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By Allen Myers As part of its effort to smash the MUA, the government has claimed that the situation on the docks is exceptional. With absurd stories about wharfies making huge salaries for doing nothing, it tries to convince workers in other
Just do it, Nike! By John Gauci SYDNEY — According to the footwear giant Nike's "Informed Consumer Update", Nike's factory workers in the Third World sometimes earn more than doctors and engineers in their countries. As well, Nike's policy of
Police violence at Indonesia solidarity protest By David Gosling CANBERRA — On April 24, more than 150 students and solidarity activists travelled from NSW and Victoria to meet local activists at the Indonesian embassy for an emergency rally in
By Sarah Peartand Tom Flanagan Opposition continues to mount against the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine inside the Northern Territory's precious Kakadu National Park. Defying the clear opposition of the area's Aboriginal traditional owners, the
Aborigines challenge Century mine bridge BRISBANE — A temporary injunction halting a bridge providing access to the $1.2 billion Century Zinc mine, in far north Queensland, was lifted on April 15 by the Federal Court in Sydney. The case has been
According to a statement circulated by the Rubina Jamil Working Women's Organisation (WWO) last week, on April 16 the All Pakistan Trade Union Federation offices in Kashmir Road, Guberg in Lahore were attacked without warning and demolished by
Experience, not rhetoric By Brandon Astor Jones "Forty-four percent of Black teens who date said they [have] dated a White. Thirty-eight percent said they [have] dated a Hispanic, although, in this country, Whites overwhelmingly outnumber
Philippines workers support wharfies By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — More than 100 workers demonstrated outside the Australian embassy on April 24 in support of the sacked Patrick workers and demanding their immediate reinstatement with no loss in
A film of mesmerising power WalkaboutRestored original cutDirected by Nicholas RoegStarring David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien JohnScreening at Trak, Toorak, in Melbourne and Chauvel, Paddington, in Sydney this month. Then at Electric Shadows,
By Edward Johnston BRISBANE — Seventeen inmates from the 20-cell Maximum Security Unit (MSU) at the Woodford Correctional Centre in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, refused food from April 4 in protest at conditions in the US-style
More than 50 Indonesian activists disappeared By James Balowski According to an April 14 report released at a media conference by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), 50 Indonesian pro-democracy activists have disappeared since January.
Activist slams 'recolonisation' of Pacific By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is general secretary of Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol), an organisation that unites environmental, land rights, student and urban poor community activists throughout Papua New