Solidarity actions in Brisbane
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Support for the Mt Isa workers has continued to grow in the week since the May 12 lockout by MIM, around Queensland and nationally.
A public forum at the Resistance Centre here
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By Jim McIlroy
Workers at the giant Mt Isa mine are calling for unity of all unions and mineworkers in any negotiations with MIM Holdings over the future of their three-month-long dispute over wages, conditions and union coverage.
Until June 3, an exhibition of "Contemporary Art of the South Pacific" is being held at the Gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Sydney. TABAH SILAU, a Papua New Guinean painter, activist and member of the provincial government of Madang, spoke to
May is proving to be a very good month for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly fund appeal. This year we need to raise in excess of $100,000 — above and beyond money received from sales — in order to keep the project afloat.
Much of the money raised for
By Reihana Mohideen
"If we treated our members the same way that the ACTU treats us, we wouldn't have any members left", commented John Price, federal secretary of the Transport Workers Union, speaking to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly about the union's
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — At a mass meeting of teachers on May 3, the Victorian State Teachers Association (VSTA) Rank and File Group called for the suspension of standing orders to discuss the case of John Glazebrook.
Four months ago,
Candidate urges support for Mt Isa
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Zanny Begg, the Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Brisbane Central in the upcoming state elections, has urged continuing solidarity with the Mt Isa workers.
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A legal litany
July 12, 1989: Donna Maguire and Leonard Hardy arrested at Rosslare, Ireland. Charged with possession of bomb-making equipment.
July 14, 1989: Pat Murray, Donncha O'Kane and Pauline Drumm arrested in France. Charged with
[The material printed here was sent to us by the Education Action Network (EAN) in WA.]
The following is two letters which have been produced in response to the flak that activists in WA received after the militant occupation of the Perth DEET
Votes For Women: The Australian Story
By Kirsten Lees
Allen and Unwin, 1995. $24.95(pb)
Reviewed by Bernie Brian
The next time Paul Keating promotes his minimalist republic with little or no change to the Constitution, we should remind him
Bangladesh is often portrayed in the Western media as a place where women are victimised and subordinated by Islam. Fundamentalist outrage against writer Tasleema Nasreen has reinforced this image. But Bangladesh also has a very vibrant and strong
By Melanie Sjoberg
The 1990s have been hailed as the beginning of the "Asian century". We find feature articles in journals like Far East Economic Review titled "Getting in Tune with Asia", and "Dawn of a New Generation". There is no doubt that
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