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BY MELINDA SMITH SYDNEY — On September 24, the Port Jackson branch of the Socialist Alliance decided that its candidate for the March 2003 state election would be Paul Benedek. The decision to contest the seat gives voters an alternative to
BY DICK NICHOLS [This is the text of a talk given to the final plenary of the September 22-23 Sydney Social Forum on the topic of alternatives to globalisation.] Let me begin by asking an unpopular question and give what could well be an
Building workers march BRISBANE — Around 600 building workers, members of five unions belonging to the Building Trades Group of Unions, marched through city streets to the Queensland Master Builders Association (QMBA) offices to present their
BY BOB WING LONDON, September 28 — British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be President George Bush's only European ally in his drive for war on Iraq. But the people of the United Kingdom today forcibly demonstrated their opposition to forcible
BY ROHAN PEARCE MELBOURNE — “Even if United Nations Security Council support for this war is granted, the agenda behind the war won't change”, Kim Halpin, a member of Resistance and the La Trobe University education officer, told a
The Green Left Weekly staff are taking a well-earned break this week. The next issue of GLW (#512) will be published on October 16. From Green Left Weekly, October 2, 2002. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page. 
BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — The immigration detention centre at Woomera in South Australia has been at the centre of the public controversy surrounding the mandatory detention of asylum seekers since it was opened in 1999. The brutal conditions
BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON PERTH — The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, near the Peel Inlet south of Perth, promotes itself to potential residents and eco-tourists with the slogan, "Explore the beauty". In its "Vision for the Future", the shire
BY MAX LANE JAKARTA — As the Indonesian economy sinks into even deeper crisis, a major social and political crisis has begun to unfold. This crisis began with the September 11 re-election by the Jakarta provincial parliament of retired general
BY STEPHEN MARKS MANAGUA — “Every pig has its Saturday” is a popular Nicaraguan saying, which refers to slaughter of fattened pigs on Saturdays for the weekend cooking pot. For former right-wing president Arnoldo Aleman, Saturday seems to