The Unity for Peace Conference, held in Melbourne on 27 May, attracted nearly 300 activists from around the country to discuss strategies for the movement. Alison Thorne, who represented the… Read more »
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Iranian feminist speaks out against invasion threat
Roya Sahraei is an Iranian women’s rights activist who now lives in Sydney. This is an extract from her speech at the Unity for Peace Conference on 27 May 2006…. Read more »
Ali’s story: Powerful weapon in the struggle for justice for refugees
“What we have is the Minister of Defence saying in the immediate post Tampa environment, don’t humanise the refugees.” This is a quote from the October 2002 Senate report on… Read more »
Exposing the Spartacist school of falsification
For those who have not had the pleasure of an introduction, the Spartacist League (SL) is a self-described “propaganda group” which specialises in sectarian attacks on what it calls “opponent… Read more »
Your Say
Law change the tip of the iceberg It was great to read the article on provocation in the Freedom Socialist Bulletin. Rob Hulls and John Thwaites have made all the… Read more »
Afghan people protest failures of Karzai’s puppet regime
In May, Afghan authorities attempted to suppress huge demonstrations which erupted across the country. The media characterised these protests as a one-off event and superficially claimed that the cause was… Read more »
Resisting the Bush War Machine
“For these reasons, it is absurd to condemn the resistance to the U.S. occupation in Iraq as being masterminded by terrorists or insurgents or supporters of Saddam Hussein. After all… Read more »
Iraq, the first victim of imperialist war campaign – Time for international resistance to State terrorism!
It didn’t take long for the web of lies to unravel. Just weeks after White House resident George W. Bush declared that the conflict was over, two U.S. or British… Read more »
Peace is possible! A dialogue between radical Arabs and Jews
Watch the nightly news, and the prospects for peace in the Middle East seem hopeless. The Israeli State is blatantly assassinating Palestinian leaders and the right of return for Palestinians… Read more »
Poetry: “Growing Up Jewish”
For my Bar Mitzvah I received, along with some fountain pens and Israeli Savings Bonds, a few certificates informing me that, in Israel, trees had been planted in my honor…. Read more »
