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PERTH — The Socialist Alliance has announced that it will be running six candidates in the WA state elections, scheduled for February 26. Ian Jamieson and Sam Wainwright, two Fremantle wharfies, are running for the Socialist Alliance in the South
On January 28, security forces at the Cairo Book Fair arrested three activists associated with the Center for Socialist Studies, and charged them with disseminating false propaganda against the ruling regime. The first to be arrested were Mawa
On January 29, police officers in Port Sudan opened fire on a protesting crowd, killing 23 people, including two children. The police then detained 150 protesters. The protesters were members of eastern tribes, particularly the Beja tribe, who have
#2 Sacked lifesavers picket base WOLLONGONG — The crew of Wollongong's Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter is continuing its five-week-long campaign to be reinstated. The crew was stood down on December 24 after voicing concerns about poor
Rohan Pearce For most activists in the global anti-war movement, it's obvious that the US-engineered January 30 elections in Iraq have not ushered in a new era of democracy nor fundamentally changed the nature of the brutal, US-led occupation. But
The Public Broadcasting Service pulled an episode of the children's television show Postcards From Buster on January 26 because it featured lesbian parents. In the episode, cartoon rabbit Buster visited the home of real-life children and their "mom
Pip Hinman The February 1 Sydney Morning Herald carried an opinion piece by Gerard Henderson of the right-wing Sydney Institute attacking leading figures in the anti-war movement for supporting the right of Iraqis to resist the US-led occupation of
Looking at a map of the world, where would you expect to find a clandestine nuclear project? A project shrouded in secrecy that is attempting to make the process of enriching uranium cheaper, easier and more mobile? An attempt to develop technology
One year after the death of 17-year-old Aboriginal man Thomas "TJ" Hickey, the Redfern community is still fighting for justice. TJ was riding his bike in Waterloo, Sydney, on February 14, 2004, when he was impaled on a metal fence after being
Message Stick: Crossing the Line — Two non-Indigenous medical students work in a remote Aboriginal community where their precepts and ideas are deeply challenged. ABC, Friday, February 11, 6pm. Compass: Prom Fight, the Marc Hall Story — Young,
Making a killing I "The US occupation authority that governed Iraq after the 2003 invasion did not properly safeguard [US]$8.8 billion of Iraq's money, leaving the funds open to corruption, a US audit released on Sunday has said... One of the main
As the radical left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) looks increasingly likely to win government at the next presidential election, the US has manufactured a crisis in order to force the government to give up its anti-aircraft