Duroyan Fertl & Bill Mason
Emergency actions took place in five Australian cities in opposition to the US-led carnage in Fallujah.
More than 200 people braved the rain and wind to protest in Sydney, in an action organised at short notice by the
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John Howard's Liberal-National Coalition government sent Australian troops to join the illegal US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Until recently, Labor's policy was to bring the troops home by Christmas. But after the election, and to the dismay
Doug Lorimer
On November 8, the US military launched its long-anticipated second attempt to recapture the rebel Iraqi city of Fallujah, located 55 kilometres west of Baghdad.
The assault — conducted by some 10,000 US troops and 500 Iraqi troops
Boom years
"More than 60% of all US companies paid no federal tax at all during the boom years of 1996 to 2000, the [US Congress's] General Accounting Office reports." — MSN Money website.
Like the glove puppet invites in the hand
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On August 27, former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston was jailed for nine months for an industrial protest in defence of jobs. Despite 40-50 people being involved in the protest, only
Johnston was
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Palestine photos exhibited
BRISBANE — On November 8, 50 people attended a public display of photographs taken by Vivienne Porzsolt, a Sydney member of Jews Against the Occupation, during her three-week visit to Israel/Palestine last
Across the globe, media is debating why United States voters seem to have become more conservative. In this article abridged from the US Socialist Worker <http://www.socialistworker.org>, Lance Selfa comes to different conclusions.
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Sue Bull, Geelong
The Shell oil refinery in Geelong has once again been caught out polluting Corio Bay. On November 4, Shell failed to inform the Environmental Protection Agency that a spill had reached the bay and the company was initially very
Jorge Jorquera
An alliance of the left, principally made up of the Communist Party of Chile and the Humanist Party, the main Green party in Chile, managed 9.14% of the vote in the October 31 municipal elections. This is the highest left vote since
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La Trobe University evicts NTEU
MELBOURNE — La Trobe University has served an eviction notice on the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), demanding that it vacate its office on campus by December 31. Campus unionists believe this is
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