Glenn Shields is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Franklin. As a long time campaigner for a healthier environment and for the preservation of Tasmania's forests, he has played a leading role in challenging the introduction of wood-fired power stations in Tasmania such as the Southwood Woodchip Mill.
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Anti-war activists have refused to be silenced or intimidated in the wake of the September 9 bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta. It is crucial for the anti-war movement to remain steadfast in its vocal and determined opposition to the
Now a spokesperson for Lismore's No War on Iraq group, I've been an environment and social-justice activist for more than 20 years, and am proud to say I was one of those arrested for blocking bulldozers on Mt Nardi (near Nimbin) in 1981. Those
Don Jarret
Ron Gray, treasurer of the Australian Peace Committee, died in Adelaide on August 13 at the age of 79. The following is an abridged version of the speech given by Don Jarret, the APC South Australian branch president, at Ron's funeral.
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SIEV X book launched
BRISBANE — The story of SIEV X, the unseaworthy, overcrowded refugee boat that sank in October 2001, drowning some 350 asylum-seekers off the Indonesian coast, involves a "massive Australian government agency cover-up",
Left Hook co-editor M. Junaid Alam recently discussed the political and the personal with the radical Palestinian-American activist and rap artist Will Youmans, who dons the moniker "Iron Sheik". His clever and powerful music is aimed against
Kate Stockdale, Sydney
On September 11, more than 80 people attended a public forum at the Bankstown Town Hall to discuss the community's response to repressive "anti-terrorism" laws. The forum was initiated by the Socialist Alliance and the
Metallica: Some Kind of MonsterBy Joe Berlinger and Bruce SinofskyReleased on September 16
REVIEW BY OWEN RICHARDS
Heavy metal legends Metallica on the couch with Dr Phil? Well, not quite, but Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary Metallica: Some
Eva Golinger, New York
Documents recently obtained from the US Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by <http://www.venezuelafoia.info> demonstrate that more than US$5 million annually during the past two years
Chris Johnson, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Corangamite in Geelong, explains why she is contesting the federal election.
I have been an activist since my teens, having marched in anti-Vietnam War moratorium and anti-nuclear rallies. I am a
Greg McFarlane, Sydney
The battle between the local community and Northern Sydney Health over future hospital services in Sydney's northern beach suburbs is heating up, following NSW health minister Morris Iemma's announcement on September 6 that
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Iraq occupation 'root cause of violence'
SYDNEY — On September 11, 85 people packed the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre to hear independent reporter John Martinkus and former human shield in Iraq Donna Mulhearn. Martinkus also screened his film
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