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Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and socialism

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON is one of the most highly awarded science fiction (SF) writers, winning the Nebula and Hugo awards for his Mars series (Green Mars, Red Mars, Blue Mars and The Martians), among a dozen other novels and short story

Fight to declare UWA a refugee safe haven

BY AMIE HAMILTON PERTH — Despite a 200-strong student general meeting at which students voted overwhelmingly to hold a referendum in order to declare the University of Western Australia a refugee safe haven, it is unclear whether the referendum

UNITED STATES: 'War is not the answer to terrorism'

[The following statement was issued on September 11 by Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organisation founded by family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.] "The past is prophetic in that it

Students vote for refugees in low key elections

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Office-bearer positions in the September 10-13 elections for the Tasmania University Union (TUU) were predominantly won by a ticket called SHAG. A referendum to declare the campus a refugee safe haven won two

and ain't i a woman?: Women's liberation in Cuba

and ain't i a woman?: Women's liberation in Cuba In capitalist societies, particularly in the Third World, women have fought, and continue to fight, to overturn the inequalities they face. These include unequal access to education, less

ATO unionists to strike

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) held stop-work meetings during the week of September 9 to 13, at which they voted to hold a two-hour strike on

'Radical times' conference slams war plans

BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — The September 7-8 “Radical Times: Brisbane in the '60s and '70s” conference overwhelmingly condemned US plans to wage war against Iraq. Participants demanded that the Australian government keep out of any war in

ISO welcomes debate on regroupment of the left

BY SUE JOHNSON  [The following is the text of a talk given at a session on the Socialist Alliance at the International Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September 6-8. Sue Johnson spoke on behalf of the

Socialist Alliance stands in Cunningham

BY MARG PERROTT WOLLONGONG — The Illawarra Socialist Alliance met on September 8 and unanimously endorsed Chris "Will" Williams as its candidate in the October 19 federal by-election for the NSW seat of Cunningham. Williams is a 24-year-old

Beating the backlash against women

BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD In the last 25 years, capitalism's neo-liberal offensive has extended like a gag around the women of the world. It has stripped and privatised public services, pushing the duty of care back onto the family unit and, by

Coroner investigates petrol sniffing crisis

BY EMMA MURPHY On September 6, a report was released from a coronial inquest held in May and June into three petrol-sniffing related deaths between 1999-2001 in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. The coroner found that, in all three cases, "the

THIRD WORLD: An epidemic of neglect

BY RACHEL COHEN Drug research and development (R&D) for diseases that disproportionately affect poor people in developing countries is at a virtual standstill. According to a study by Patrice Trouiller and colleagues, soon to be published in the