BY ROHAN PEARCE
The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and
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[In 2000, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union embarked on an industry-wide industrial campaign called Campaign 2000. The campaign won some of the best wages and conditions in the industry. This is an abridged version of
Make Tasmania a refugee safe haven. End mandatory detention.
Jobs not profits. A shorter working week with no loss in pay. Nationalise under workers' and community control companies that threaten mass sackings. Abolish youth wages.
A massive
BY STACEY BRENNAN & EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — The National Union of Students (NUS) National Education Conference, held July 5-7, was attended by 400 students. An endorsement of the campus refugee sanctuary campaign as "an idea worthy of further
BY KATHY FAIRFAX
SYDNEY — Husaini Hasan, chairperson of the Government Council of
the Free Acheh Movement (MPGAM), told a meeting on July 11 that his people's
struggle for a referendum would not be realised without international solidarity.
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The claims that asylum seekers threw children from a boat to force the navy to take them to Australia, made by many federal government ministers during last year's election, were lies.
"Now another horror story about asylum
Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, was 27 years old when he became chairperson of the Indonesian National Party in the 1920s. Mohammed Hatta was a similar age when he took over the leadership of the nationalist
Congratulations to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on its 500th issue. Like other supporters of this fine socialist newspaper, I know only too well the hard committed work that has achieved this landmark. I personally owe GLW a great deal. There are few other
On October 18, a leaky 19-metre Indonesian fishing boat, with a capacity of 150 passengers, picked up more than 400 asylum seekers from Lampung to make the journey to Christmas Island.
A few hours out to sea, the boat started leaking and capsized
BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS
HOBART — Two green left parties are contesting the Tasmanian state elections to be held here on July 20. Both launched their campaigns in the week following the close of nominations.
The Socialist Alliance launched its
BY MARGARET ALLUM
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"It is not a policy of this coalition to target innocents, nor would it ever be to target innocents" — Lieutenant General Dan McNeill, US commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, July 6, after acknowledging that US warplanes
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