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Write On: Letters to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly

Broad anti-war coalition needed I must disagree with Tariq Ali in his opening statement of the interview in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly #551 where he sums up the entire anti-Vietnam War movement. I was a participant in that movement and in Australia I

Workplace safety: workers die, bosses profit

BY CHRIS LATHAM Between July 2000 and June 2001, more than 300 workers were killed and more than 220,000 workers were injured in Australian workplaces. This is on top of the 2254 workers killed, and the 900,000 workers injured, during the previous

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Â鶹´«Ã½ news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit

Protest Bush's visit, occupation of Iraq

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — The Victorian Peace Network (VPN) decided at its meeting on September 9 not to organise a rally to coincide with US President George Bush's visit to Australia. However the meeting, attended by 21 people, agreed to fund

DJ rejects 'corporate overload'

BY HUW ELLIS UK-based DJ Adam Freeland's debut album Now & Them, with its killer single "We Want Your Soul", will be released in Australia on September 29. With Now & Them, Freeland has spread his wings well beyond the dance floor. The album's

AIRC rules on ACI Box Hill EBA

BY STEPHEN GARVEY On September 9 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) ruled on the final details of the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) at ACI's Box Hill factory, which has been the scene of a long-running dispute between the

Teachers stop work

BY MARY MERKENICH In the week preceding the September 17 Australia- wide day of industrial action by teachers' unions, including 24-hour strikes by teachers in three states and a half day stop-work in the ACT, the Victorian branch of the Australian

Loose cannons

Imperious request "We cannot let past differences interfere with present duties." — Emperor George Bush II, September 6, "asking" for France, China and Russia not to veto the creation of a UN-approved, US commanded multinational combat force in

UNITED STATES: Why Washington fears the International Criminal Court

BY MATTHEW DIMMOCK John Bolton did time in US President Ronald Reagan's administration in the 1980s. More recently, he was vice-president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and a member of the Project for the New American Century, two key

Get involved in protesting Bush!

We will need as much help as possible to build large, powerful protests against US President George Bush's visit to Australia. There are lots of ways you can help — from designing and printing information, web distribution, organising transport and

Anti-war activists prepare for October 25

BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI PERTH — An October 25 "End the occupation of Iraq" rally has been planned as the main focus of anti-war activists here. A mass anti-war march on Perth, initiated by the Perth No War Alliance, will coincide with rallies planned

IRAQ: No UN cover - US troops out now!

BY JACK A. SMITH The Bush administration is in a panic as its political, military and economic house of cards in Iraq is beginning to collapse card by card. Nothing but an impending debacle that might subvert President George Bush's re-election