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  1. The new fascism in Europe

    Germany, the National Front in France and the Freedom Party in Austria, avoid association with violence and ... campaigning by the Freedom Party. The "Fortress Europe" policy also reflects the extent to which ... deported. Of the social conditions which give rise to the growth of these new mass right-wing parties, the ...

  2. UNITED STATES: Workers uniting across the race divide

    in question. Last year the union organized the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, a national ... demonstration for immigration reform joining immigrants with Black veterans of the original 1960s freedom rides. ... rate in 2003 was 6.4%. Very little of the rise in African American unemployment is a result of direct ...

  3. Can we make a revolution in Australia?

    the population are not rising, the public education and health systems are being slashed, racism and ... the capitalist parties. Some argue that a revolutionary party restricts activists' freedom of ... not have freedom of thought. Collective discussion by those who reject capitalism gives them more ...

  4. A proud history of secondary student activism

    'greater student rights, freedom of expression, an end to arbitrary punishment and educational ... leaflet publicising the strike were: freedom of appearance for all students; freedom of expression; no ... demonstrations. Every issue is a student issue The rise of the women's liberation movement at the end of the ...

  5. Write on: Letters to the editor

    themselves what factors contributed to the recent rise in republican support. These talks are about ending ... Irish freedom struggle during its current phase cannot be judged by how active the volunteers have been ... A sentimental view of the courageous fight for freedom should not blind us to the core reality that people and ...

  6. Write on

    pressures" are recognised as the reason for the rise since Medicare began seven years ago. According to Dr ... In the 1960s, the emphasis was on increasing and even expanding freedom. People were more natural and ... the 1990s, the emphasis is on decreasing freedom and increasing social alienation. Economics rules ...

  7. Harnecker tackles complex path to 21st century socialism

    continent to rise in opposition, breaking the stranglehold of neoliberal politics and corporate oligarchies. ... decentralisation and popular control can pave the way for human freedom. However, Harnecker rejects the ...

  8. Celebrating genocide and conquest

    undertone seem only half joking. The rise of Australia Day over the past two decades would seem to be ... were able to offer convicts relative freedom and quantities of land unimaginable to poor people in ...

  9. International students: a cash cow for universities and targets for racism

    and the Victorian government also charges international students more. Racism is clearly on the rise ... practice of freedom...鈥 The fight for education to remain a right, not a privilege regardless of country of ...

  10. Sexist burkini ban based on Islamophobia, not secularism

    Secularism is not simply a question of religion not influencing the state. Secularism is also about freedom ... the rising levels of Islamophobic violence against France's Islamic community 鈥 and places ...

  11. Thailand: Free Somyot, abolish lese majeste

    is rising, the reasons for arrest and conviction are becoming increasingly flimsy.聽 聽 One of Somyot鈥檚 ... dangerous criminal. 鈥淧eople exercising freedom of expression should not be punished in the first place.鈥 ...

  12. John Pilger: CIA role in Australia's forgotten coup

    to rise against the government". Pine Gap's top-secret messages were de-coded in California ... Freedom, described by Jonathan Kwitny of the Wall Street Journal in his book, The Crimes of Patriots, as, ...

  13. Pacific forum demands climate action

    International solidarity Environment National liberation Climate crisis Duncan Roden 鈥淭he rising ... Duituturaga said: 鈥淲e had the floor, there was freedom for us to say what we needed to say.鈥 NGO ...

  14. Capital, youth and the urban revolution

    RESISTANCE However bleak the situation may seem, there is hope. Capitalist development has given rise to ... freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is 鈥 one of the most precious yet most neglected of ...

  15. Malaysian democracy activist on new mass mobilisations: 'Bersih 4.0 is coming'

    its state-owned enterprises. This was Mahathir鈥檚 model of fast tracking the rise of the Malay ... Whistleblowers and media are attacked for any attempt of expose or report the truth. Our freedom of peaceful ...

  16. The inside story on church's word

    strategies of the ghetto. We need to aim higher than mere "religious freedom" and ... internal struggles, but it is time for the grassroots in each denomination to rise up and take back some ...

  17. An open letter to Elton John

    a show in Tel Aviv. This was a little over two weeks after Israel brutally attacked the Freedom Flotilla, ... disdain when they rise for themselves. I have met some of these miners, Elton, and they weren鈥檛 simple, ...

  18. US ecologist attacked by Republicans in Wisconsin

    US because of assaults on his civil liberties and academic freedom by the Wisconsin Republican Party. ... rise to unusual results. 聽 In a varied career I would pick out two particularly important piece of work ...

  19. Three proud athletes in Mexico

    non-African American invited to compete in the 1969 inaugural Martin Luther King International Freedom Games ... rights have still got a long way to go." Rising above the minutiae of sprint times and domestic life ...

  20. Creating solutions at World at a Crossroads conference

    to discuss, debate and learn from various struggles for human freedom, dignity and justice. More than ... the conference. The rise of new revolutionary movements across Latin America means "US hegemony ...

  21. Iran: Ahmadinejad, privatisation and a bus driver who said 'no'

    working conditions and rising fares. Osanloo and fellow strike leaders were immediately arrested. ... demanding nothing less than political freedom. [Billy Wharton is the editor of The Socialist. Abridged from ...

  22. Rudd's policy is racist 鈥 refugees are not illegal

    climate change are causing a rise in refugees worldwide. Shortly after Australia strong-armed Indonesian ... trying to find safety and freedom for themselves and their families. The 1951 UN refugee convention ...

  23. Sri Lanka: Tamils dispossession worsens

    parties, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the United National Party, competed to be the most racist. In ... estimated 3000 Tamils in 1983. The result of these policies was rising support among Tamils for an ...

  24. Spin can鈥檛 hide Afghan facts

    year arrive by boat. The ERC said the rise in asylum seeker numbers reaching Australia is mild when ... in other countries freedom from persecution.鈥 Just because the mainstream news networks refuse to ...

  25. Campaigning for queer refugees

    RRT ruling about a gay couple from Bangladesh, but that landmark decision has not resulted in a rise ... freedom and status of gay men in a country to assess the claims of lesbian refugees, despite the often ...

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