By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — In a bold move, the rank and file Workers First group in the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has announced it will run a candidate against incumbent national secretary Doug Cameron. Long-time militant and
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American Beauty and suburban blisters
American BeautyStarring Kevin Spacey and Annette BeningDirected by Sam Mendes Review by John Gauci
Success and happiness is attained through a delicate balance of wealth, a dynamic career, a loyal family,
By Caroline Hawker
HOBART — On February 23, Resistance organised a protest outside Salamanca Inn, where immigration minister Philip Ruddock was holding a meeting to "consult" the public on the government's migration and humanitarian programs.
Tug crews strike over job cuts
By Dave Andrews
FREMANTLE — Tug crews in Fremantle and Kwinana walked off the job for 36 hours on February 21 to protest against threatened job losses. The strike, by members of the Maritime Union of Australia,
WA's laws to stay
By Roberto Jorquera and Sean Healy
PERTH — Prime Minister John Howard has categorically ruled out federal intervention to overturn Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws. Speaking on Perth radio on February 25, Howard
Avoidable tragedy
Following the accidental death of a 19-month-old child in Melbourne after being left unattended in a car for two hours in the summer heat, the establishment media have published pages of articles on the evils of gambling and
Indonesian campaign against price subsidy cuts grows
By Pip Hinman
JAKARTA — Around 500 members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) protested outside the Presidential Palace on February 21 to demand that the Indonesian government abandon its
Abortion is not safe, legal and accessible in any state of Australia. Women receive (on average) two-thirds of the average male wage. Women do the majority of the unpaid labour in the home, work which is neither recognised nor valued. One in four
How the generals got away with murder in East Timor
By James Balowski
"In a forest west of Dili, Filomena Amaral is about to learn the details of how her husband, a village schoolteacher and church leader, was tortured and killed. Photographs of
Why?
By Brandon Astor Jones
"All criticism is dominated by outworn theory that the man is the cause of the work as in the eyes of the law the criminal is the cause of the crime. Far rather are they both the effects." — Paul Valery,
By Jonathan Singer
Hot air fills a vacuum as well as anything else, but it dissipates more easily than something solid. This has been demonstrated most recently in the political arena by the ALP. Labor's rule is: maximum posturing, minimum
By Gilberto Firmat
ATLANTA — A Federal Court ruling on Elian Gonzalez's case was put off on February 22 until at least March 6 after the Judge William Hoeveler was hospitalised with a stroke. Another judge has been assigned the case. The February
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