BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — "US troops [in Iraq] are forced to stay inside their bases most of the time, and when they do emerge, they are attacked", US socialist Paul D'Amato told a public meeting organised by Socialist Alternative on
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Stuck with old script
"If we're successful in Iraq . . . then we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of ... the geographic base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11." — US
BY PAUL BENEDEK
The socialist movement lost an inspiring campaigner when Socialist Alliance member and Green Left Weekly supporter Jim Dooley died in Gosford, on the NSW Central Coast, on September 15, aged 73.
Jim, who had been a longtime,
There was little doubt about what feelings dwell in the heart of Negro Alpius Kogoyo, head of the Lani tribe of Mimika and commander of the Peoples Opposed to the Division of Papua.
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Mootaz Attia, known in Australia as Abu Quassey, a self-proclaimed people smuggler of Egyptian nationality, went on trial in Egypt on September 13 for the manslaughter of 353 people on the boat now known as SIEV-X ("suspected
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — Plans to give US President George Bush the welcome he deserves are well underway in Melbourne. An ad hoc committee to organise against Bush's visit to Australia was formed on September 20. A mix of peace
Medicare campaign
Tom Freeman and Patrick McLeish, leading members of the International Socialist Organisation in Melbourne, take issue with parts of my interview (Green Left Weekly #553) with Gary Harper, president of the Darebin Defend and Extend
BY BENJAMIN DANGL
SANTIAGO — Days before the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that overthrew the left-wing government of President Salvador Allende, half of the people on Santiago's busiest street were shopping. The other half were
BY MATTHEW DIMMOCK
BANGKOK — An estimated 3000 farmers and activists converged on the US embassy and European Union Commission in Bangkok on September 9 to demand an immediate end to trade liberalisation and unfair agricultural trade rules, which
Forum marks Chile coup
BRISBANE â On September 11, 100 people attended a "People's Forum" to mark the 30th anniversary of the military coup which overthrew left-wing Chilean president Salvador Allende.
Greetings were given to the gathering by
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — At its September 15 meeting, attended by more than 60 people, the newly formed Stop the War Coalition decided to organise a giant protest when US President George Bush visits Australia in late October.
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Across Australia, people are planning to travel to Canberra to protest against US President George Bush's visit to Australia, likely to be in the few days after October 21. Solidarity protests are also being planned in a number of cities. Planned so
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