BY EVA CHENG
Even before news of the latest corporate scams exploded in late June, the London-based Economist on May 18 published a 20-page defence of capitalism. The article began with the claim that "the capitalist system has proved surprisingly
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BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY The proceedings have been more like a prosecution of the
union than a genuine investigation of the building industry This was
how Andrew Ferguson, secretary of the NSW Construction, Forestry, Mining
and
This message of condolence and solidarity was sent to the Worker Communist Parties of Iran and Iraq following the death of Mansoor Hekmat.
Dear comrades, the members of the Democratic Socialist Party of Australia extend our sincere condolences to
BY EMMA CLANCY
PERTH — Murdoch University hosted the 2002 Students and Sustainability Conference, held July 7-13. The conference was attended by around 500 students, there to learn about and discuss environmental and human rights campaigns.
Hell Stirs in HeavenBy Anita Caratelliself-published, Melbourne, 2001$25, order at <acspecials@yahoo.com>
REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE
Most Australians are only vaguely aware of the Torres Straits islands. Most have heard of Eddie Mabo, the
BY NORM DIXON
Residents in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha (near Cape Town), rebelled on July 8 in response to a raid by police and municipal officials. Community anger boiled over when a council sheriff attempted to repossess an elderly pensioner's
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — The federal government's "Pacific solution" is likely to be become the "Christmas Island solution" when a 1200-bed detention centre is finished there in March 2003, Anne Coombs, from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR),
BY STACEY BRENNAN & EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — The National Union of Students (NUS) National Education Conference, held July 5-7, was attended by 400 students. An endorsement of the campus refugee sanctuary campaign as "an idea worthy of further
SYDNEY — More than 40 people gathered in Parramatta Mall on July 9 to protest against the public executions that have taken place recently in Iran and the failure of the UN to condemn human rights abuses there.
Speakers also condemned the
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and
Make Tasmania a refugee safe haven. End mandatory detention.
Jobs not profits. A shorter working week with no loss in pay. Nationalise under workers' and community control companies that threaten mass sackings. Abolish youth wages.
A massive
500th issue Australian solidarity messages
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