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CANADA: Indigenous activist harassed

BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — Sunkmanitu Tanka Isnala Najin, or Wolf Smoke, is an Indigenous person of Mohawk, Lakota and Seneca heritage. His tireless defence of Indigenous people's rights in North America has brought down the wrath of the Canadian

Judy Davis: 'We do not support your war'

BY JUDY DAVIS I remember my horror the day in 1991 that the US military attacked the retreating Iraqi army on the road from Kuwait to Basra in Iraq. The war had been won, Saddam Hussein had announced a complete troop withdrawal from Kuwait in

On the box

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Sacrificing freedom for 'security'

It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America after September 11 Edited by Danny Goldberg, Victor Goldberg and Robert Greenwald RDV Books, 2002 362 pages, $39.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON One month after the September 11,

Time to unite for a strong Socialist Alliance

BY RAUL BASSI I am thrilled about the level of discussion on left unity. I have never before seen such a large number of contributions to such a discussion. I come from an old tradition of activism, politics and trade unionism. The best I can do is

INDIA: Communists discuss resistance to 'communal fascism'

BY DOUG LORIMER DELHI — “Red resistance to saffron subversion” was the central theme of the seventh congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) held November 25-30 in the city of Patna, capital of Bihar state, in

Christmas parade floats cause a stir

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Two floats in the November 30 Launceston Christmas parade have sparked a string of letters in the Examiner, the town's daily tabloid. The Peace on Earth float was entered by a coalition of No War on Iraq,

Behind the Greens' increased vote

BY ALISON DELLIT The Greens scored a whopping 9.2% of the vote across Victoria in the November 30 state election. This was just the latest in a string of successes that began with a better than expected result in the Western Australian

River cruise for Green Left Weekly

PERTH — Seventy-five people dined and wined on a November 30 river cruise on the Swan River. Greetings were presented by trade unionist Craig Johnston and Democratic Socialist Party member Anthony Benbow. The cruise raised $900 for Green Left

EAST TIMOR: Anger at poverty and corruption sparks unrest

BY JON LAND Dili, the capital of East Timor, was hit by a wave of protests and riots on December 3-4. The unrest culminated in at least two deaths and scores of injured, when police fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse angry crowds of

PHILIPPINES: Workers denounce globalisation and war

MANILA — Some 20,000 militant workers, together with the urban poor and student youth, celebrated National Heroes Day on November 30 with a vow to “continue Gat Andres Bonifacio's struggle by resisting imperialist globalisation and war”.

'No to war'

BY CHRIS LATHAM PERTH - On December 8, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth to oppose the impending war in Iraq. Organised by the NOWAR Alliance, the protest demanded: no war on Iraq; no Australian support for war; an end to sanctions on Iraq;