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.
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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
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
Kamala Emanuel & Anthea Stutter, Hobart
Tasmanian Aborigines and their supporters are campaigning in favour of the Aboriginal Lands Act 2004, due before state parliament in November. The bill, introduced by the government, will hand back three Bass
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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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La Trobe University evicts NTEU
MELBOURNE — La Trobe University has served an eviction notice on the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), demanding that it vacate its office on campus by December 31. Campus unionists believe this is
Sue Bull, Geelong
The Shell oil refinery in Geelong has once again been caught out polluting Corio Bay. On November 4, Shell failed to inform the Environmental Protection Agency that a spill had reached the bay and the company was initially very
Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne
I was actively involved in the campaign for East Timor's independence throughout 1999 as a member of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor.
We were fortunate that at the time, Craig Johnston held the
Rohan Pearce
Many have spent their time since the November 2 US presidential election bemoaning the "stupidity" of US people for "re"-electing President George Bush, instead of voting for John Kerry, the alternative pro-war candidate favoured by
In this article, which first appeared in the November 9 Sydney Morning Herald, former diplomat Tony Kevin called on Australians to oppose what is happening in Fallujah.
We need to be clear on what is happening in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, about
On October 19, 2001, the "SIEV X" boat sank between Indonesian and Australian waters, taking the lives of 353 people. Amal Basry survived the tragedy and the following is her story, which she told to Mary Dagmar Davies.
Amal means hope in Arabic.
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Sam Watson, prominent Aboriginal activist and Socialist Alliance member, slammed as "racist clowns" the members of the Australian army who were revealed in the November 11 Courier Mail, standing behind Aboriginal soldiers in a
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