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'Why we are protesting against Hanson'

'Why we are protesting against Hanson' @box text intro = Green Left Weekly spoke to people at the anti-Hanson rally about why they were publicly protesting. Sarah, 15, high school student: "I just think racism is wrong, and we need to

Homeless Aborigines evicted

Homeless Aborigines evicted DARWIN — At sunrise on May 29, police raided a camp of homeless Aboriginal people occupying bush land at Lee Point. The group — who had camped there for 18 days in defiance of eviction orders from the minister of

Albania: The new face of eastern Europe

By Nicos Yannopoulos The Albanian insurrection is on the defensive. Since March 10, the insurrection has been waiting. Unfortunately, this is probably not a "war of position", but a significant decline in the movement. This is partly due to

ETU: tough talk, no action to stop privatisation

By James Vassilopoulos Green Left Weekly has obtained documents from the Electrical Trades Union which indicate that the union is not serious about campaigning against the $22 billion privatisation of the NSW power industry. The ETU is

Torture by UN 'peace keepers'

Torture by UN 'peace keepers' By Norm Dixon Italian television on June 6 broadcast photographs of Italian troops torturing detainees during the US-led United Nations "Operation Restore Hope" occupation of Somalia in 1993. The photographs,

Good karma

Good karma Last Stop Heavenly HeightsKarma CountyTWA Records Reviewed by Iain Clacher Last Stop Heavenly Heights is a striking debut CD for Sydney band Karma County, a strange bar-band which seems to inhabit its very own original space in

First lockout under Workplace Relations Act

First lockout under Workplace Relations Act By Rob Graham ADELAIDE — All 20 workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, at Radco Crane Hire have been locked out and subsequently sacked after the collapse of

Getting real about jobs

Getting real about jobs @box text intro = The federal government's decision to delay the gradual reduction of tariffs on cars was welcomed by the car companies with the claim that this would preserve jobs in the industry. But whether jobs will

Tasmanian upper house vote records far right's decline

Tasmanian upper house vote records far right's decline By Tony Iltis LAUNCESTON — On May 31, in elections to Tasmania's Legislative Council, voters rejected the homophobic, religious fundamentalist conservatives who have traditionally

Festival Records picketed

Festival Records picketed By Shane Bentley & Paul Howes SYDNEY — After Festival Records issued redundancy notices to 50 workers at its Pyrmont plant on May 12, members of the National Union of Workers set up a picket line to demand a

ANU activists commit to NUS referendum

ANU activists commit to NUS referendum By Martin Iltis CANBERRA — Australian National University student activists are busy collecting the 800 signatures necessary to force a referendum on affiliation to the National Union of Students

Nurses campaign for better deal

Nurses campaign for better deal By Kim Linden MELBOURNE — At a stop-work meeting of 3000 at Dallas Brooks Hall on June 12, Victorian public sector nurses voted unanimously to start industrial action as part of a campaign to improve