Zionism and Palestine
The views outlined by Kimberley James Roachelle (Write On, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly #544) are a very clear-cut case of ignoring those aspects of Zionist history and its dispossession of the Palestinians that conflict with her
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BY SUE BOLTON
Anyone who thinks union militancy is dead, hasn't been paying much attention lately. In the last two months, the WA and Victorian branches of the Maritime Union of Australia and the Victorian branch of the postal union have elected
BY DOUG LORIMER
On July 21, the first contingent of some 155 Australian Federal Police (AFP) and 1500 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, including 200 combat troops, began departing for the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara. They will be
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — A special meeting of the Walk Against the War Coalition, the group which organised the 500,000-strong February 16 anti-war rally, will be held to decide the coalition's future. The meeting will be on August 18.
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Medicare public forum
ADELAIDE — A July 16 public meeting on defending Medicare organised by the Socialist Alliance was attended by 40 people.
The meeting was addressed by Fran Baum, professor of public health at Flinders University; Dr David
Victor Serge: the Course is Set on HopeBy Susan WeissmanVerso, 2001364 pages, $77 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Poverty and persecution dogged Victor Serge all his life. Ten of his 57 years were spent in jails, he was stalked by "security" police
By RICHARD LEVINS
Every once in a while, stories appear in the corporate press about "Castro's secret biological weapons". The term "Castro" is used interchangeably with "Cuba". The stories usually originate in publications linked to right-wing
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — The inherent tensions in the US-sponsored "Road Map to Peace" have become all too apparent. The Israeli government has not ceased its acts of terrorism against the Palestinian population in the West Bank and the Gaza
BY SAM RIXON
The July 25 decision by the federal Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) to allow the unconditional release of Australia's first genetically engineered food crop into the Australian environment has been condemned by
BY MARCO HEWITT
PERTH — Dozens of Perth activists travelled to the Port Hedland detention centre in northern WA from July 17-20, to protest in solidarity with the asylum seekers imprisoned inside. The trip was organised in coordination with the
BY ELISABETH KEAN
In a 24-hour period, the Israeli military placed 10 International Solidarity Movement (ISM) peace volunteers in "administrative detention" at the Ariel settlement police station in the West Bank. Administrative detention is
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Who will pay for the lies about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) used to justify Britain's participation in the US-led invasion of Iraq? There is now little doubt that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government is
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