Justine Kamprad, Geelong
Inspired by the activities of Union Solidarity, a Melbourne community-union campaigning group, a group of 30 people met at South West Trades Hall on June 21 to set up South West Community Solidarity.
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Rachel Evans
A total of 400 people in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra took part in rallies in the week following the federal Coalition government's June 13 disallowing of the ACT's civil unions law. The law had granted legal recognition to same-sex
Percy Ngonyama, Durban
In the days leading up to the 30th anniversary of the June 16, 1976, Soweto uprising, young people were urged by the government and South Africa's National Youth Commission to take part in planned nationwide commemorations.
Stuart Munckton
Venezuela's push to join the United Nations Security Council has triggered a new conflict between the government of socialist President Hugo Chavez and Washington, which is desperately manoeuvring to stop this from occurring.
EUROPEAN UNION: Complicity with US torture slammed
Human rights group Amnesty International has released a report on the role of European Union nations in the US program of "renditions". The report, published on June 14, documents EU complicity
Dale Mills
Victorian police are hoping to store the photographs and details of some 6 million people on a new database, according to the June 19 Herald-Sun.
The new biometric technology means that a photograph of your face can be used to measure
Rohan Pearce
On June 5, militia aligned with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) declared victory in their struggle to control Mogadishu, capital of the east African country of Somalia. The militia had routed the grossly misnamed Alliance for the
Nick Fredman, Lismore
Following a successful tour last September, Unions NSW has again decked out a bus in orange and the Rights at Work logo and taken the campaign against the federal government's Work Choices legislation to regional NSW. Many of
Dr Graham Thom
Following the granting of refugee status to 42 individuals from the Papuan province of Indonesia, the Australian government announced, in April, that it would be introducing legislation targeting individuals who attempted to reach
SYDNEY — Congratulations to the winners of the first Sydney Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly raffle of 2006, which was drawn at GLW's Club Che Latin fiesta on June 17.
First prize went to K. Baker of Caringbah, who won $400 worth of books, CDs and DVDs. Second
Emma Clancy
On July 8-10, young activists from around Australia will be attending the national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, at Glebe Town Hall in Sydney. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to Resistance members about being an
Scott Poynting
PM John Howard has always hated multiculturalism — a bipartisan policy on ethnic relations that has been in place for around a quarter of a century. Since the mid-'90s, he has collaborated in right-wing attacks on multiculturalism
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