This garden has been in a drought for a long time,Once you could take hope from this garden,But for a long time you stole it,Now it is dry,No-one is thinking about the dying flowers,No-one is thinking about why children panic in their sleep at
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BY RAUL BASSI
SYDNEY — On May 18, when activists from the Bankstown branch of the Socialist Alliance went to the office at the top of the arcade, they found the place had been sealed off by the police.
After some enquiring, they learnt what had
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — More than 300 people packed the Brunswick Town Hall for Vic Little's memorial service on May 20.
Born in Mildura in 1914, the son of a poor mining family, Vic knew from an early age on what "struggling" meant.
BY ALICIA JRAPKO
More than 10,000 piqueteros (unemployed workers) marched in Buenos Aires on May 14, in a massive show of support for the workers who had occupied the Brukman textile plant. The occupiers were violently evicted by police on April
BY PATRICK BOND
HAVANA — Visitors experiencing Cuba for the first time cannot help but remark upon how the economic and political pressures being imposed on the country seem untenable. What would be possible in a just world, given Cuban society's
BY MARISOL SALINAS
MELBOURNE — Community radio station 3CR is holding its annual radiothon from June 2 to June 15. This year's theme is "3CR — the voice of dissent, a voice for peace" and the station is hoping to raise $130,000.
3CR has
By JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA — Following the breakdown of last-ditch talks in Tokyo between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Jakarta on May 19 launched a "security restoration operation" in Aceh — an all-out military
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
Still in the early stages of their pattern bargaining campaign, Victorian metal workers have already made major advances towards winning a 36-hour work week. Around 100 companies have now signed the Australian Manufacturing
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
CANBERRA — Anti-war and anti-corporate activists in the ACT have begun organising protests to take place against the Defence and Industry 2003 conference, which will be held in the National Convention Centre on June 24-26.
The
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BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — At the national Socialist Alliance conference, held on May 10-11, the delegates included a high proportion of trade unionists.
These included former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
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