A group of filmmakers attending the Melbourne International Film Festival earlier this year found themselves lamenting the absence of Australian documentaries comparable with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. With the forthcoming federal election in
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Sydney Social Forum a success
SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the third Sydney Social Forum on September 17 19 at the University of Technology, Sydney. The forum was launched with a public forum titled "Keeping it common", which
A debate is raging in British trade unions about what sort of relationship they should have with the Labour Party. Key figures took up the debate at a September 15 fringe meeting held during the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress
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Socialist candidates protest Kodak closure
MELBOURNE — On September 21, two Socialist Alliance candidates in the October 9 federal election — David Glanz (standing in Wills) and Sue Bolton (standing for the Senate) — participated in a
John Pilger
In 1983, the principal media in the Western world, which dominate much of the media in the rest of the world, were owned by 50 corporations. In 2002, this had fallen to nine transnational companies. Rampant deregulation has ended even a
Marcus Pabian, Melbourne
On September 22, the Socialist Alliance held an election launch at the Trades Hall for its nine Victorian federal election candidates.
"Is Australia a free democracy? Not while Craig Johnston remains a political
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
On September 18, 50 people rallied on the Parliament Lawns to launch the Socialist Alliance's election campaigns for the federal seats of Denison and Franklin.
Denison candidate Kamala Emanuel said that "socialism
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"Let's have regime change here in Australia, for ourselves as well as the people of Iraq", Donna Mulhearn, peace activist and former human shield in Iraq, told a rally of up to 1000 people on September 26. The protest took
In a September 16 media release, the National Association of Community Based Children's Services (NACBCS) listed its demands in the October 9 election, calling on all political parties to commit to retaining and developing community-owned,
Activists, campaign groups and prominent individuals across Australia have come behind the national "End the lies" demonstrations scheduled for October 2-3. Below are messages of support for the protests.
Jenny Leong, Greens candidate for Sydney
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly asked some of our recent contributors to explain why they supported the paper.
"91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly is a vital part of Australia's independent media. Both in print and on line, it is globally influential — and always worth reading
The all-volunteer army I
"Soldiers from a Fort Carson combat unit say they have been issued an ultimatum — re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units expected to deploy to Iraq. Hundreds of soldiers from the [US Army's] 3rd
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