BY NORM DIXON
US troops opened fire on Turkish Kurd rebels aligned to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the BBC reported on November 11.
A US military spokesperson said "unknown forces" were "dispersed" near Iraq's border with Turkey with the
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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — "It's this period that gives me the greatest satisfaction", Socialist member of the scottish parliament (MSP) Colin Fox told the Socialist Alliance Victorian conference, titled Resisting the Empire, on November 15.
BY DEIRDRE GRISWOLD
The richest person in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been arrested at gunpoint and sits in jail. Some US$14 billion worth of stocks he held in Yukos Oil — 44% of all shares in the company — were initially frozen by
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — The NSW state conference of the Socialist Alliance, held on November 8, brought together more that 110 members and to share ideas for election possibilities, exchange experiences about branch building and consider
BY CHRIS PICKERING
WOLLONGONG — On November 13, NSW Public Service Association (PSA) delegates reluctantly accepted the recommendation of their union officials to lift a range of work bans. The decision followed a NSW Industrial Relations
US attorney-general John Ashcroft recently visited an elementary school. After speaking for 15 minutes, he said, "I will now answer any questions you have".
Bobby stood up and said, "I have four questions: 1. How did US President George Bush win
BY CHRIS LATHAM
On November 6, federal Coalition workplace relations minister Neil Andrews introduced a new raft of anti-union legislation in federal parliament.
The federal government's Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2003,
BY DALE MILLS
The November 11 decision by the US Supreme Court to hear a legal challenge to the detention of some of the prisoners in Washington's off-shore Camp-X prison has set the stage for a showdown between the courts and the US
Green issues
David Harris (91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #561) complains, "I have a problem with the green in 'Green' Left Weekly. Number 559, October 29 is a classic example, not one article on green issues!". Harris goes on to list the Otway forests and
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — On November 22, a noon protest rally will be held in the Footscray Mall to protest against police racism and violence against Muslim youth in the city's western suburbs. The protest is being organised by the Western
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On November 6, the Western Australian branch executive of the Australian Education Union (AEU) announced that a 24-hour strike would be held on November 18 to support the teachers union's campaign for a new certified
BY NORM DIXON
Australia's big-business media — in particular Rupert Murdoch's stable of daily newspapers — continue to deliver a barrage of increasingly sensational "revelations" about Willie Brigitte, the French citizen deported from Australia
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