Alex Milne
We now have scientific confirmation that sit-ins, rallies and boycotts are more likely to influence the government's environmental policy than schmoozing to politicians.
A study by American sociologist Jon Agnone, published in New
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Bill Nevins, New York
The August 30-September 2 Republican National Convention in New York City was marked by systematic and cynical violation of the free speech and free assembly rights of those protesting President George Bush and his war on
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Timor benefit concert
BRISBANE — Several hundred people crowded into the No 12 Lounge Bar in Fortitude Valley on September 9 for the "Dem Belly Full?" benefit concert for East Timor.
The event was sponsored by the Roots 'n' All Foundation
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John Howard yaps behind the US and British dogs of war while his faithful warmongrel, Larry Anthony, obsesses with the vital events of our time — the Casino/Murwillumbah railway and the Ocean Shores sports field — in an attempt to blinker
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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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
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