BY CHRIS CAIN
When the Workers First team, headed by Craig Johnston, was first elected to lead the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) in Victoria in 1998, it was like a breath of fresh air coming into the union movement.
What the
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
"Four teenage boys are crouched in front of the TV, watching, listening, hanging on the words of the BBC reporter who is describing the carnage when US jets bombed a wedding party celebration in central Afghanistan... A slight boy,
Zionism
Philip Mendes contribution to the debate on the Israel/Palestine dispute is typical of the Israeli public relations machine. Ceaselessly and selectively dragging up past Palestinian transgressions.
Maybe the Mufti of Jerusalem
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the paper in their local areas. If you can take some copies of GLW
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and aint i a woman: NOW and the 'war on terrorism'
US President George Bush has not only used the September 11 terrorist attacks to launch an imperialist war drive, he has used the advantage they created to attack progressive organisations and
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — For 101 days, British Royal Marines have been engaged in
a farcical operation as mercenaries of the United States, whose lawlessness
now qualifies it as the world's leading rogue state.
Shooting at shadows, and
LONDON — Human rights activists on July 9 began 24-hour vigil outside Australia House in protest at human rights abuses at the Woomera refugee detention centre. Four hunger strikers positioned themselves in front of the building. The protest was
Museworthy: Afton Blommor (Evening Flower) for Par Lagerkvist
You asked our questionsWhen we could not have asked themBecause we did not know what would fulfil usBecause we did not know what to askThat you were forgotten is rightThat what you
UN award for Tampa seafarers
Wilhelmsen Line and the crew of the MV Tampa have jointly won a $100,000 award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for rescue on the high seas.
The Tampa's crew and owner were given the award for
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — After looking at the Socialist Alliance's priority pledges for the July 20 Tasmanian elections, several of my workmates made comments such as "that would be nice if it were possible, but you could never fund promises
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WMC's hypocrisy on greenhouse emissions
BY JIM GREEN
On June 10, Hugh Matheson Morgan AO, chief executive of WMC Limited, was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to business,
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG & MARCEL CAMERON
BRISBANE — Despite the state ALP government's attempts to undermine the Queensland Nurses Union's (QNU) stop-work rally at Parliament House on July 12, more than 3000 angry public and private sector nurses
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