Hansonism – that’s now a synonym for racism and bigotry – and it has burst onto Australia’s political stage with a vengeance. It’s shameful – for us as Australians, as workers, as socialists, as human beings. We can take some cold comfort – the biggest parliamentary victims in the Queensland elections were its creators and nurturers, the Nationals and Liberals. But 23% was 23% too much!

BOSTON – More than 1,300 activists in the fight against racism from across the United States gathered here October 10-12 for the second conference of the National Student Coalition Against Racism (NSCAR).

Assembled in St. Louis for the fourteenth national Young Socialist Alliance convention December 28-January 1 were some 1,000 YSA members, friends, activists in social struggles across the United States, reporters, international guests, and... agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, their presence sanctioned by court order. (See article elsewhere in this issue.)