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Flower power in Toowoomba

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

The bell tolls for us

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

Free tickets for Brisbane readers

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

Sherman Austin: 'They don't have the capacity to silence us all!'

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

The official opposition fails again

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

The movement against the Vietnam War - its lessons for today

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

CANADA: Tories ousted in Ontario

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

CFMEU imposes work ban on Sunshine pool

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

Council votes to support Afghan refugees

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

Jim Cairns and the dilemma of the Labor left

BY JIM McILROY Jim Cairns, the most prominent leader of the mass protests in the early 1970s against Australia's involvement in the US war against Vietnam and standard-bearer of the Victorian ALP parliamentary left of his generation, died on

A Woman's Place is in the Struggle: Commercial reality check

Reality TV is designed to bring out the worst in people. On October 20, the top-rating Australian Idol — a glorified talent quest — really delivered the goods when "judge" and music industry heavy Ian "Dicko" Dickenson counselled beautiful and

Passionate protest in Melbourne

BY KARL MILLAR MELBOURNE — Around 1200 people gathered outside the State Library to protest against the visit of US President George Bush, also the world's number one terrorist. The protest featured the many home-made banners and placards that