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Socialist Alliance elect activist candidates

BY ALANA KERR SYDNEY — In the last two weeks, four branches of the Socialist Alliance in metropolitan Sydney have pre-selected their lower house candidates for the upcoming federal election. These candidates, in the seats of Kingsford Smith,

Corporate Scumbag: (S)Hell in Nigeria

(S)Hell in Nigeria The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, commonly knowN as Shell, controls over 1,700 companies and is one of the largest producers of petroleum and related products in the world. Some of its largest operations are in Nigeria, where it

UNITED STATES: Death, Downtown

BY MICHAEL MOORE LOS ANGELES, September 12 — I was supposed to fly today on the 4.30pm American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in LA with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where

A witness, not a victim

A Place to StandJimmy Santiago BacaGrove Press, 2001US$24.95 (available at <http://www.amazon.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Jimmy Santiago Baca loves good food. He has eaten in the finest restaurants of Santa Fe, LA and Europe. He still

ISRAEL: Attack on US leaves Israel the winner

BY AHMAD NIMER RAMALLAH — If those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, believed they were acting on behalf of the victims of US imperialism, the events of the last few days in the occupied Palestinian territories

Sinking the WTO

BY SEAN HEALY If you've seen the movie, you'll know that, once it had hit the iceberg, the Titanic took a long time to sink. That might be just what we're seeing happen to the World Trade Organisation. Almost two full years after its plans to

Socialist Alliance briefs

Socialist Alliance briefs Speakout supports refugee rights BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in

Students build CBF protests

BY MATT RICH MELBOURNE — Many students are expected to attend protests outside the October 3-5 Commonwealth Business Forum, as activists have been fiercely publicising the events. At Melbourne University, support for the blockade is growing

And Ain't I a Woman: Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM

Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM BY MICHELLE BREAR Since the emergence of the anti-corporate movement in Seattle in 1999, women have played an integral role in organising and leading protests against the agendas of imperialist

By any means necessary

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent ConflictBy Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVallPalgrave, 2000505 pages., $35.00 (pb) REVIEW BY JONATHAN STRAUSS A Force More Powerful tells a lot of history: general strikes, boycotts, demonstrations,

War can't stop terrorism

BY NORM DIXON In the aftermath of the horrific obliteration of New York City's landmark World Trade Center towers by terrorists on September 11, the US government is rapidly preparing the ground for a massive military attack — most probably

A small ugly Satan

Those who have followed the work of Green Left Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan). Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further