Raul Bassi, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Blaxland in Sydney's west, warns federal Labor leader Mark Latham not to retreat on his promise to bring the troops home from Iraq.
Pressure from Washington has pushed the ALP to swear
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Andrew Hall & Sarah Stephen
PM John Howard is under major pressure from the broad and growing refugee-rights movement — and some of his own Coalition backbenchers — to change his government's discriminatory refugee policy before the federal
Roberto Jorquera
July 26 marks the 51st anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks. The attack, led by Fidel Castro, is regarded in Cuba as the event that initiated the six-year struggle to oust the US-backed capitalist regime of Fulgencio
Ruth Ratcliffe, Sydney
One hundred and fifty Sydney residents have signed on to a "community pledge" to offer sanctuary in their homes to people detained in Villawood detention centre.
Rupen Savoulian, one of the campaign organisers, told Green
CANBERRA — "Ideas to change the world" was the theme of the inaugural socialist ideas conference, held at the Australian National University on July 10.
The conference brought together 60 socialists and activists to discuss imperialism,
Eric Ruder
With the meltdown of the US occupation of Iraq grabbing the headlines, the Bush administration has been reduced to trumpeting Afghanistan as a model for Iraq. But if Afghanistan represents a victory to the Bush administration, that only
Doug Lorimer
"Iraqi authorities will take determined steps against illegal bodies of local self-government in Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra", US-appointed Iraqi interior minister Falah al Naqib claimed in an interview with the Russian Novosti news
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The attack on Iraq puts the devil on our back —It was illegal; that implies Even if it's successful We all should be regretful, No good is based on lies. And now Bush seeks to tell us for whom we should vote, Tho' himself unelected he's rocking our
Dave Riley, Brisbane
With the backing of Queensland Labor premier Peter Beattie and the keen endorsement of the federal ALP, Shoalwater Bay will house a military training camp for US forces.
In announcing the decision on July 15, defence minister
Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development. If Walker Corporation's plans are allowed to go ahead, the Ralphs Bay Conservation Area
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