BY TERRICA STRUDWICK& RUSSELL PICKERING
BRISBANE — On October 19, 90 people gathered in King George Square to remember the 353 men, women and children who drowned in October 2001 while trying to reach Australian shores aboard the SIEV-X. The
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CANBERRA — Alastair Grieg, a Socialist Alliance member and lecturer at the Australian National University, outlined the main aims and "sorrows" of US imperialism at a public meeting held here on October 16.
He
BY ROBYN MARSHALL
TOOWOOMBA — I love gardens. The vast diversity of flowers, bushes and trees is a remarkable tribute to nature and its evolutionary development over millions of years. It is a continual source of wonder.
You may not think
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — "An attack on Medicare is an attack on the community itself", David O'Byrne, Tasmanian secretary of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, told a "Save Medicare" rally on October 22.
Delegations from
BY JOHN TOMLINSON
Economic fundamentalism has created a sordid situation for poor people, here and overseas. There are ways in which each one of us can play a part in undermining the damaging impacts of such policies.
The cure lies in recognising
BY AMANDA ZIVCIC
When the US-based anarchist web site Raise the Fist (<http://www.raisethefist.com>) was first shut down, there was an outpouring of support for its creator, Sherman Austin. And since Austin's sentencing on August 4 to a
BRISBANE — Green Left Weekly has three double passes to The Weather Underground, which is showing at the Schonell Theatre, Union Road, St Lucia, until November 12. The first three callers to phone (07) 3358 5032 after 6pm on october 31 will each
BY DOUG LORIMER
A national anti-war conference, called by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign (VMC) and held in Sydney in February 1971, endorsed proposals to build the movement against the Vietnam War. We in the socialist youth organisation Resistance
Right-wing US President George Bush told federal parliament on October 23 that PM John Howard was a "man of steel" for sending Australian troops to join the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. What did the Labor opposition MPs do? They joined
BY BARRY WEISLEDER
Eight years of right-wing Conservative Party rule in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, came to a crashing halt on October 2. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty, swept into government, capturing 72 of 103
BY BRADLEY SIMS
ALBANY, WA — On October 21, Albany City Council passed a motion to support the city's Afghan Hazara refugees' claims for permanent residency. More than 100 people attended the council meeting. Bradley Sims, Rafiq Alizadah, Paul
BY SONJA FORSBERG
MELBOURNE — Two-hundred residents cheered Martin Kingham, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), when he announced at a rally outside the Sunshine Swim and Leisure
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