LISMORE — One-hundred people participated in a Reclaim the Streets action on September 13, occupying a city street. Calling for more public space and better public transport and bicycle access, the protesters also expressed solidarity with
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"As Australia's divorce laws stand, one spouse can simply apply for a divorce and get it without any questions asked and that's the end of the marriage. Reform will force both parents to really face up to the costs of the divorce", Barry Maley told
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — On September 3, five of the candidates hoping to replace the Democrats' Gray Davis as governor of California, should he be recalled on October 7, took part in a nationally televised debate. The five were selected
1. Attend the meeting at 10 mile Bush Camp, Coober Pedy, South Australia, September 29 to October 1, an invitation to all has been extended to all! More information is at <http://www.iratiwanti.org>
2. Join the (women's only) Kungka Tjuta
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — An important victory has been won by undocumented workers in California as a result of the recall election of Democrat governor Gray Davis. To avoid being recalled in the October 7 poll, Davis has reversed his
BY CHRISTIANO KERRILA
The increasingly radical Venezuelan government headed by President Hugo Chavez is continuing its international diplomatic "offensive" against US imperialism in both its military and economic manifestations.
This offensive
BY ROBERTO JORQUERA
Since the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998 as the president of Venezuela, a process of fundamental social change has been unfolding in that country, called the "Bolivarian revolution" by its supporters. Alvaro Guzman, the
Picasso's War: The Extraordinary Story of an Artist, an Atrocity and a Painting that Changed the WorldBy Russell MartinScribner, 2003274 pages, $39.95 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"If cities are destroyed by flames, if women and children are
BY DOUG LORIMER
Desperate to reduce the burden on US troops in trying to suppress armed resistance to its occupation of Iraq, President George Bush's administration is pushing for a new UN Security Council resolution that would provide political
BY LESLIE RICHMOND
ADELAIDE — With the fate of five teachers forcibly transferred from Craigmore High School unresolved, there has been a disturbing silence from the Australian Education Union (AEU) in South Australia.
The removal of the five
CHRIS BAMBERY, national secretary of the British Socialist Workers Party (SWP), spoke to Green Left Weekly's PETER BOYLE on September 5. Bambery was in Sydney to attend the International Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2003 conference.
How big is
BY PETER BAKER
HOBART — On September 11, 150 members of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMWU) held a march and rally drawing attention to their campaign for smoke-free work places.
The protest action was called to put
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