At the founding meeting of the Socialist Alliance on February 17, representatives
of the eight founding parties — the Democratic Socialist Party, the International
Socialist Organisation, Workers Power, Workers Liberty, the Workers League,
the
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BY AL GIORDANO
While it is front-page news in South America, US President George Bush's half-billion dollar increase in funds for Plan Colombia — complete with a public relations facelift and attempted name change — has flown under the radar of
BY MARGARET PERROT
WOLLONGONG — The sacking of Dr Ted Steele from Wollongong University has attracted a great deal of media attention in the past month. Much less well known is the university's treatment of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly journalist and
HOBART — On February 24, Greens Senator BOB BROWN endorsed the May 1 (M1) protests against corporate tyranny. The protests will be held around Australia and target the Australian Stock Exchange. "M1 is a way of expressing the need for us to close
BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
DURBAN — On March 5, there were protests by AIDS activists around the world against the South African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association legal attack on South Africa's laws designed to make anti-AIDS medicines cheaper.
Imagine you are sitting your year 12 exam. Girls sit at the tables with pink-coloured test papers, while boys sit at the tables with the blue test papers. It may sound ridiculous, but this is exactly what is being proposed by the president of the
Cruelty
"[Abdurrahman Wahid's] advisers have taken to placing a vibrating mobile phone in his pocket so they can call and wake him during meetings." — The Washington Post on the Indonesian president's habit of falling asleep when he is bored.
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
On March 12, a group of 70 masked thugs armed with batons, machetes
and bamboo sticks attacked the Jakarta offices of the National Student
League for Democracy (LMND). They smashed the gate, door and windows, then
BY ANA KAILIS
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has announced that it will carry out a "marginal seats campaign" during the next federal election, which is expected before the end of the year. But are such campaigns a winning strategy for the
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
SYDNEY — After assembling in Hyde Park on March 17, 300 protesters set off on a tour of this city's most notorious corporate scumbags. The tour was organised as part of the build-up toward the May 1 blockade of the Australian
MELBOURNE — Feminist and socialist activist SURMA HAMID, from the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, has been active in the campaign to close Australia's immigration detention centres. In February, she was detained by Greek immigration
BY PETER REID
The presence of mobile phone facilities in built-up areas, particularly near houses, schools and hospitals, often triggers fierce resistance from local residents and community groups, mirroring public disquiet nationwide over the
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