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Rank and file strengthen CPSU ACT campaign By Stuart Martin CANBERRA — Nationally, the failure of the ALP-dominated leadership of the Community and Public Sector Union to defend the 5000 Centrelink jobs threatened by the Liberals shows it
How a mass movement defeated uranium strategy By Greg Adamson By early 1979, the Australian anti-uranium movement had grown rapidly for more than two years. Millions of people were now convinced of the dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle. Hundreds
Lolita denies the reality of abuse By Zanny Begg Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaption of Vladimir Nabokov's novel has been dogged by controversy. It took a year to clear US censors and it was nearly banned by Australian authorities. Much of the hype
Timorese meet to plan development policies By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — About 100 people representing East Timorese communities, non-government organisations and international aid agencies met from April 5 to 9 to discuss policies to be put
Buffalo Music: benefit for East Timor MELBOURNE — Buffalo Music, a six-hour musical spectacular to promote solidarity with the people of East Timor, will be held at Trades Hall on May 1. The concert features the Natural Mystic, Painters
By Max Lane "Fear still stalks Dili", Australian activist JON LAND told Green Left Weekly by phone from Dili on April 16. "There are more and more reports of an impending attack on independence activists here by militias backed by the military.
Speak-out on Balkans war By Bea Brear SYDNEY — The socialist youth organisation Resistance organised a snap speak-out at Town Hall on April 16 against the NATO war on Serbia and Serbia's attacks on Kosova. Resistance organiser Sarah Peart spoke
Telstra: making life harder By Leo Wellin Cutting a birthday cake on the day you announce your resignation after being denied a redundancy is giving life a cruel twist. Such is the experience of Bill Bogan, a Telstra employee for more than 37
Police reality check By Stuart Munckton If you are sick of the endless police dramas that fill our screens, whose primary function is to convince the working class that the police are good guys, then Irvine Welsh's novel Filth, published last
... and ain't I a woman?: Harassment is never OK Two recent cases involving sexual harassment in the workplace had very different outcomes. In Italy, a compensation claim by a woman alleging that sexual harassment forced her to leave her job
By Alison Dellit The Australian government's response to the World Heritage Commission's damning report on uranium mining in Kakadu has been a predictable combination of "You're wrong", "You have no right", and "We're doing all we can". The report,
Honoured leadership "Today's [party room] meeting will be happy to let George stay, because no-one would want his job anyway." — A NSW National Party source, predicting to the Sydney Morning Herald the re-election of state National leader George