Despite the spectacular vaporisation of trillions of dollars of financial assets, and the collapse of more than a score of banks around the world, we haven鈥檛 seen a single banker jump out of a window in Wall Street or its equivalents around the world.
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The world is going through difficult times and right now there seems no end to the downward spiral of the global economy. Fears of economic depression on the scale of the 1930s are widespread.
With its banks secured in the warmth of the southern spring, Australia is not news internationally. It ought to be. An epic scandal of racism, injustice and brutality is being covered up in the manner of apartheid South Africa.
Turan Ertekin, an activist in the Turkish community and Socialist Alliance member, came to Australia in 1980.
The following statement was written by Bree Blakeman (Djawulanganing) on behalf of the Gumatj clan nation, MataMata Homeland, North-East Arnhem Land.
There鈥檚 one positive aspect of global financial chaos. It throws into question the Australian model of funding our retirement鈥攃ompulsory superannuation.
The Young Liberals are testing the long-held notion that academic autonomy is sacrosanct. Their so-called 鈥淢ake Education Fair鈥 campaign is really a witch hunt against progressive educators and academics.
The October 23 acquittal of Jack Thomas from a terrorism charge highlights what is wrong with Australia鈥檚 anti-terror laws and the way they are being applied.
Having 鈥渇ree鈥 and 鈥渇air鈥 multi-party elections is the United States鈥 main claim to democracy. But just how democratic is US capitalism?
On October 24, Palm Island community leader Lex Wotton was found guilty of 鈥渞iot with destruction鈥 in a trial where police were accused by the defence counsel of 鈥渓ying through their teeth鈥. Wotton is due to be sentenced on November 7.
The United States Socialist Worker is maintaining an and analysis of the November 4 vote. Below is the account posted by SW journalist Alan Maas at 11pm on November 4 on the impact of the victory for Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, who has become the first African American head of state in a nation founded on slavery and where, only a few decades ago, many African Americans were denied the vote in a number of southern states.
On September 29, Harry Nelson, former Yuendumu (Northern Territory) council president, presented Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin with a statement, written in Warlpiri and English, signed by 236 residents. Macklin was in the community to officially open a new pool, the funding of which predates the NT intervention. An abridged version of the statement is reprinted below.
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