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UNITED STATES: Bush lifts Libya trade sanctions US President George Bush lifted his country's trade embargo on Libya on September 20. Most of the sanctions were suspended in April, following Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi's December
#1 Socialist candidates protest Kodak closure MELBOURNE — On September 21, two Socialist Alliance candidates in the October 9 federal election — David Glanz (standing in Wills) and Sue Bolton (standing for the Senate) — participated in a
Doug Lorimer Socialist Alliance candidates have condemned Prime Minister John Howard's "anti-terrorist" pre-emptive strike policy as morally bankrupt and racist. In a September 23 media release, Lisa Macdonald, a national co-convener of the
Kim Bullimore, Tel Aviv As Israeli and international peace activists gathered outside of the David Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday night, the tune of Madonna's hit Holiday blared from the speakers, only the words had been changed. "Holiday,
A group of filmmakers attending the Melbourne International Film Festival earlier this year found themselves lamenting the absence of Australian documentaries comparable with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. With the forthcoming federal election in
"Dumping Howard on October 9 will send a clear message of our opposition to his government's unjust and illegal war on the people of Iraq. We have to repeat the lesson the Spanish people dished out to their warmongers and vote out a government that
A debate is raging in British trade unions about what sort of relationship they should have with the Labour Party. Key figures took up the debate at a September 15 fringe meeting held during the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress
Activists, campaign groups and prominent individuals across Australia have come behind the national "End the lies" demonstrations scheduled for October 2-3. Below are messages of support for the protests. Jenny Leong, Greens candidate for Sydney
John Pilger In 1983, the principal media in the Western world, which dominate much of the media in the rest of the world, were owned by 50 corporations. In 2002, this had fallen to nine transnational companies. Rampant deregulation has ended even a
Marcus Pabian, Melbourne On September 22, the Socialist Alliance held an election launch at the Trades Hall for its nine Victorian federal election candidates. "Is Australia a free democracy? Not while Craig Johnston remains a political
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart On September 18, 50 people rallied on the Parliament Lawns to launch the Socialist Alliance's election campaigns for the federal seats of Denison and Franklin. Denison candidate Kamala Emanuel said that "socialism
On October 9, it's time to go Johnny. After more than eight years of neoliberal attacks against working people and the poor; after sending Australian troops to fight unjust wars; after locking up thousands of refugees who came here seeking asylum;