Alison Dellit

  • Breaking ALP domination of the unions

    In GLW #479, Leon Parissi from Workers Liberty, an affiliate party to the Socialist Alliance, accuses me of "cheering on those voices who are in favour of decreased union influence in the ALP". But what I, and the Democratic

  • Differential treatment

    The attention David Hicks has received from the Australian government differs markedly from that enjoyed by Kerry and Kay Danes, following their December 2000 arrest for alleged embezzlement in Laos. Kerry Danes, an SAS officer

  • Canberra abandons Australian tortured in foreign jail

    A young Australian is forcibly captured by a foreign power. He is tortured, denied legal representation and detained indefinitely without trial — despite not being accused of any crime. Far from protesting, the Australian

  • 'Terrorism' bill to criminalise dissent

    In a month or so, federal cabinet will introduce laws into parliament which will criminalise political dissent and provide Australia's secret police services with more powers to harass protesters. Cabinet is proposing to allow

  • DSP strengthens global solidarity

    @PARAFILTER = DSP strengthens global solidarity"In these times, which side you stand on becomes a crucial test. There is no halfway house, no sitting on the fence. That is the challenge that Resistance and the Democratic

  • AUSTRALIA: Howard plans new powers for secret police

    Even before "anti-terrorist" legislation, increasing powers to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, has been publicly released, attacks on civil liberties in Australia are increasing. The legislation, first proposed

  • Parramatta police state?

    SYDNEY — Arriving at Parramatta station for a һƷ̽ Weekly selling spot during the afternoon peak hour rush on December 6, I was surprised to see a dog roaming among the commuters near the ticket gates. Dogs are normally

  • Labor flounders rightward

    If the ANZ bank's advertising campaign is right and "nobody cares who came second", then Australian political columnists, politicians and academics have been wasting vast amounts of ink since the November 10 federal election. The

  • Greens capture humanitarian vote

    The large swing to the Australian Greens on November 10 was the bright spot in the gloom of the Coalition victory. It reflected the growing number of people who are disgusted with the Coalition and Labor parties' inhumane and

  • Socialist Alliance has 'a good start'

    "We stood up for our principles against the power of the major parties and we have stood tall", indigenous activist Sam Watson, the lead Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance in Queensland, told the alliance's Brisbane

  • How Labor helped re-elect Howard

    Watching Kim Beazley fall on his sword on November 10, I was struck by how incongruous this was. Just six months ago, it appeared inconceivable that John Howard could lead the Coalition parties into a third term of government with

  • Howard's third war: on workers

    The October 12 release of the federal Coalition's industrial relations policy, "Choice and reward in a changing workplace", signalled the beginning of another round of attacks on workers' wages, conditions and industrial power.