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ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grab By Greg Harris LONDON — Following a monumental effort to pre-select the least winnable candidate for London's new mayoral office, the British Labour Party continues to stumble towards defeat in the May 4
Socialists condemn deportations of Kosovars The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has added its voice to those of refugee advocates demanding that the 500 Kosovar refugees still in Australia be allowed to stay for as long as they wish. The DSP's
UNITED STATES: A dozen reasons to protest on April 16 The next citizen showdown against corporate globalisation will be on April 16 and 17, when thousands of people come to Washington, D.C., to protest — through legal demonstrations and/or civil
Protesters confront Howard BY DANI BARLEY SYDNEY — More than 300 people gathered in Faulconbridge, in the Blue Mountains, on April 7 to protest against Prime Minister John Howard's racist government. The protesters were high school students
Week of action against mandatory sentencing The socialist youth group Resistance has called a national week of action to demand that the federal government overturn mandatory sentencing laws in the Northern Territory and Western Australia and
How Pauline Hanson became prime minister "Howard takes policy advice from One Nation", "Nationals steal another One Nation policy", "[Bob] Carr may bag One Nation but gee he likes our policies" — these are just some of the headings on press
> Here's to science The Right to Life organisation has found a new reason for its state of perpetual “moral” indignation. An article in the latest issue of the international science journal Nature Biotechnology reported that
BOUGAINVILLE: Help needed now Bougainville's struggle for self-determination has reached a critical point. A full political settlement hangs on just one crucial concession from the government of Papua New Guinea. The alternative is renewed war. The