In the September 20 Seattle City Council election, Freedom Socialist Party activist Linda Averill won 18% — almost 16,000 votes. Averill, a bus driver, campaigned for an increase in the minimum wage, raised the need for an elected civilian review
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The Socialist Alliance expresses its solidarity with all the innocent victims of the latest Bali bombings, regardless of nationality. However, we also reject and condemn the hypocritical and racist "anti-terrorist" hysteria being whipped up by
Michael Ascroft, Melbourne
On October 2-3, the socialist youth organisation Resistance, which is affiliated to the Socialist Alliance, held its 43th national conference at Trades Hall in Melbourne. Participants from Resistance branches across
Federico Fuentes, Caracas
Responding to the latest hysterical campaign being led by the right-wing media and big business, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated on September 25 on his weekly Alo, Presidente TV program that "a small group ... of
On October 4, at least one million workers joined a general strike across France in opposition to stagnant wages and privatisation. Strikers demanded an end to the implementation of labour laws, passed over the northern summer, which allow companies
Alison Thorne, Melbourne
Craig Hall lives with a diagnosed mental illness
and receives a Disability Support Pension. He's smart, hard-working and keen to get part-time work.
Although his work experience is scant, he's qualified in food
On September 29, the First People of the Kalahari (FPK), the grassroots organisation of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen, who are fighting for their right to return to their ancestral homeland, were awarded Sweden's Right Livelihood Award, known as the
Bronwyn Jennings, Geelong
Geelong Trades Hall launched two new picket-line "kits" at a practice picket line on its building on October 7. State union secretaries and delegates attending the launch inspected the large marquee-type tents, generators,
An 82-year-old man was evicted from the Labour Party conference on September 28 and then refused re-entry under "terrorism" laws. Foreign secretary Jack Straw told delegates that British troops were in Iraq "for one reason only" — to help the
Stuart Munckton
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on September 30 that his government had sold its foreign currency holdings, held in US treasury bonds, and deposited them in banks in Europe. According to an October 1 Venezuelanalysis.com
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
The federal government will allow logging to occur at Recherche Bay, despite including the area on the National Heritage List on October 6.
Recherche Bay was the site of two French landings in 1792-93, notable for the
Luke Fomiatti, Sydney
Students are claiming victory after the University of Western Sydney allowed a forum with Iraqi trade unionist Farouk Isma'al to go ahead on September 21 on the Bankstown campus.
They had been told that the forum, to be held
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