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Socialist Alliance applies for registration

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance lodged its application for registration as a political party with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) on August 29, submitting the details of its 763 Victorian members. Success in the

Telstra sell-off: Regional customers will suffer

BY ALISON DELLIT "Barry ... said Sammy looked a little bit blue and he was gasping... [Barry] went to ... use the phone and it didn't work, so then he said 'I'll run [to the farm down the road] and I'll get an ambulance'... Later, Sammy made this

Campuses protest on Tampa Day

Curtin University JANE ARMANASCO & MARK HEWITT report that Curtin University Refugee Rights Action Network activists set up a mock detention centre and campaigning stall on August 26. More than 1000 leaflets were distributed to questioning students

Socialist Alliance selects candidate

BY PAUL MILLER MELBOURNE — The Melbourne West branch of the Socialist Alliance on August 27 selected Justine Kamprad as its candidate for Footscray in the next Victorian election. Kamprad is an activist in the Australian Manufacturing

AMWU dispute explained

SYDNEY — The national and Victorian leaderships of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union are in dispute. The national leadership recently stood down the Victorian secretary Craig Johnston and, against the wishes of the Victorian branch,

Hundreds turn out for Skilled Six fundraiser

BY SUE BULL MELBOURNE — Despite much adverse publicity, 400 supporters of the Skilled Six turned out on August 30 at Williamstown Town Hall for a dinner to raise funds to help cover their legal costs. It was a tremendous show of

Protest flotilla targets threat to Morton Bay

BY ANDREW PHILLIPS BRISBANE — Five-hundred people took the water on August 14 to protest the Queensland Labor government's plan to allow the Sun Aqua company to build a multi-million dollar sea cages and fish farms in a pristine part of Morton

Bruce Springsteen: A hymn to humanity not patriotism

The Rising Bruce Springsteen Sony Music REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE Bruce Springsteen's new album, The Rising, has been marketed as vigorously as his 1984 Born in the USA album and, as with that album, has achieved massive

Tampa Day across Australia

Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Wollongong, WILL WILLIAMS, Brisbane"> Tampa Day across Australia Tampa Day across Australia Brisbane BILL MASON reports that around 150 people rallied and marched in inner

Johnston addresses packed meeting

BY TIM STEWART BRISBANE — To a packed Kurilpa Hall of 90 people, Craig Johnston, Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), gave a gripping account of union struggle Workers First-style. Organised by the

Human rights all at sea

BY ROBERT COX SYDNEY — On August 24-25, just before the anniversary of the Tampa incident on August 26, a conference was held in Sydney titled, "The Tampa: one year on". Pax Christi Australia (NSW) and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship organised an

Unrepentant rebel confronts war fever

JerusalemSteve EarleArtemis RecordsAvailable form <http://www.artemisrecords.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Steve Earle is unrepentant, as one of his toughest songs declares. He makes no apologies for his past dissent and rebellion, and he