BY PIP HINMAN
The 58th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima takes place in a year that has been marked by the biggest mass anti-war protests ever to take place before a war had been launched.
Some 30 million people took part in the
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BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — On July 21, the Age newspaper reported on "scandals" of mismanagement and abuse within the Melbourne University Student Union (MUSU). Since then, regular follow-up articles have continued to argue that the union is in
BY ALLEN MYERS
PHNOM PENH — The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won a decisive victory on July 27 in elections to Cambodia's National Assembly. However, the two largest losing parties are attempting to mount a campaign against the result.
The
SYDNEY — "Afghanistan has become a forgotten story once again", said Tahmeena Faryal, a representative of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), during her recent speaking tour of Australia.
"A lot was promised by the
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — The case against 16 of the unionists charged over protests at the Johnson Tiles factory and the Skilled Engineering offices on June 15, 2001, was finalised at the county court on July 30.
The 16 unionists, members of
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
PERTH — The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has won a dispute with Adsteam Marine at a gas pipe-laying project off the north-west coast of Western Australia. The workers walked off the job because of serious safety concerns.
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — The buzz of 60 talkative union activists was an auspicious precursor to the formal speaking platform at the Socialist Alliance's July 30 forum at the Gaelic Club on union struggles.
Shane Bentley, who received 44% of
On July 27, 300 junior officers and soldiers staged a mutiny. They condemned conditions for troops in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and charged the government and military with corruption and state terrorism. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's NICK
RAMALLAH — On July 24, the Palestinian education department released a report on the impact of Israel's occupation on the education sector. It found that at least 592 Palestinian students and education workers have been killed between the eruption
BY EVA CHENG
On July 28, 350 people who took part in a protest against the World Trade Organisation's "mini-ministerial" meeting in Montreal were arrested and most were detained for at least 14 hours. Most of them were handcuffed for four hours.
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
On July 27, 300 junior officers and soldiers occupied the Glorietta complex in the Makati business district in Manila. They demanded the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her cabinet and all Armed Forces of the
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — ALP state backbencher Jim Pearce, MP for the seat of Fitzroy in the central Queensland coal-mining district, has threatened to resign from the Labor Party if longstanding concerns over mining safety issues are not
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