BY RUPEN SAVOULIAN& DOUG LORIMER
While the world's attention is focused on Iraq, the US-led war in Afghanistan is still raging. US and British elite troops are battling Afghan guerrillas, making a mockery of Washington's claim that its military
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BY DON MONKERUD
APTOS, California Despite staunch backing from fundamental religious groups, the Bush administration continues to face opposition over the war in Iraq from mainstream religious leaders. Many wonder how religious groups that claim
BY IGGY KIM
The United States has created a real mess for itself in Korea. Washington's strategy of incessantly stirring up confrontation would be less risky if it wasn't also accompanied by a doctrine of permanent, global, pre-emptive war: For the
BY LEIGH HUGHES
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) will lose control of its funding powers under a new government plan.
Following its implementation on July 1, all funding decisions concerning programs delivered by ATSIC
BY MICHAEL FRANTI
SAN FRANCISCO — "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace", this best sums up my opinion on militarism. The line came to mind at an organising meeting for a mass concert and rally we put on in San
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — This year's May Day rally, held on May 1 for the third year running rather than on the following weekend, had the theme "For a people's budget, not a war budget". The rally, which was organised by the Victorian Trades
BY JIM GREEN
ADELAIDE — Mrs Eileen Brown and Mrs Eileen Wingfield were announced as winners of the prestigious Goldman Prize for the Environment on April 15 for their role in fighting the federal government's plan for a national radioactive waste
Qld electricians win 25% pay rise
BRISBANE — After months of negotiations and substantial industrial action, on April 29 contract electricians won a 25% pay rise as part of a new industry standard in south-east Queensland.
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On May 3 and 4, marches were held in several Australian cities to mark May Day, a traditional day of workers' struggle.
In Sydney, around 2000 people rallied in Hyde Park on March 4 before marching, behind several trucks decorated with union
GEELONG — On April 28 at 6am, one hour before the end of the 12-hour night shift, security guards removed and locked out 110 workers from Geelong Wool Combing's Corio factory. The company's justification was that during enterprise bargaining negotiations with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia, the union had refused to accept 25% pay cuts over 12 months.
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