BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — While Indonesian police investigations, conducted in cooperation with Australian, US, British and other police forces, continue into the October 12 Bali bombings, the policy responses to the bombing by President Megawati
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Weapons of mass destruction
Our politicians and other theorists, who will not be at risk at the sharp end of action, talk glibly of the need to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We know they are talking about weapons such as chemical,
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — For
the last two months, a coalition initiated by the Australian Fair Trade
and Investment Network has been meeting to organise a “Stop the WTO agenda”
rally for noon on November 14 in Hyde Park. Another coalition,
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — Some 10,000 workers rallied in support of Construction,
Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) leader Martin Kingham as he marched
to the Magistrates Court on October 24.
Kingham, who is the CFMEU state
BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE —
Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed by Centrelink,
the federal government's social services agency, will meet across Australia
over the two-week period beginning October 28, to the
BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY
MOSCOW — There are times when the image of Russia in the Western press calls to mind the consciousness of a schizophrenic. On the one hand, we are told that everything is fine; on the other, that everything is
BY CHRIS CAIN
As an active delegate and trade unionist and also being actively involved in the Socialist Alliance as an independent, it is my opinion that the proposal from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has not come quick enough. It should
"The Iraq story boiled over last night when the chief UN weapons inspector, Richard Butler, said that Iraq had not fully cooperated with inspectors... As a result, the UN ordered its inspectors to leave Iraq this morning." — Katie Couric, NBC's
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — Harry Quick, an anti-war federal ALP MP from Tasmania,
told a Socialist Alliance forum here on October 23 that he and several
other federal ALP MPs are prepared to vote against Australian involvement
in a war
WASHINGTON — Nothing makes a newspaper prouder than a juicy foreign-policy scoop. Except, it seems, when the scoop ends up raising awkward questions about a US administration's drive for war.
Back in 1999, major papers ran front-page
MayDay, MayDay: Songs of Solidarity
Various artists
Wobbly Radio and Unions NSW
REVIEW
BY DANIELLE BUHAGIAR
There has been a proud history of pro-worker tunes dating back to
the early days of the 20th century.
In 1915, Ralph
Bloody SundayWritten and directed by Paul GreengrassWith James Nesbitt, Declan Duddy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Mike Edmonds and Nicholas FarrellShowing at Palace Academy Twin and Norton Street Cinemas, Sydney; Nova and Rivoli Cinemas, Melbourne; and the
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