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'Melbourne 13' accused of thought-crime

Colin Mitchell, Melbourne On June 14, 13 men who were arrested in sensationalised raids in Melbourne in November and March appeared in court and were charged with belonging to an unnamed terrorist organisation and donating money to that

'Bad laws need to be broken'

Graham Matthews "We can win this", Tim Gooden, secretary of the Geelong and Region Trades Hall Council, told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, referring to the campaign against Work Choices. "We've always had bad laws and history shows we can win if we take

UNITED STATES: Majority want Iraq withdrawal to begin

According to an opinion poll conducted by Hart/McInturff on June 9-12 for the Wall Street Journal and NBC TV News, 52% of US adults think removing Iraq's Saddam Hussein from power was not worth the number of US military casualties and the financial

Supersize my pay: young workers fight back

Since November, the New Zealand trade union Unite has been leading strikes in major fast-food chains, including KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Burger King and McDonald's. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Azlan McLennan caught up with Unite organiser Joe Carolan when

Television with social conscience

Art Resistance TV, edition 14Produced by Art ResistanceSingle DVD $25, or by subscriptionemail <artres@aussieisp.net.au> REVIEW BY JILL HICKSON The latest DVD release from Art Resistance contains four programs. The first features

VENEZUELA: Peasants march against paramilitaries

Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas The June 20 Diario Vea reported that more than 4000 campesinos (peasants) marched in the town of Guasdualito, in Apure state, near the border with Colombia. The protesters alleged that right-wing paramilitaries

BOLIVIA: Tensions mount as vote nears

Pablo Stefanoni, La Paz Only a few days out from the July 2 constituent assembly elections and referendum on regional autonomy, the focus of Bolivia's electoral campaign was not any of the candidates — most of them practically unknown to voters

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's 250,000 Fighting Fund 2006: Putting a face to the war on children

Peter Boyle Occasionally the innocent casualties of war are given a human face. And it is shocking — sometimes so shocking it can help stop a war. Last week, in a blogsite (no longer online) by a Cuban doctor serving in East Timor, there was a

Memoir of a life well lived

REVIEW BY TOM CRUMPACKER Fightback: A Collection of Socialist EssaysBy Sylvia WeinsteinSocialist Viewpoint Publishing, 2003358 pages, US$ 25.00 (pb)Order from 1380 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110Send cheque for US$25.00 + 5.95, shipping and

Iraq: Australian troops must leave

Pip Hinman As Japan's troops prepare to leave Iraq, PM John Howard has announced that Australian troops will stay, despite the majority of Iraqis not wanting them there. However, the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) shooting of the trade minister's

Howard's attacks demand solidarity

James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne Union Solidarity, a community-based organisation with 10 local groups across Melbourne, aims to support workers in struggle. Dave Kerin, the initiator and coordinator of the Melbourne central group, told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳

IRAQ: Leak debunks White House propaganda

Doug Lorimer The Washington Post reported on June 18 that it had obtained a copy of a cable sent to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from the US embassy in Baghdad that paints "a starkly different portrait" from the White House's public