By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — On April 21, the MUA sent out an urgent message for more people to join the Fisherman Island picket line to stop goods loaded with scab labour leave Patrick's port. Within two hours, around 500 people, mostly trade
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Last bastion of free speech under threat
By James Balowski
Anyone who has taken a taxi in Indonesia will tell you that taxi drivers are an endless source of information and the latest political gossip, and are a general "barometer" of public
By Cameron Parker
PARRAMATTA — It may have been a long way from the picket lines on the Sydney wharves, but the police still felt the need to send a senior constable to monitor the situation as supporters of the MUA gathered at a public meeting
Rally supports abortion rights
By Robyn Marshall
BRISBANE — Around 100 supporters of abortion rights rallied in the King George Square on April 24 as part of a national weekend of action for women's right to choose. The rally called on the
By Eva Cheng
In recent years, many countries have been trying to denationalise a significant part of their public assets. Imperialist countries have been doing it, as have Russia, China and a number of Third World countries. That process speeded up
By Allen Myers
As part of its effort to smash the MUA, the government has claimed that the situation on the docks is exceptional. With absurd stories about wharfies making huge salaries for doing nothing, it tries to convince workers in other
Progressive party planned in South Korea
In the face of escalating attacks against jobs and workers' rights following the International Monetary Fund bail-out last November, progressive forces in South Korea have come together to plan the creation
Just do it, Nike!
By John Gauci
SYDNEY — According to the footwear giant Nike's "Informed Consumer Update", Nike's factory workers in the Third World sometimes earn more than doctors and engineers in their countries. As well, Nike's policy of
Sustainable Universities Month
By Francesca Davis
The National Union of Students' national environment department has named May "Sustainable Universities Month". A national campus-based campaign will highlight unsustainable university practices.
By Jo Williams
MELBOURNE — Every day since the sacking of the Patrick workers, East Swanson docks have been filled with picketers. The largest picket line runs down Appleton Road and has become a festival of protest and solidarity. Information
According to a statement circulated by the Rubina Jamil Working Women's Organisation (WWO) last week, on April 16 the All Pakistan Trade Union Federation offices in Kashmir Road, Guberg in Lahore were attacked without warning and demolished by
By Peter Montague
The destruction of life in the oceans has progressed farther than anyone had suspected, according to a new report in Science magazine (Daniel Pauly and others, "Fishing Down Marine Food Webs", Science Vol. 279, February 6, 1998).
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