[The following statement is being circulated throughout the union movement.]
We share the horror of people around the world and condemn the terror attacks in the US on September 11. The killing of almost 7000 people, including many trade unionists,
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Freelance photographer John Immig has an eye for the unusual and the militant in his series of recent photographs documenting the rise of new anti-war movement. While some of his shots will be featured in coming issues of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, they are
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
The US-led war against the people of Afghanistan places a big responsibility on student activists. This new imperialist offensive is likely to be a long one, resulting in massive human and ecological costs. Our task is to build
BY VIV MILEY
Political interference by members of the ruling class in a federal election is hardly a rare occurance, especially by those with unmatched levels of "free speech", so when one of the world's most powerful media barons stepped up to
And ain't I a woman: Women peace campaigners intimidated
On September 24, Kate Raphael, a left-wing Jewish activist who lives in Berkeley, California, was approached by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, who attempted to question her
BY EVA CHENG
As Washington's war against Afghanistan neared the end of its first month, US President George Bush raised the stakes by introducing the highly lethal 6800-kilogram "Daisy Cutter" bomb.
"Like a nuclear weapon without the fallout" is
Fighting sexism
"As a Hispanic woman living in the United States, I am faced with a mixture of two worlds: one where men tell women what to do and another where women are independent and make their own decisions." — Pilar Verdes, Atlanta
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — Following a successful anti-war forum last month on Curtin University, 18 staff members and students met on November 7 to organise the anti-war campaign on campus.
The majority of those at the meeting were concerned
Iranian Filmmaker Tahmineh Milani faces execution if convicted in her trial in Tehran. Milani was arrested on the orders of Iran's Revolutionary Council as she was promoting the film The Hidden Half, which she wrote and directed.
The Hidden Half
BY FIDEL CASTRO
[The following is an abridged version of the first part of a nationally televised address given on November 2 by Cuban President Fidel Castro.]
To characterise the current situation, one could say, by way of a very brief summary,
Obviously not with the PR department
"The people there are dead because we wanted them dead." — comment to CNN by an unidentified Pentagon official on the obliteration by US helicopter-gunships on October 22 of the Afghan village of
BY SEAN HEALY
Ever watched a mouse run around and around on a treadmill? Well, that's the position of workers under the terms of "free trade" agreements — except rather than one mouse per treadmill, it's billions of us, all competing against each
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