Justine Kamprad, Sydney Some 120 delegates and observers gathered for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) national conference in Sydney on July 23-27. The two main issues discussed were the strategy the union movement should adopt to
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Sue Bolton Some employers are salivating for an opportunity to try out the parts of the federal government's new industrial laws that fine workers for taking industrial action. Leading the charge is the Western Australian-based Total Corrosion
Shua Garfield Socialist and anti-war groups campaigning on university campuses against Israel's war on Lebanon and Palestine have faced violence, intimidation and attempts at censorship from Zionists. At Melbourne University on July 24, Zionist
Mark Diesendorf With growing international concern about global climate change from human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the nuclear power industry has attempted to change the image of its product into that of an energy source that is "clean,
Graham Matthews Australian trade unionists have joined the call for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories, and for an immediate ceasefire. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is promoting the
Doug Lorimer On July 31, Iranian UN ambassador Javad Zarif denounced as illegal a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council demanding that his country suspend its research into the production of nuclear power-plant fuel (low-enriched uranium) by
[The following statement was issued in London on August 3.] The US-backed Israeli assault on Lebanon has left the country numb, smouldering and angry. The massacre in Qana and the loss of life is not simply "disproportionate". It is, according to
Doug Lorimer Three days after Israel's "justice" minister, Haim Ramon, told Israeli Army Radio on July 27 that "everyone in southern Lebanon is a terrorist", an Israeli warplane fired a missiles into a three-storey residential building in the
GEELONG — Forty people joined a rally on August 4 to protest against Israel's war on Lebanon and Palestine. The action was organised by the Geelong Anti-War Coalition, which has re-activated its networks to campaign against the war. The protesters
GEELONG — Forty people joined a rally on August 4 to protest against Israel's war on Lebanon and Palestine. The action was organised by the Geelong Anti-War Coalition, which has re-activated its networks to campaign against the war.
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