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Sunrise protest

SYDNEY — Socialist Alliance members protested outside Channel 7's new Sunrise studio in Martin Place on 'Truthful Tuesday', September 28. The activists displayed signs with anti-war and other slogans that could be seen in the background of the

Rodents lay trap for Downer

MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance laid a trap for foreign minister Alexander Downer as he was to address a conference on human rights in Iraq on October 1. With a rodent trap baited with cheese made of lies, Socialist Alliance activists dressed

Sri Lankan asylum seekers face deportation

Sarah Stephen The plight of hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, many of them living in Australia without the right to work, Medicare or government benefits, was largely invisible until the Victorian Tamil Cultural Association raised the alarm on

Thousands march for refugees

Tony Iltis, Melbourne More than 3000 people joined a march on October 1, organised by the Refugee Action Collective, to call for an end to the persecution of refugees in Australia and an end to the Coalition government. Speakers included Annette

Who stands up for the Greens' principles?

This open letter was sent from the Melbourne west branch of the Socialist Alliance to the Melbourne inner west branch of the Victorian Greens on September 30. We write to communicate our disappointment and surprise at the decision of the inner west

Rudd reads socialist manifesto

BRISBANE — Labor foreign affairs spokesperson Kevin Rudd was spotted reading up on the Socialist Alliance's policies at a September 27 Politics in the Pub. Along with Rudd, the forum was addressed by the Greens, Democrats and Socialist Alliance

'Real change happens outside parliament'

Peter Robson, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for Newcastle, talks to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's Kerry Vernon about the federal election campaign. Both the major parties have been doling out election promises over the past few weeks, what do you think

INDONESIA: Controversial new military law adopted

Max Lane On October 1, Indonesian president-in-waiting Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would study and possibly review a controversial military bill that was adopted by the outgoing House of Representatives on the last day of its five-year term on

Greenhouse denial: Australia's Kyoto treaty shame

Norm Dixon The clock is ticking. If global industry's greenhouse gas emissions do not begin to be significantly and rapidly reduced within decades, humanity faces potentially catastrophic consequences. Yet, confronted with the world's most

Why the bosses wanted to get rid of Craig Johnston

Steve Dargavel It's important for us to understand the lead-up to the court case against [former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian branch secretary] Craig Johnston. The election of the Kennett state government in 1992 and the Howard

News briefs #2

#2 Candidates address WEL forum BRISBANE — On September 20, candidates from the ALP, the National Party, the Greens, the Democrats and the Socialist Alliance answered questions about their policies for women at a West End forum organised by

Whose justice?

Kylie Moon I was shocked to hear that the NSW and Victorian prison administrations had decided to block the distribution of election information to prisoners. This decision follows an August federal act that took the vote away from prisoners