Comrades The Herald Sun continued their attack on the Defend and Extend Medicare Campaign on Saturday with a full page article of "briefings" supplied by Federal Government agencies on Melbourne-based activists. Some of those mentioned are considering legal action. The articles are amusing in their mistakes but serious in the attempt to Red Bait and also prepare the political ground for linking activism to terrorism in the minds of ordinary people. Stephen Jolly, SP
http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8078168%255E662,00.html From the Melbourne Herald Sun (Monday 8th December) A so-called opportunity for named activists to respond to two full page attacks over two days in the Herald Sun - in fact the quotes from activists in today's paper were from interviews made PRIOR to the articles in the Herald Sun! Stephen Jolly, for SP Read here: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8094672%255E662,00.html . -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]