BY ROHAN PEARCE
On November 3, six men in Yemen were murdered in cold blood by a US "hellfire" missile launched from a remote-controlled Predator aircraft. The men were "suspected" of being al Qaeda members.
The explosion, which obliterated the
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BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) metal division stewards arrived from all over Victoria to discuss their next enterprise bargaining campaign on November 14. Over 250 stewards gave unanimous support to a
BY ALISON DELLIT
On November 13, the Socialist Alliance condemned the November 8 United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq, arguing that it helped pave the way for war.
"Even with United Nations Security Council backing, a war on Iraq
AMWU and N14
When it was announced the November 14 anti-World Trade Organisation (WTO) unity rally in Sydney would not be marching due to fears of "violence", I was appalled. When I found that the leadership of my union, the Australian
BY STUART MUNCKTON
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has answered right-wing commentators who have attacked Brazil's new president, the Workers' Party candidate, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with the claim that Brazil will, with Venezuela and Cuba,
BY JOHN PERCY
[The following letter was sent on November 11 by Democratic Socialist Party national secretary John Percy on behalf of the political committee of the Democratic Socialist Party to the national executive of the International Socialist
MELBOURNE — With regret, the Aston branch of the Socialist Alliance has announced that Josephine Cox will no longer be standing for the alliance in the seat of Dandenong in the state elections. Aston Socialist Alliance members wish Cox all the best
MELBOURNE — A South American folk mass, sung by a 60-strong choir and accompanied by an Andean band, will be the major piece in the "Voices of the Masses" concert in Melbourne on November 22-24.
Over the last nine years, the community choir Canto
Peace danger looms
"The risk in the strategy [of allowing UN inspectors to return to Iraq], [US] officials note, is that the inspectors may visit those sites and discover nothing", — New York Times, November 14.
Washington, London and Canberra
BY BILL SMITH
The Papua New Guinea Catholic Bishops Conference on November 6 called on the PNG government to "respect human rights and accept the need to release the refugees from detention in Manus [Island]". The bishops said that the laws of PNG
BY EVA CHENG
China's drawn out process of capitalist restoration is poised to take a new leap forward after the 16th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CP), held November 8-14 in Beijing, vigorously endorsed such a move away from socialism.
The 2002 US Department of Defense report on "Allied Contribution to the Common Defense" highly praises the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' participation in operations in the Indian Ocean the past year in support of US forces.
The report, submitted to
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