Federico Fuentes
Antonio Peredo Leigue, a key leader of the Movement to Socialism in Bolivia wrote in an article published on argenpress.info on November 3, "In just one day, Sunday October 31, four elections in as many countries across Latin
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Kisch in Australia — The Untold StoryBy Heidi Zogbaum, afterword by Marcus PatkaScribe Publications, Melbourne 2004240 pages, $26.95 (pb).
Just 70 years ago, on November 13, 1934, Egon Erwin Kisch, a German-writing
Lost the plot
Those in charge of the Labor Party have lost the plot. They have failed to educate the young people about Labor's objective. The election proved that the young people are going away from Labor.
In older times the Labor Party had a
John Howard's Liberal-National Coalition government sent Australian troops to join the illegal US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Until recently, Labor's policy was to bring the troops home by Christmas. But after the election, and to the dismay
Boom years
"More than 60% of all US companies paid no federal tax at all during the boom years of 1996 to 2000, the [US Congress's] General Accounting Office reports." — MSN Money website.
Like the glove puppet invites in the hand
"And so
Alex Miller
Between November 4, when they were moved to central Iraq, and November 9, four soldiers from the Scottish Black Watch regiment were killed.
On November 8, the Reuters news agency reported a British Ministry of Defence spokesman as
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Melbourne Social Forum
MELBOURNE — The first Melbourne Social Forum will be held on November 28, strengthening the city's links to the global anti-capitalist movement.
Speakers at the event, to be held at the Ceres environmental park in
Rohan Pearce
Months ago, civil libertarians and supporters of democratic rights might have greeted the news of John Ashcroft's imminent retirement from the position of US attorney-general with relief.
After all, Ashcroft, a nutty fundamentalist
On August 27, former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston was jailed for nine months for an industrial protest in defence of jobs. Despite 40-50 people being involved in the protest, only
Johnston was
Across the globe, media is debating why United States voters seem to have become more conservative. In this article abridged from the US Socialist Worker <http://www.socialistworker.org>, Lance Selfa comes to different conclusions.
Hardly
Vannessa Hearman
Geoffrey Hearman was a Socialist Alliance member and a supporter of the refugees' rights campaign. A man with a deep sense of humanity, he was also my stepfather and a man who got me interested in politics.
Born in Melbourne into
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Small wins for asylum seekers
Immigration minister Amanda Vanstone, who has fought for the strictest possible interpretations of the Migration Act, faced a small setback in the High Court on October 27.
An Iranian asylum seeker who has
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