'Greater unity and common purpose'
JOHN MAITLAND is the president of the Mining Division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and joint national president of the CFMEU. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's DICK NICHOLS and JENNIFER
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Free East Timor campaign
MELBOURNE — Around 30 people attended an Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) March 15 public meeting to launch its campaign for a national day of action on August 25 and to hear an
HereticBy David WilliamsonDirected by Wayne HarrisonSydney Theatre CompanyDrama Theatre, Opera HouseReviewed by Allen Myers The story of Derek Freeman and Margaret Mead is the very stuff of drama. Research which has dominated a scientific discipline
By Elizabeth Price
In a recently published environmental survey of the Jerusalem area, Jad Ishak, general director of the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem, analysed the Israeli strategy of land appropriation and expressed his concerns about
By Eva Cheng
Over the last few weeks, several peaceful demonstrations and solidarity actions in Nepal and Thailand against human rights violations in China were broken up by police, and demonstrators were arrested. According to Amnesty
The following is a message sent by Canadian students to students in Australia and New Zealand struggling against attacks on education. The message was received through Bruce Cronin from the New Zealand University Students Association. The Communist
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — On March 14, students attempting to establish a Macedonian club at Melbourne University were harassed and forced to pack up their stall by members of the Hellenic club. The three women staffing the Macedonian stall
On March 21, Greenpeace released an urgent appeal to the G7 and European Union heads of state demanding a commitment to nuclear safety. A Nuclear Safety Summit will be held on April 19-20, attended by the heads of state of the G7 nations (US, UK,
Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break at Easter, skipping the issue that would have been due on April 10. The next issue will be dated April 17.
By Jim Green
WOLLONGONG — In the latest episode in a dispute over management of stormwater from the Illawarra escarpment north of here, NSW transport minister Brian Langton has allegedly threatened to close the south coast railway line because
Consumer resistance
"Paying somewhere in the order of $10,000 to guarantee an Olympic seat is going to turn a lot of people off the idea of attending." — Dr Rob Hall, director of the Centre for Visitor Studies, on a poll which showed
By Jennifer Thompson
Award workers at CRA-owned Comalco's Weipa bauxite mine and kaolin plant went on strike again on March 27 over the company's insistence that they individually sign an enterprise agreement. Unionists won the right in February
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