BRISBANE — On September 10, 100 people rallied in the Roma Street Forum as part of a global day of action in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. Dave Andrews, representing the Christian social justice group TEAR Australia, chairing the
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Mike Byrne
On September 14, Queensland National Party Senator Barnaby Joyce finally delivered PM John Howard's Coalition government the one vote required to secure passage of the bills for the full privatisation of Telstra through the Senate.
Bronwen Beechey & Andrew Martin, Auckland
The historic public servants' strike in the south Pacific country of Tonga ended on September 3 after the government agreed to the strikers' demands for 60-80% rises in pay. A memorandum of understanding
@head = UNITED STATES: Pentagon paper plans 'pre-emptive' nuclear attacks
The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions them being used in pre-emptive attacks on countries or "non-state actors" using "or
A majority of US residents believe that the US war in Iraq contributed to the slow response by the federal government to last month's hurricane disaster in New Orleans and other Gulf coast areas, according to a poll by CBS TV News. The poll, reported
Freedom Festival 2005 is a national music event to raise awareness of Amnesty International Australia's Stop Violence Against Women campaign.
International artists include Ursula Rucker (Philadelphia, US), Ben Mono (Munich, Germany) and Jah'licious
Bill Mason, Brisbane
A battle over uranium mining has divided the union movement in Queensland, following the announcement by the right-wing-led Australian Workers Union (AWU) that it will press Labor Premier Peter Beattie's government to open
Eva Cheng, Kajang
Two-hundred socialist activists and their sympathisers were joined by socialists and Malaysian political exiles from at least eight countries at Kajang near Kuala Lumpur on September 10-11 to discuss the way forward for socialist
We send solidarity greetings to Resistance's young workers' fight-back rallies at McDonald's in Sydney and Melbourne.
Last weekend, Workers Charter began a Supersize My Pay campaign with a 50-strong picket outside a KFC store in Auckland.
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Pip Hinman
The following is abridged from a speech by Pip Hinman to a Newtown community speak-out against the new terror laws on September 15. Hinman stood for the Socialist Alliance in the Marrickville by-election in NSW on September 17.
The
Andrew Hall, Buenos Aires
On September 9, at least 20,000 people marched from the congressional building to Plaza de Mayo in downtown Buenos Aires to protest against the November 4-5 visit for the Summit of the Americas by US President George
Peter Rafael, Brisbane
"The essence of the revolution is humanity — how can you oppose a process that has allowed 20,000 people to see their first sunrise; that has allowed a 70-year-old woman to write her name for the first time?", Paul Benedek,
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