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  1. International socialist conference coming to Sydney

    21st Century", the conference will house discussions on some of the pressing issues facing ... High, Surry Hills. The conference will focus on five central themes; the international economic crisis; ... survival; resisting imperialism and war; and strategies for building mass movements, left unity, and ...

  2. Lacking more than a clue

    on the backs of their necks from those harmful UV rays) and have their own language (for the ... script touches on topics such as gay men (described by Dione's boyfriend as a "bonehead"), ... cartoon characters Ren and Stimpy ("way existential"), the war in Bosnia ("I thought they ...

  3. Hot autumn in Berlin

    part of the east bloc. Another argument for retaining Lenin on his pedestal was that he is a symbol of ... weeks. In particular the war in Croatia has led to a new stream of refugees. The wave of neo-facist ... to no action. On the other hand, progressive groups have organised large rallies and ...

  4. John Pilger: The West betrays Burma

    a virus called the "war on terror". When I phoned Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu ... public service? The answer is simple. They are all but extinguished by a virus called the "war on ... "war on terror" allows Australia and Israel to train Burma's internal security thugs. It ...

  5. Iraq: Support the resistance?

    occupation'". Al Sadr is on the record as advocating extreme restrictions on women and the murder of leftists ... is that the anti-war movement needs to build solidarity with the Iraqi workers', women ... is given depends on the assessment of the nature of those forces. Where they are leading ...

  6. Barcelona marks 75th anniversary of International Brigades against fascism

    and children displaced into Catalonia by the war. Three other club members fought on the Republican ... on bicycles, those white-legged very English-looking people pedalling through the hectic Barcelona ... words β€œΒ‘No PasarΓ‘n!” embroidered on their sleeves? They were 12 members of the Clarion Club, one of ...

  7. Whitlam’s memorial- It's still time for change

    movements against war, for women's liberation and against racism, among others. The movements that will ... for former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on November 5. Sprinkled through the crowd were people ... debased the word β€œreform”. The slogan on one T-shirt worn in the crowd that day captured the mood best: ...

  8. ΒιΆΉΣ³»­'s radical heritage

    alone β€” well over two-thirds of ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ are purchased in this way. Selling radical newspapers on ... tradition of distributing the newspaper on Australian streets. Without wealthy backers to finance them, to ... insert paid advertising or fund newsagency distribution, the socialist movement has had to rely on its ...

  9. Turkey: The Kurdish region since the coup attempt

    killed and tortured. Kurds are against military coups. By nightfall on July 15, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ ... of the movement, has on multiple occasions expressed his hatred for Kurdish people and opposes any ... peace with the Kurdish people. Kurds have warned the government on numerous occasions that the GΓΌlen ...

  10. Ezekiel Ox adds energy to activism

    live on. Women will suffer more and more oppression, violence and rape. Refugees' conditions will ... activism and art? You don't have to look to far too see what drives our activism. War, genocide, ... stolen children, attacks on workers, refugees, the elderly, sick and disabled ― the list could go on for ...

  11. Socialist Alliance does better in Footscray, Geelong

    working class people to an election campaign that centred around opposition to the war on Iraq. ... On the Norlane High School booth we made a point of saying 'vote against war' to every ... Alliance candidate Brigette Ellery, a member of Radical Women, won 960 votes or 2.76% of the vote. The bulk ...

  12. A Devine comedy

    discovered the link: that the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington were on the same date, September ... 11, as the giant anti-globalisation protest, S11, which took on the World Economic Forum in Melbourne ... structure, similar methods and a shared vocabulary of extreme violence and holy war". But wait, it gets ...

  13. Socialist Alliance marks progress

    federal election- which is shaping up as a referendum on war in Iraq and attacks on the working class at ... services. The conference condemned attacks on the Muslim population and defended the right of Muslim women ... Peter Boyle The third national conference of the Socialist Alliance, held in Melbourne on May 8-9, ...

  14. Defining terrorism in Sri Lanka

    The massacre at Nintavur came on the eleventh day of war between Tamil separatists and Sri Lankan ... financial centre on October 15 killed 13 people and injured scores of others. The Sri Lankan government ... believed. In fact, on October 10 the LTTE had expressed its "deep dismay and displeasure" over the ...

  15. Mexico: Protests as right claims poll win despite fraud

    official result was nearly 32%. In recent years, Mexico has suffered the consequences of the so-called war ... on drugs led by President Felipe Calderon, from the ultra-conservative National Action Party (PAN). ... mainly civilian, had been killed during the past five years of the war. In this context of fear and ...

  16. VIETNAM: 60 years of independence

    countries on August 31-September 2 to join the 82 million Vietnamese people in celebrating their 60 years of ... an international solidarity conference for Vietnam on September 1, much-respected former ... Vietnamese liberation forces on April 30, 1975. An international conference on poverty alleviation in Asia, ...

  17. A woman's place is in the struggle: 40% less visible

    large demonstrations in 2003 against Sarkozy's war on the poor and his reliance on the French brand ... government's re-criminalisation of soliciting last year, has reduced the number of prostitutes on French ... aren't 40% fewer", she told Le Monde on January 14. A report commissioned by the Paris city council ...

  18. Castro: 'Force is no solution'

    women and children, also horrified by the bombs and the war, are migrating. NATO and its members, the ... President Fidel Castro to a mass rally in the University of Havana on May 4. Brutal and destructive air ... complicated situation. Only a political, and not a military solution is possible, based on respect for the ...

  19. Challenges ahead for student left

    grouping won the positions of women's officer, one queer officer and a seat on the national executive. ... Alternative to add a fourth priority of a campaign against the "War on Terror". This was blocked ... general secretary at the NUS annual conference, held in Ballarat on December 4-7. The conference delegates ...

  20. Three books take up Assange story

    William Heinemann, 2011 479 pages, $24.95 (pb) WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy By David ... and Harding endorse Assange’s β€œlifting the lid on two immensely controversial wars” in Afghanistan and ... computer underground which generally frowned on the malicious or profit-motivated hacker. The hackers, say ...

  21. Mainstream media: promoting the voice of hate

    countries, and tap into well-resourced post-9/11 war propaganda initiated by rulers of the world’s richest ... banning the burqa, the fully-veiled dress style used by a tiny minority of Muslim women. In Australia, the ... Sergio Redegalli, a glass sculptor and gallery owner, painted a β€œSay no to burqas” mural on the wall of ...

  22. Afghanistan: Why the puppet seeks distance from master

    increasingly strident attacks on the occupying forces. On April 1, he went as far as to tell a parliamentary ... audience) that explains Karzai's attacks on his backers. Responding to Karzai's remarks about ... accompanied by a surge in statements from Western political and military leaders on the centrality of winning ...

  23. MAURITIUS: Diego Garcia, B-52s and you and me

    as we are on our own. This island is being used for waging war. In Mauritius, it is hard to find ... perfect for visitors to holiday in, that there are no people actually living there. No factory workers on ... often wrongly projected on to "Americans" as a whole. A rage that sometimes makes it hard for ...

  24. The Caracas Commitment: action plan from international left conference

    Women's Day on March 8, through forums, mobilisations and other activities in their respective countries; ... creation of "peace bases" to coordinate actions against interventionism and war sponsored by ... elected president of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya and to organise a global vigil on the day of the ...

  25. ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund: Jogging in Lenin Park

    There are aerobics classes for women, where the young and elderly enthusiastically move to the beat from ... been convinced to shell out heaps on gym memberships to do stuff they could do for free in the parks. ... as it races to catch up with development delayed by years of war and relative isolation. In the ...

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