racist stickers have been plastered over lamp-posts
Doug Lorimer
Bakhtiar Amin, human rights minister in Washington's puppet Interim Government of Iraq, announced on July 19 that he would investigate a report carried exclusively by the July 17 Sydney Morning Herald that the IGI's prime minister,
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REVIEW BY NORMAN SOLOMON
Taking the stage at a community centre in the small Northern California town of Bolinas, a group of four musicians quickly showed themselves to be returning as a
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Rohan Pearce
"I have long thought Michael Moore a liar, and should not have been shocked when I saw his 'documentary' Fahrenheit 9/11. Even so, I was horrified. This film — breaking box-office records in America — is so deceitful that it makes
The International Metalworkers Federation (IMF) is taking urgent action in support of its affiliate, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), in its fight to stop the James Hardie asbestos corporation depriving its former workers of
Kerryn Williams
"Australia's vote in the United Nations against the world court ruling that the so-called 'security barrier' in Israeli-occupied Palestine is illegal is a shameful act", said Lisa Macdonald, national co-convenor of the Socialist
Chris Harman
Paul was a brilliant socialist writer, a speaker more able than any other to make people see what was wrong with capitalism, a tireless campaigner against injustice, and an investigative journalist whose revelations caused the
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"[US-appointed Iraqi prime minister Iyad] Allawi was a Baathist, and his vision for Iraq almost seems like Saddam-lite or neo-Saddam in the sense that he believes in a strong central government and a large army which would also
Reihana Mohideen, North Cotabato City, Mindanao
The Bangsa Moro people of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, are fighting for national self-determination. Before the 20th century, 98% of the land in Mindanao and Sulu belonged to the Moros. In
Up to 4.1 million Australians live in poverty.
At least 1 million Australians live in poverty despite living in households with one or more employed adults.
At least 700,000 children live in households where neither parent is employed.
21% of
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