Michael Ascroft, Melbourne
On October 2-3, the socialist youth organisation Resistance, which is affiliated to the Socialist Alliance, held its 43th national conference at Trades Hall in Melbourne. Participants from Resistance branches across
645
John Pilger, London
Here are questions that are not being asked about the latest twist of a cynical war. Were explosives and a remote-control detonator found in the car of the two British SAS special forces men "rescued" from prison in Basra on
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
Commercial media, politicians and business commentators are describing as a "rail crisis" the September 27 announcement by Pacific National Tasmania that it will cease freight rail services between Hobart and Burnie unless
Alison Thorne, Melbourne
Craig Hall lives with a diagnosed mental illness
and receives a Disability Support Pension. He's smart, hard-working and keen to get part-time work.
Although his work experience is scant, he's qualified in food
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The federal government will allow logging to occur at Recherche Bay, despite including the area on the National Heritage List on October 6.
Recherche Bay was the site of two French landings in 1792-93, notable for the
On September 29, the First People of the Kalahari (FPK), the grassroots organisation of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, who are fighting for their right to return to their ancestral homeland, were awarded Sweden's Right Livelihood Award, known as the
Ben Courtice, Melbourne
Two days after the October 1 terrorist bombing in Bali, 70 people protested outside the Victorian Supreme Court against the government's new terror laws, and in support of the democratic rights of terrorism suspect Jack
An 82-year-old man was evicted from the Labour Party conference on September 28 and then refused re-entry under "terrorism" laws. Foreign secretary Jack Straw told delegates that British troops were in Iraq "for one reason only" — to help the
Jim McIlroy
Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed in Centrelink are holding rolling stop-work meetings around the country in their campaign for a fair enterprise bargaining agreement. The previous agreement expired on
Graham Matthews, Sydney
"War represents a total failure of the human spirit", declared renowned journalist Robert Fisk at his packed-out Sydney university lecture on October 5. "If you could see what I've seen, you would never support a war."
Luke Fomiatti, Sydney
Students are claiming victory after the University of Western Sydney allowed a forum with Iraqi trade unionist Farouk Isma'al to go ahead on September 21 on the Bankstown campus.
They had been told that the forum, to be held
On October 16, 1968, two coloured US athletes, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, caused a sensation when they bowed their heads and raised their fists in a Black Power salute during the US national anthem at a medal award ceremony at the Mexico City
- Page 1
- Next page