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Follow Spain - Troops out! Howard out!

Anti-war activists have refused to be silenced or intimidated in the wake of the September 9 bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta. It is crucial for the anti-war movement to remain steadfast in its vocal and determined opposition to the

Free Craig Johnston campaign gathers support

Sue Bolton On September 10, the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) executive unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its "concern at the jailing of Craig Johnston and the excessive length of the custodial sentence imposed by the Court of

Detained for 2192 days

Andrew Hall On September 9, Australia's longest-serving political prisoner, Peter (Muhammad) Qasim, had been held in immigration detention for six years. An August 6 High Court decision means that Qasim is one of a the "stateless" asylum seekers

Indigenous candidate joins socialist Senate team

Well-known Indigenous activist Ray Jackson will run alongside Kylie Moon on the Socialist Alliance ticket for the Senate in NSW. Jackson is the president of the Indigenous Social Justice Association. For more information visit

'Being stateless is not a crime!'

'Being stateless is not a crime!' Andrew Hall, Canberra Protesters gathered in several cities around Australia for the September 9 "national day of shame", marking stateless refugee Peter Qasim's seventh year in detention. At the Canberra

Socialist Alliance hits the coast.

Socialist Alliance's Sue Bull reports from the election campaign trail on September 11. Armed with a one-tonne ute, a two-metre-high billboard, red flags and a megaphone, Socialist Alliance candidates Tim Gooden and Chris Johnson headed off into

Iraq war has increased terrorism: 'troops out now!'

Kerryn Williams Anti-war activists have claimed that the September 9 bombing near the Australian embassy in Jakarta proves that invading Iraq has not made the world a safer place. "This bombing in Jakarta is a tragedy. But the bigger tragedy is

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2 Free Craig Johnston campaign gains support SYDNEY — The campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston has achieved its first union support in NSW, with the adoption of motions of support by three local branches of the NSW

A woman's place is in the struggle: Burmese military regime sanctions rape

"The military, mostly high-ranking officers, continued to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities between 2003 into 2004", the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organisation for groups of different ethnic origin, said in a report,

Iraqi resistance pushes the US back

Doug Lorimer Iraqi resistance fighters are steadily rolling back the US-led occupation of their country, turning one city after another into a "no-go" zone for the occupation troops. Over the past eight months, US troops have been driven out of

Bankstown students reject admin attacks

Stuart Munckton& Sarah Alamein, Sydney "Why do we need a brand new garden bed? I just want access to courses!" said University of Western Sydney (UWS) student Melissa Abram to 100 cheering students on September 8 at a speak-out against course cuts

On the box

Ochre and Water — The Himba people of Namibia are on a collision course with the forces of progress due to a massive dam that would provide much-needed energy but would flood huge tracts of Himba land, destroying sacred grave sites and vital