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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Two hundred people attended a September 18 public forum entitled "Who's to blame: Middle Eastern people or US foreign policy?". The forum was initiated by the Socialist Alliance. "Being victims of Israel's terror
BRISBANE — Queensland's DJs, musicians, street performers and rappers have joined the long list of community groups that will be protesting at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October They will protest in their own funky style on
Sarah Peart, spokesperson for the O3 to CHOGM Alliance. The O3 to CHOGM Alliance is organising a blockade of the October 3-6 Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) in Melbourne. The media spokesperson for the group, Sarah Peart's passion about
BY EVA CHENG Until the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, most mainstream commentators were reluctant to admit that the world was confronting a synchronised new recession. Their tone universally changed after that day: they
BY SARAH PEART MELBOURNE — "Say no to war! Say no to racism!" will be the theme of the first day of a three-day blockade of the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF). Starting at 7am on October 3, the blockade will be addressed by refugee rights
BY SEAN HEALY The world's only superpower has declared the "first war of the 21st century", a "new kind of war" against "global terrorism'", a war in which "there are no rules". In a chilling parallel to threats by Islamic fundamentalists to
BY KAREN FLETCHER BRISBANE — Anti-racist activist Sam Watson is running for the Senate in Queensland as a Socialist Alliance candidate. He is a life-long campaigner for the rights of indigenous people. Green Left Weekly caught up with him to find
BY NJONGONKULU NDUNGANE Things have changed dramatically in South Africa since our first democratic elections in 1994. Sadly, we are still deeply affected by apartheid's legacies. Of overarching importance to all the people of South Africa is that
Jorge Jorquera, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Gellibrand, led a hunger strike from September 21 to 22 outside Maribyrnong detention centre. The protest finished when Jorquera and supporters were attacked with a car.
BY SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — Thousands of Ansett workers and supporters demonstrated at major airports throughout Australia on September 21. By continuing to demonstrate, as well as turning up ready to work their shifts, the workers are refusing to
BY BEN CASHDAN& DENNIS BRUTUS DURBAN — Whereas Bill Clinton entertained us with his exploits, throwing apologies around liberally afterwards, George Bush junior seems to prefer pre-climactic withdrawal. We are referring of course to the US
Que sera, sera "It happens all the time. People who are your allies at one time turn out not to be when things change. Unfortunately that's the way of the world." — Robert Korengold, a retired senior US information officer, quoted in an