BY LUKE FORMIATTI & SIMON BUTLER
BRISBANE — The Labor-controlled University of Queensland Student Union has taken drastic action to prevent students from organising against the US war drive.
After the University of Queensland Socialist Worker
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Globalisation
Prime Minister John Howard's actions during his visit to Japan remind us yet again why the economic globalisation which underpins current political decision-making is neither in the best interests of the people nor economically
BY SEAN HEALY
Cuban President Fidel Castro has condemned the terrorist attacks on Washington, DC, and New York, but has warned that "there are possibly dangerous days ahead for the world" unless the government of George W Bush realises that "None
BY JONATHAN GADIR
Cracks are emerging in Israel's social consensus about conflict with the Palestinians, as 62 high school students publicly declared their intention to refuse military service.
The declaration came in an open letter to Israel's
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REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
In an ironic illustration of the concept of "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin's name has successfully survived as the originator of
BY RAISA PAGES
HAVANA — A new world, without hunger and with justice, is possible Cuban President Fidel Castro affirmed at the closing ceremony of the first World Forum on Food Sovereignty, held September 3-7 with the participation of 300
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Boats carrying "illegal immigrants" to Australia could be "a pipeline for terrorists", defence minister Peter Reith told radio 3AW on September 13, in an opportunist attempt to make domestic political mileage out of the September
ANU union elections
@box text intr = CANBERRA — The September 3-6 Students Association elections at the Australian National University were won by the ticket associated with the incumbent officials. The left-Labor controlled Education Action
BY NORM DIXON
The May 2000 armed coup that overthrew the democratically elected Fiji Labour Party government has been formalised and legitimised. With the swearing in of a coalition government dominated by the two key Melanesian-Fijian chauvinist
BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — Despite the Queensland premier's challenge to publicly debate anti-CHOGM protesters on the issue of globalisation, Peter Beattie failed to show at the launch of the CHOGM Action Network on September 5.
Under the theme
BY SARAH STEPHEN
In comparison to the number of refugees arriving in the United States or Europe, the number of refugees arriving on Australia's shores is a mere trickle, yet the Howard government continues to whip up a frenzied state of fear
BY SARAH SEXTON
Amid the shouts of demonstrators, the protests of Southern delegations and the disagreements between the United States and European Union, the World Trade Organisation failed to launch a comprehensive revision of international trade
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