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Stop the corporate takeover of Thirroul

Chris Williams, Wollongong Residents of Thirroul, a suburb north of Wollongong, are outraged at plans to redevelop the Beaches Hotel site in the main street. Wests Illawarra Leagues Club has submitted a development application to Wollongong City

The other history wars

The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Romeby Michael ParentiThe New Press, 2003276 pages, $43 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Julius Caesar, supreme commander of the Roman Republic, should have followed the local augur's

IRAQ: US opposes Kurdish self-determination

Rohan Pearce When US President George Bush made his "case" for invading Iraq, he didn't only cite Iraq's (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction as a justification. The White House warmongers, and their British and Australian collaborators, also

Nettle attacks Latham over gay marriage ban

Jon Edwards, Canberra On February 4, Greens senator Kerry Nettle expressed concern at comments made by federal ALP leader Mark Latham that rule out a future Labor government's support for gay marriage. At the time he was elected as ALP

UNITED STATES: Bush wounded by WMD revelations

Jack A. Smith, New York US President George Bush's administration is now frantically attempting to defuse three crises at once resulting from its invasion of Iraq. These are the persistent guerrilla campaign against the occupation; deepening

Loose cannons

Evil genius I "Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole? It's a nice way to operate, actually." — US Vice-President Dick Cheney, quoted in USA Today, January 19. Evil genius II "In a well-reported piece

Nauru report 'ridiculous'

Sarah Stephen The Australian government delegation sent to the Pacific island state of Nauru to assess its health services on January 12-14 released the report of its findings on January 29. The delegation was given narrow terms of reference for

Socialists mobilise for election

During the short Queensland election campaign, the three Socialist Alliance candidates mobilised more than 100 supporters to take socialism to the electorate. Adrian Skerritt, candidate for Inala, received 3.1% of the primary vote, after running a

BRITAIN: A 'mighty political force' to take on Labour

Julian Coppens, London "Nothing other than a mighty new political force has been born!", bellowed George Galloway in his closing speech to more than 1500 activists, who assembled on January 25 at Freedom House in London for the founding

Challenge to Peter Beattie

Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Brisbane Coral Wynter held a Challenge to Beattie rally on February 4. "We all know that Premier Peter Beattie will win this election", Wynter said. "The real question is: what will Labor do with its

NSW TAFE anti-fees campaign

Leon Parissi, Sydney Thousands of NSW TAFE students face a massive fees hike this year. A union- and student-based campaign to oppose the new fees has built up a head of steam since the middle of last year. Unionists oppose the fees because public

Write on: Letters to the editor

Che anti-queer I was glad to see the Socialist Alliance attend this year's Queer Pride March. It is important that the left continue to have a presence at the event. However, I was not impressed with your choice of banner. Taking a banner featuring