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Letters to the Editor

Palestine Clearly both Nigel Rogers and Kryten Walia in their respective letters (GLW #740) have some political differences with the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS). At a guess, they disagree with our support for a genuine two-state

Letters to the Editor

Palestine Clearly both Nigel Rogers and Kryten Walia in their respective letters (GLW #740) have some political differences with the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS). At a guess, they disagree with our support for a genuine two-state

US anti-war unionist speaks out

Kathy Black, a convener of US Labor Against the War (USLAW), told a union reception in Sydney on February 29 that she is proud that the organisation has brought workers into the anti-war movement, remarking that 鈥渢his was the first time that labour has been organised against a foreign invasion and occupation鈥.

Opposing imperialism

I鈥檓 sure that most 麻豆传媒 Weekly readers are tired of reading Michael Barker鈥檚 paranoid ramblings against the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and his efforts to convince readers that I and other anti-imperialists and human rights activists who work with ICNC and similar NGOs are somehow acting as agents of the CIA and the Bush administration.

AMWU delegats demand Rudd stick to election promises

As part of a series of nationwide delegates meetings, the Queensland branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union held a delegates聮 forum on February 26 at the Queensland Council of Unions building.

Loose Cannons

In denial "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson both acknowledged problems in the US economy Thursday, but both said they believe the nation will avoid falling into recession... Bernanke said he believes major

News briefs

@head6 =Racist police brutality alleged @9point non = BRISBANE 鈥 In a media release issued on February 24, Queensland Aboriginal activist Bob Weatherall accused police of assaulting him and his daughter the previous night in Brisbane's Fortitude

As thousands protest, Iemma moves to speed up energy sell-off

The campaign against the privatisation of NSW electricity took an important step forward with a February 26 protest outside parliament. Power workers in Bega and Port Macquarie struck in support.

Brisbane targetts ExxonMobil

Twenty protesters staged a late afternoon rally on Friday 29 February against ExxonMobil聮s new attack on Venezuelan sovereignty, outside the Treasury Casino.

Indigenous women: Welfare quarantine a disaster

Barbara Shaw, a resident of the Mount Nancy town camp near Alice Springs and a member of the National Aboriginal Alliance, told 麻豆传媒 Weekly on February 29 that the racist intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities launched by the former Howard government 聯has been very negative for our people and undermined many of our own ways of dealing with issues聰.

WA teachers demand new agreement

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).

Iraq: Washington backs Turkish invasion

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.