BY JAMES CRAFTI
MELBOURNE — While most of the M1 protests around Australia were marked by police violence, Melbourne's M1 blockade and rally was not attacked by police forces. So it came as a shock when the weekly peaceful picket of the Nike
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BY LISA MACDONALD
The May 2 Sydney Morning Herald editorial ("Globalisation for All") expressed surprise that May Day "should now be transmogrified into an all-purpose protest against a range of ills for which capitalism can, against all the
e-Imperialism
E-commerce isn't looking too healthy in the US today. The “new economy”
of the “dot coms” has shown remarkable similarities to traditional boom
and bust capitalist economies. If anything the rise and fall of the high-tech
Nice Cossacks
"In fact, the modern use of horses, while deliberately visually intimidating, involves mainly sideways movement of the horses to jostle the crowd in the direction required." — the Sydney Morning Herald's chief right-wing crank
The following greetings were received by the Democratic Socialist Party to be read out to the M1 rallies across Australia. They have been slightly abridged.
Socialist Workers Party, Britain
We would like to extend May Day greetings to you from
BY DAVE MURPHY
DARWIN — Chanting and music brought the generally sleepy business district of this city to life on May 1 as anti-corporate protesters peacefully blockaded the main entrance to the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce, before
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Just four weeks before the big day, M1 Sydney activists were debating the possibility of mobilising 2000 people for the May 1 blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange in Bridge Street. Despite persistent rain on the
"One in four Americans has 'strong negative attitudes' toward Chinese Americans, would feel uncomfortable voting for an Asian American for president of the United States, and would disapprove of a family member marrying someone of Asian descent",
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY SEAN HEALY
The mainstream media's coverage of the M1 protests outside the Australian Stock Exchange bore little resemblance to what really happened.
Just as at S11 in Melbourne, most who took part would have been left wandering whether there
BanditsBy Eric HobsbawmWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000226 pages, $40 (hb)
BY PHIL SHANNON
Thirteenth-century peasants are rarely the objects of Hollywood's attention. The notable exception, of course, is Robin Hood. The celluloid homage paid to Robin
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — It was a dark and foggy morning, making the CBD's skyscrapers seem even more alien, but the air was filled with excitement and anticipation. By 6am, a solid number of protesters had gathered outside the
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