Commendation
As a former United States Marine, Korean War era, I want to commend you on your stand against Bush's war. It is plain that he wants to rush into war before the November congressional elections so as to keep voters' minds off our many
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BY JAMES BALOWSKI
On September
25, two leaders of the Acehnese civil rights movement Muhammad Nasir
Azis and Kautsar bin Muhammad Yus who were abducted on September 22 by
the Indonesian military (TNI) in the northern Acehnese city of
BY JIM GREEN
"What was done at Maralinga was a cheap and nasty solution that wouldn't be adopted on white-fellas land." This comment was made by nuclear engineer and Maralinga whistle-blower Alan Parkinson on ABC radio on August 5.
Parkinson was
Support for Palestine, opposition to war in Iraq
CANBERRA — More than 160 people pledged their support for a free Palestine at a dinner on September 27. Obada Kayali spoke of the injustice committed against his people and Avigail Abarbanel, a
BY PAUL ROBERTS
MELBOURNE The Socialist Alliance's Melbourne South-East branch has preselected Josephine Cox as a candidate for the seat of Dandenong in the Victorian state election, expected before December. Cox, a TAFE student, ran for the
BY IGGY KIM
A show trial
is looming for Australian academic Lesley McCulloch, detained by the Indonesian
military in Aceh, along with US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler. Both have been charged
with alleged visa violations.
On September 23,
Questions from the Asylum: An Analysis of Australia's
Asylum and Detention Issues
By Susan Connelly
Otford Press, 2002
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REVIEW
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In early August, three revolutionary socialist organisations in the Philippines the Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Workers Party of the Philippines, PMP), the Sosyalistang Partido ng Paggawa (Socialist Party of Labour, SPP) and the Partido
BY MELINDA SMITH
SYDNEY On September 24, the Port Jackson branch of the Socialist Alliance decided that its candidate for the March 2003 state election would be Paul Benedek.
The decision to contest the seat gives voters an alternative to
BY DICK NICHOLS
[This is the text of a talk given to the final plenary of the September 22-23 Sydney Social Forum on the topic of alternatives to globalisation.]
Let me begin by asking an unpopular question and give what could well be an
Building workers march
BRISBANE Around 600 building workers, members of five unions belonging to the Building Trades Group of Unions, marched through city streets to the Queensland Master Builders Association (QMBA) offices to present their
BY BOB WING
LONDON, September 28 British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be President George Bush's only European ally in his drive for war on Iraq. But the people of the United Kingdom today forcibly demonstrated their opposition to forcible
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