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BY RENFREY CLARKE ADELAIDE — A public meeting was held by the Socialist Alliance here on August 27 at the Semaphore Workers Club. Billed as "a discussion on red and green politics and activism", the meeting attracted 25 people, many of them
BY CONN HALLINAN The decision by the US administration to sue the European Union over its moratorium on genetically modified (GM) foods before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may be aimed less at the EU than at developing countries, which are
BY SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — Postal workers took their anger at the bullying tactics of Australia Post to the streets on August 24. It was a warning to AP that postal workers were ready to fight to reverse a policy that disallows workers in AP shops
REVIEW BY ROHAN PEARCE The Trial of Henry KissingerSBSSunday, September 7, 8.30pm. When US President George Bush appointed Henry Kissinger to chair the committee of inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the resulting outcry forced Kissinger to
BY JAMES BALOWSKI JAKARTA — Taking a leaf out of US President George Bush's cynical manipulation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Indonesian military (TNI) is trying to take advantage of public fear and anger over
Recharge team makes gains in CEPU election PERTH — Candidates for the Recharge team have won all major positions other than state secretary in the Western Australian Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union election. Incumbent state
BY BARRY SHEPPARD SAN FRANCISCO — The recall election of Governor Gray Davis in California continues to generate more interest than recent elections. People throughout the state are registering to vote in record numbers. There is a sense of
The following announcement, headed "Towards a united demonstration on October 25", was posted to several email lists operated by United For Peace and Justice on August 28. UFPJ is the broadest of the anti-war coalitions in the United States. It will
BY DON MONKERUD The Bush administration has admitted that it has found the chemical weapons it went to war in Iraq over. Unfortunately, those weapons reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon and Utah. "I don't
The August 25 Australian reported that Prime Minister John Howard's government was resisting informal pressure from Washington to commit more troops to combat the growing guerrilla war being mounted by armed Iraqis resisting the US-led occupation of
BY KYLIE MOON In some of the largest university student demonstrations in five years, thousands of students rallied across the country on August 27 as part of a national day of action against the government's attempts to accelerate privatisation of
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — The federal Coalition government's "Fairer Medicare" proposal has sparked considerable community outrage. In the North-East of Melbourne, the Darebin Defend and Extend Medicare group is campaigning against the