BY CHRIS LATHAM
In the lead-up to PM John Howard's announcement that Australia would send troops to the Solomon Islands, the mainstream media was filled with the lurid descriptions of violent criminal gangs terrorising the Solomons' population, and
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BY LIAM MITCHELL SYDNEY — After nearly 16 weeks on strike, 40 workers at can manufacturer Morris McMahon returned to work on July 2. They won a union-endorsed enterprise bargaining agreement and a number of improvements in their conditions. The
Fightback! interviewed the imprisoned general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, on May 20.
The PFLP is the second-largest political group within the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). It is a
BY KEEF TOMKINSON From its birth, the Scottish Socialist Party has called on trade unions to break their link with the British Labour Party. On July 1, the 65,000-strong British Rail Maritime and Transport union decided that branches could affiliate
Two events in Sydney on July 11 will provide an opportunity to offer solidarity to peace and democracy activists in Asia.
At 4.30pm, at the Sydney Town Hall steps, there will be a solidarity protest with Aceh, demanding Indonesian troops withdraw
Everyone Deserves MusicMichael Franti and SpearheadBoo Boo wax records, through Liberation Music Australia.
REVIEW BY CRAIG BULLEY
The recent Australian release of the Michael Franti and Spearhead album Everyone Deserves Music will be followed up
BY ROHAN PEARCE
A survey by polling organisation YouGov has revealed that the British Labour Party's popularity has fallen dramatically as the scandal over Prime Minister Tony Blair's lies about Iraq's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction
Protest against raids on Iranian oppositionists
MELBOURNE — On July 1, 60 people attended a protest against detention of members of the pro-imperialist People's Mujaheddin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) and Australian Federal Police raids on
BY PAUL OBOOHOV CANBERRA — A June 30 meeting of Save the Ridge activists decided to rally outside the July 26 ACT ALP conference as part of their campaign to press the territory's Labor government to abandon its plan to build a major freeway,
BY ZOE KENNY MELBOURNE — On June 26, the Latin American Film Society Filmoteca held a special film screening which showcased three films about Che Guevara at Federation Square's Australian Centre for the Moving Image. My father, Che: a
BY ROHAN PEARCE
There are an increasing number of reports in the corporate press that the growing armed resistance to the US occupation of Iraq and the deepening hostility of they face from the Iraqi population is causing US soldiers to lose
BY DOUG LORIMER On July 8, the parliament of the Solomon Islands is expected to approve an Australian-led military and police intervention into its country. The proposal was endorsed by the foreign ministers and government leaders of all 16 Pacific
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