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1. Towards a history of the CPA

   on the left in Australia and an important force in the workers movement. There are many proud ... chapters in its history — the numerous trade union struggles led; organising the unemployed, women ... over the years. The party inspired dedication and commitment from thousands of men and women, and ...

2. Palestine: Fatah meets amid infighting, accusations

   Human Rights Watch accused Israel on August 13 of killing Palestinian civilians, including women and ... children, waving white flags during its December-January war on Gaza. More than 1300 Palestinian civilians ... Fatah dropping its historic demand for a democratic, secular state based on equality between all races ...

3. Are Australians moving rightwards?

   spending more on social services as against tax cuts. 42% more people thought women should be able to ... WA found that if an election had been held on December 11 or 12, the Coalition would have won with ... quarter alone the mining industry made pre-tax profits of $4.7 billion, a 123% increase on the previous ...

4. SOUTH AFRICA: Expect more global apartheid in 2006

   "comfort women" victims of Japan's World War II torture and rape, in part by citing Maduna's ... addressing fellow heads of state at the United Nations on September 15, he let loose his frustration. He ... concessions from the European Union on explicit export subsidies (amounting to less than US$4 billion and then ...

5. The challenges facing the Socialist Alliance

   united work in the alliance the left is also beginning to make a valuable contribution to the anti-war ... any of the individual affiliates. The DSP is committed to further strengthening the alliance on the ... greater influence in the unions, the movements and in electoral politics on the basis of building higher ...

6. CHINA: Oppression fuels independence aspirations

   seizing on US "war on terrorism" and turning it into a new weapon to undermine the Uigur ... carried on with its predecessors' methods. This has led to periodic outbursts of violent resistance ... intention to stamp them out as part of the global anti-terrorism campaign. Then, on November 12, Chinese ...

7. Tandem Thrust: why it should be stopped

   pincer movement traps the "enemy" in the middle. In addition to covering the war games, the ... displayed photos of US marines everyday. On the day a woman was reported to have been gang-raped, there was ... schools, apologising to young kids for "accidentally" killing an emu and giving talks on ...

8. Bolivia: Conflict deepens over disputed highway

   rubber bullets sent indigenous marchers, including pregnant women and children, fleeing for safety. ... presented a list including 15 further demands on the government. The issues ranged from improving indigenous ... on the CIDOB website on September 19, was implementing “the process of consultation with the ...

9. Consumers not to blame for sweatshop wages

   Britain proposed raising money for the victims by having consumers pay a voluntary “T-shirt tax” on ... cost on to us. The assumption might have been valid in the time of Adam Smith. In the 18th century, ... giant corporations to engage in protracted price wars among themselves. Instead, they started holding ...

10. Why did the refugees stop coming?

    seekers. In an interview on Nine's Sunday program on August 15 last year, Howard declared: "I ... took a strong position on border protection. And I make no apology for that. But the proof of the ... Petro Georgiou and Judi Moylan. Interviewed on the ABC's 7.30 Report on June 20, Howard argued that ...

11. Fantasy reloaded: take a dose of reality

    images and concepts from The Matrix to further our campaigns. The US anti-war leaflet calling on people ... more on wishful thinking than analysis. Such a reading does not help explain those ways in which the ... Americans and women, well above Hollywood's usual (very low) average. Both are entertaining films and ...

12. ANC meets in National Conference

    here. From December 17 to 21, 3000 delegates from all over South Africa converged on the University of ... magnificent role. The ANC should always extend its hand to them, on the basis of our morality and the fact ... war". The ANC reaffirmed its character as a liberation movement anchored in the African population, ...

13. The '60s that began in Mosman

    War, racism, poverty and other staple issues of the established left vied with hippie extravaganzas on ... move on women's liberation. One critic accused Oz of "drowning in its own sperm", whilst ... Society Blows Another Mind". Oz went on its merry, irreverent way, though frequently raided by the ...

14. Cuba's revolution continues

    Duroyan Fertl Following the announcement by Fidel Castro on February 19 that he would not stand in ... a series of "reforms". On February 24, the newly elected 614-member AN voted to promote Raul ... is a continuation of the propaganda war by the US and corporate interests against the island. The ...

15. Travels in East Timor

    installation of the first bishop of Baucau. Here he describes what he saw.   Arriving in Dili on a domestic ... continual questioning by the “authorities” — often I was not sure which authority — on my reasons for ... police upon arrival in every town you visit. On one occasion I am asked by someone what I know about East ...

16. Revolution and counter-revolution in Afghanistan

    factors led the PDPA government to rely on implementing the revolution's measures in an ... minister. On September 14, 1979, Taraki attempted to violently put an end to what he believed was ... figures in the PDPA leadership were expelled. The Amin regime relied more and more on naked force to ...

17. Spanish right moves to exploit end of ETA ceasefire

    Victor Cremer On March 22, 2006, the Basque organisation ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna — Basque ... King Juan Carlos. ETA instead called on Basque society to find its way to self-determination through ... dialogue. Conditions for peace talks and a political negotiation seemed ripe. In March 2004, the pro-war ...

18. Argentina: Silence still shrouds history of cross-sword-money allegiance

    Democracy Latin America & the Caribbean Manuel Rodriguez On March 24, 1976, after a sustained ... Victims included pregnant women killed after they gave birth. Their babies were adopted by military ... They avoided criticism of the junta's so-called dirty war, even though they were aware union ...

19. Watching the media at the Paralympics

    Thorpe was "liquid gold". The Australian women's hockey team, the "Hockiroos" ... much grassroots work was conducted, focusing on young people. Students became pen pals of athletes, ... a result of war and conflict. November 1, 2000 426 ...

20. Stop supporting dictator Suharto!

    by Suharto's military or by starvation, the result of the war of occupation. All the world knows ... that more than 200 people were killed at the Dili massacre on November 12, 1991. All the world knows ... Plumbing Union), Pip Hinman (Asia Pacific Solidarity Women's Network, Democratic Socialist Party), Ray ...

21. Racism the issue, not youth

    risked the lives of hundreds in Kings Cross by opening fire on the unarmed occupants of a stolen car, ... passenger's head on the road and body-slammed him on the curb, which left him in a coma. Police do not ... people. Brisbane’s Aboriginal community held a rally on April 24 outside Queensland parliament to coincide ...

22. Water and the thirst for profit

    Sue Reilly Wars are fought over access to scarce resources. The 20th century was dominated by wars ... increasingly likely to be a source of conflict. Her prediction is based on big business moves to capture ... wonder then that Goldman Sachs has urged investors to focus on the high technology end of the US$435 ...

23. An answer to the jobs-environment conflict?

    concern is to protect the jobs, incomes and working conditions of our members. On the other hand, people ... service jobs or subsistence level unemployment income. The GI Bill after World War II, an innovative and ... than 13 million ex-servicemen and women between 1945 and 1972 make the transition from military service ...

24. Stieg Larsson remembered

    train women soldiers in handling mortars, a skill he learned in the army. Back in Sweden, he and his ... extremism and fascism. He also contributed with articles on cultural and scientific matters — his first ... decisions. For Stieg, who since moving to Stockholm had concentrated on fighting right-wing extremism and ...

25. Venezuelan workers speak about reclaiming the streets

    soundtrack: at first glance this year’s march for the International Workers Day on May 1 was business-as-usual ... Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on April 30 of a 30% rise in the national minimum wage. A closer look, ... of a second phase of anti-government violence based on targeted hit-and-run attacks on individuals ...

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