BRISBANE — Labor foreign affairs spokesperson Kevin Rudd was spotted reading up on the Socialist Alliance's policies at a September 27 Politics in the Pub. Along with Rudd, the forum was addressed by the Greens, Democrats and Socialist Alliance
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Peter Robson, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for Newcastle, talks to Green Left Weekly's Kerry Vernon about the federal election campaign.
Both the major parties have been doling out election promises over the past few weeks, what do you think
Max Lane
On October 1, Indonesian president-in-waiting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would study and possibly review a controversial military bill that was adopted by the outgoing House of Representatives on the last day of its five-year term on
Norm Dixon
The clock is ticking. If global industry's greenhouse gas emissions do not begin to be significantly and rapidly reduced within decades, humanity faces potentially catastrophic consequences. Yet, confronted with the world's most
Steve Dargavel
It's important for us to understand the lead-up to the court case against [former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian branch secretary] Craig Johnston. The election of the Kennett state government in 1992 and the Howard
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Candidates address WEL forum
BRISBANE — On September 20, candidates from the ALP, the National Party, the Greens, the Democrats and the Socialist Alliance answered questions about their policies for women at a West End forum organised by
Kylie Moon
I was shocked to hear that the NSW and Victorian prison administrations had decided to block the distribution of election information to prisoners. This decision follows an August federal act that took the vote away from prisoners
On September 28, more than 50 people, including guest speaker Rodney Croome, attended the launch of the Greens Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex policy. Green Left Weekly's Rachel Evans caught up with Jenny Leong, Greens candidate for
Roberto Jorquera
On the day after his decisive victory in the August 15 presidential recall referendum, leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a victory celebration by tens of thousands of his supporters: "The recall referendum was not just
Rohan Pearce
In the lead-up to the November 2 US presidential election, the number of US casualties caused by Washington's attempt to conquer Iraq is a politically sensitive issue for the Bush administration. But, try as they might, the White House
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Students boycott 'holding pens'
DARWIN — Postgraduate students at Charles Darwin University have launched protest action after more than 30 students were informed about their forced relocation to what the CDU Postgraduate Students'
The Australian Greens are on the verge of a major breakthrough at the October 9 election. Green Left Weekly's Alex Bainbridge spoke with Greens leader Bob Brown about why this is the case and what it means for Australian politics.
Brown told GLW
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