BY KEARA COURTNEY
CANBERRA — The capitalist system wasn't unable to meet the needs of the majority of people, it was unwilling to, the Democratic Socialist Party's Max Lane told a forum held at the Australian National University here on March 7.
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BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — BHP Coal's head office here faces a protest by anti-corporate activists on March 16, who will act in solidarity with the struggle by BHP coalminers in central Queensland.
As part of a campaign to expose "corporate
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — Two hundred and fifty people packed Trades Hall on March 8 to discuss the struggle of the Latrobe Valley power workers against attempts by Yallourn Energy and other privatised electricity corporations to slash jobs,
BY ALISON DELLIT
Two separate inquiries into the Australian government's refugee detention centres have confirmed reports that detained refugees have been harassed and the centres mismanaged. The picture that has emerged is of desert hell-holes
BY SEAN HEALY
The Australian Stock Exchange will cop a pasting on May 1, when thousands of anti-corporate protesters blockade its offices and surrounding streets. The major reason for protesters' choice of target is obvious — the stock exchange
BY EVA CHENG
Canadian police have launched a ferocious campaign to discredit, intimidate and, they no doubt hope, scare off would-be protesters from the April 20-22 Summit of the Americas (SoA) in Quebec City.
Leaders from 34 countries of the
Looking out: Ruddock's Racist Rhetoric
“If you look at a generation, you are looking at all people of that
age. The question is do you allege that all of a particular age were affected
by these measures? The actual answer is no” — Philip
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — Resistance is urging high school students here to strike from 8.30am on May 1 and join the blockade of this city's stock exchange in protest at corporate globalisation.
Amie Hamilton, a Resistance member and high school
BY JIM GREEN
Australia was the sixth largest land-clearing country last year, according to a report released by the Australian Conservation Foundation on March 1. The issue is now a political hot potato.
The ACF report, Australian Land Clearing,
BY EVA CHENG
The world's automobile industry is headed for big trouble again. Having triggered each of the eight recessions in the United States since the second world war, the US auto industry is plagued once again by a crisis of
BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS
SYDNEY — Paint company Mirotone has extended the lockout of its Queensland and NSW work force for another fortnight in an increasingly bitter campaign to break the 35-hour week and force workers out of the union and onto
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