Our Common Cause: Are Labor governments the
friends of unions?
Unionists are desperate to get rid of the Coalition
government. The government's anti-union laws, its 1998 attack
on the wharfies and the ongoing attack on building industry
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Dave Holmes
Although small, Sydney-based Resistance Books can lay claim to being Australia's largest socialist publishing house — indeed, it is really the country's only socialist publisher. Currently, its catalogue lists almost 70 books and
Seabed mining
I am a Pakeha (Greek/French/Irish) who, along with my wife, has recently become a citizen of New Zealand. From our home base in Wanaka, we have become alarmed and active, generally on environmental issues such as opposing the release
Simon Jones, Newcastle
On March 31, 550 people crowded into a public meeting against the NSW Labor government's planned part-privatisation of the Mater Hospital. The meeting was organised by the Newcastle Trades Hall Council's Defend Public Health
Uri Avnery, Tel Aviv
Five hundred black-and white-bearded Hamas members were sitting opposite me. Venerable sheikhs and young people. On the side, some rows were occupied by women. I was standing on the stage, talking in Hebrew, with the crossed
Terry Costello, Melbourne
The March 25-28 national council meeting of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) adopted the ACTU executive's "criminal conduct policy" resolution with only two votes against. The resolution was motivated by ACTU
Kamala Emanuel, Hobart
Tasmania's Labor government continues to feel public anger at its decision to support a private hospital downgrading services in violation of its contract with the government. At least 2000 people attended an open-air meeting
Stuart Munckton
With Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" booming from the sound system provided by the Reclaim the Streets collective, 700 students stormed into the main building of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on March 31. The protest was
Rohan Pearce
Nine days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George Bush told a joint session of the US Congress: "Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine.
The mine was
Send messages of concern and protest to:
Juan Manuel ArbelaezDirector de recursos humanos Panamco Colombia S.A.(Coca-Cola Company in Colombia)Fax: 091-4011687Mail: Cra 94 No 42-94, Fontibon Bogot D.C.
Coca Cola FemsaJuan Manuel Arbelaez
From March 15 to March 27, workers at Colombia's Coca-Coca bottling plant went on hunger strike, in a desperate attempt to improve their working conditions. Carlene Wilson, a member of the Socialist Alliance and Workers Power, and an activist in
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