Democratic Socialists reach out
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — The Democratic Socialists, who are standing for the Senate and the seat of Melbourne in Victoria, are taking their politics to the streets. Teams have been established in eight
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By Theresa Moore
Since the introduction by the McMahon Liberal government of the Child Care Act in 1972, government grants for child-care have become an election "carrot" used by both major parties. Over the last 25 years, child-care service
By Shannon Buckley and Marcel Cameron
PERTH — On September 14, Resistance was tipped off that Pauline Hanson and her media circus was about to make a staged appearance in the busy Hay Street Mall. We raced out of the Resistance Centre, down to
Kidnap victims protest
By Max Lane
Relatives and friends of 14 missing political activists held a demonstration on September 16, demanding to know the whereabouts of their sons and friends.
Among the protesters was the mother of the Bima
'Hands off Assata!'
By Deepa Fernandes
Her name is Assata Shakur. Assata "She who Struggles" Shakur "the Thankful". They call her JoAnne Chesimard, and they want her as an accomplice to murder. I met Assata last New Year's Eve in Havana. She is a
Students protest 'dual role' of military
By Max Lane
On September 14, student militants organised protest actions in eight Indonesian cities calling for the end to dwifungsi ABRI (the dual role of the armed forces). The dwifungsi doctrine, which
By Wang Fanxi
Zheng Chaolin, a veteran of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a Chinese Trotskyist, died on August 1 in Shanghai. He devoted his entire life to the cause of the liberation of the Chinese workers and peasants. He was at once a
Filthy Rich
According to the recently released United Nations Development Program report on global inequality, the filthy rich continue to own and control most of the world's wealth. The Human Development Report calls for urgent action to improve
Nurses fight for better health care
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — Over the past several weeks, patients at Canberra Hospital have inundated the ACT Liberal government with complaints about cancelled operations and long delays due to a shortage of
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — With disillusionment with Liberal and Labor increasing, more and more people are planning to cast their federal election vote for alternative political parties and independents. In addition to the better known
By Nick Everett
About 140 Community and Public Sector Union members stopped work on September 15 to support the union's campaign to reverse a $240 million-dollar funding cut to Centrelink, the federal government's service delivery agency. After
Cuba updates
Women in Cuba
Cuba received praise earlier this month from the United Nations for the great advances made by Cuban women since the triumph of the revolution in 1959. Angela King, undersecretary general for the UN, has been in Cuba
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