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ALP steps to the right

BY ALISON DELLIT The ALP's current navel-gaze reminds me somewhat of the Time Warp. Not John Howard's back-to-the-1950s time warp, but the Rocky Horror dance: a jump to the "left", a step to the "right", a bit of pelvic thrusting and you end up

AFGHANISTAN: US explosives continue to kill innocents

BY ROBERT FISK Tamim's family live in Joee Sheer, which means "stream of milk". But, outside his slum home, a stream of warm, reeking sewage flows. Never was there more reason to take off your shoes at a wooden door. Inside, you climb a narrow

Arrests at Narangba site

BY NICOLE HOYE BRISBANE — Construction of Steritech's food irradiation facility at Narangba has resumed after police broke a protest picket on August 13. No work had been done at the site since 200 people picketed on August 7. The

'Fair go' for asylum seekers

REVIEW BY SHANE HOPKINSON The Future Seekers: Refugees and the Law in Australia By Mary Crock and Ben SaulFederation Press 2002152 pages, $24.95Order at <http://www.fedpress.aust.com/Books/CrockFutSeek.html> The Future Seekers is a

Woomera song: 'I guess I get a little emotional sometimes

The days are getting colderThey stretch before me all in a lineEach night gets a little bit longerAnd these stars that once were strange now I call mineOh, it's been so long since I saw her faceAnd I just can't find my way out of this placeI took the

News briefs

Fish farm protested BRISBANE — Around 500 people took to the water on August 14 in the biggest protest yet against plans to build a fish farm the size of four football fields in Moreton Bay. The protesters, representing 50 environment,

Defending domestic violence

BY VIRGINIA BROWN PERTH — "Today, men are the only standing target. It is no longer permissible to take potshots at women. A few decades of lobbying by women activists has taken care of that. But men are still fair game for television

Polls register growing sympathy for asylum seekers

BY SARAH STEPHEN It is clear to many people, just from day-to-day experience, that public opinion has become enormously polarised on the issue of asylum seekers. This polarisation reflects a positive trend — that while support for the

Socialist Alliance

Solidarity with Craig Johnston MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance is organising a public meeting in solidarity with the elected Victorian leader of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston and the “Skilled Six” on September

PHILIPPINES: Socialists unite in new party

[The following statement was issued on August 5 by the central committee of the newly formed Workers Party of the Philippines.] MANILA — In a historic step forward for the Philippine left, more than a hundred delegates from three

Victorian AMWU members resist Cameron coup

BY SIMON MILLAR MELBOURNE — On August 12, Denis Matson, one of the two national industrial officers for the printing division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union was summarily sacked by AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron, and

and ain't i a woman: action' in the ALP?

... and ain't i a woman: 'Affirmative action' in the ALP? The National Committee of Review's report into the Labor Party, headed by former prime minister Bob Hawke and former NSW premier Neville Wran, has been angrily criticised by the