On February 28, thousands of members of State School Teachers Union of the Western Australia (SSTUWA) defied an order by the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) to attend stop-work meetings. The meetings were part of the union聮s campaign to win a new public schools enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA).
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鈥淭urkish fighter jets, helicopters and hundreds of commandos streamed across the border into northern Iraq Wednesday despite Iraqi and American calls to swiftly end an operation to root out Kurdish insurgents鈥, Associated Press reported on February 27.
On February 25, 100 people attended a forum at the Redfern Community Centre called 聯After sorry 聴 where to for Aboriginal rights?聰.
The Reuters news agency reported on February 22 that the 鈥淯N nuclear watchdog said on Friday it confronted Iran for the first time with Western intelligence reports showing work linked to making atomic bombs and that Tehran had failed to provide satisfactory answers鈥.
The Manifesto of the Communist Party
Karl Marx & Frederick Engels (with a commentary by Leon Trotsky)
Resistance Marxist Library, 1998
74 pages, $8.50
Available at
Karl Marx & Frederick Engels (with a commentary by Leon Trotsky)
Resistance Marxist Library, 1998
74 pages, $8.50
Available at
MELBOURNE 聴 Medical scientists and psychologists working in Victorian聮 s public hospitals who are members of the Health Services Union branch 4 voted on February 27 to take 48 hours of strike action as part of their enterprise bargaining agreement campaign. They will strike across all regional health divisions on March 5-6.
Below is a statement from Solidarity Committee with Iranian Workers 鈥 Australia
ADELAIDE 聴 The South Australian government is appealing an August 2007 court ruling that awarded Bruce Trevorrow, a member of the Stolen Generations, $525,000 compensation plus interest for the pain and suffering the state had caused him.
A History Lesson: Art from the Howard Era
Ray Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
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Ray Hughes Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
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Until March 15
聯I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!聰, said Sergeant Hans Schultz in the 1970s US sitcom Hogan聮s Heroes.
This article originally appeared in the February edition of Progressive Magazine. Since it was published, the 聯anonymous聰 US student in Bolivia on a Fulbright scholarship has gone public about being asked by the US Embassy in Bolivia to spy on Cuban and Venezuelan doctors, causing a major scandal.
It has been revealed that US Peace Corp participants (who volunteer overseas) were also asked by the embassy to provide information while in Bolivia. This breach of Bolivian law has caused major embarrassment to the US, whose ambassador was hauled in by the Bolivian government, which demanded an explanation.
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A lot has changed in the last few months: there聮s a new government, Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and climate change as an issue has arrived in the mainstream in a big way. Unfortunately, one thing that is still changing is our climate.
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